HT201250: Use Time Machine to back up or restore your Mac
Learn about Use Time Machine to back up or restore your Mac
Q: Q: backing up the back ups! ?
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Oct 1, 2013 6:15 PMby Linc Davis,Although the documentation says you can copy Time Machine backups in the Finder, it's very slow and sometimes doesn't work at all.
Launch Disk Utility, open the built-in help, and search for the term "Duplicate." Follow the instructions. All existing data on the destination volume will be erased. That shouldn't be a problem, because you don't want to mix backup and non-backup data on the same drive anyway. Turn Time Machine OFF in its preference pane while copying the volume. -
Oct 7, 2013 1:41 AMby katieclarn,Thanks for your help- on my disk utility there was no help subject called duplicate so wasn't sure what to do. I went through the instructions of how to back up through the finder and seems to have worked. FIngers crossed (tried carbon copy cloner and that didn't work at all for some reason).
Appreciate the help both
Kate
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by clintonfrombirmingham,Oct 7, 2013 1:46 AM
clintonfrombirmingham
Oct 7, 2013 1:46 AM
in response to katieclarn
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Mac OS XI've made copies of Time Machine backups from smaller drives to larger using Carbon Copy Cloner using the 'block copy' method and it works great.
I would suggest that you try CCC again, this time selecting the block copy method. It should work (it's always worked for me!).
Clinton
