How to copy your Time Machine contents to a new larger drive

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How to copy your Time Machine contents to a new larger drive

How to copy your Time Machine contents to a new larger Time Capsule drive ?

I have three Time Capsule , two new (3 and 2 TB) and one old (1TB) contaniing all my backups. Only the 3TB have WiFi enabled, the other two are using ethernet only. my Macbook Pro are using ethernet only.

I want to migrate from the old 1TB to the new 2TB for backup and other contents.

Problem: my Time Capsultes dont show up in Disk Utility.

Posted on May 14, 2012 9:14 AM

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Pondini

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May 14, 2012 5:29 PM in response to acBook

Your best bet is to just start fresh on the new TC. You can always see and restore from the old backups, via the Browse Other Backup Disks option, per Time Machine - Frequently Asked Question #17.

Copying can be done, but it will take a very long time. See http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5097 for instructions.

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