HT202380: Time Machine: How to transfer backups from a current backup drive to a new backup drive

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aseabolt

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Q: Unencrypted to Encrypted Transfer possible?

I have an unencrypted time machine backup drive that I want to transfer to a time-machine encrypted volume. Is this possible?

Or if I can just encrypt the unencrypted volume, I'd be ok with that, too.

Posted on Sep 24, 2015 2:03 PM

I have this question too

Q: Unencrypted to Encrypted Transfer possible?

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by Linc Davis,

Linc Davis Sep 24, 2015 4:06 PM in response to aseabolt
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Sep 24, 2015 4:06 PM in response to aseabolt

You can encrypt the volume, but it won't be bootable into Recovery. For that you would have to erase it and start over.
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