HT1281: Time Capsule: Using AirPort Utility 5.3.1 or later to make a copy of the Time Capsule disk

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Jowie
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Q: What is the best way to restore a Time Capsule from an Archive disk?

I've done an archive of my Time Capsule and am going to store it off-site with my parents. What I'd like to know is, if my Time Capsule disk gets corrupt or needs reformatting, how can I restore its data from the Archive disk? Can I simply copy its files back onto the Time Capsule disk manually? And if so, will Time Machine recognise the sparseimages?

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.8), 1,1 Core Duo 2.0 GHz 2 GB RAM

Posted on Jun 2, 2012 3:08 AM

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Q: What is the best way to restore a Time Capsule from an Archive disk?

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  • by LaPastenague,Helpful

    LaPastenague LaPastenague Jun 2, 2012 5:16 AM in response to Jowie
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    Jun 2, 2012 5:16 AM in response to Jowie

    I think you would just keep archive as that.. if the TC was wiped then it is able start TM backup anew.. that is better and quicker than restoring a TC backup from the archive and then using TM to update it.. that would take forever. But yes, you should be able to connect the usb drive to a computer and copy the sparse bundle to the TC..

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    Jowie Jowie Jun 9, 2012 6:40 AM in response to LaPastenague
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    Jun 9, 2012 6:40 AM in response to LaPastenague

    I would rather not have to start TC from fresh if I could possibly restore the sparse bundles from an archive... After all, if I did that, I'd lose my entire history of backups which is one of the benefits of having TM backups.

     

    But thanks for the information.