Copying the 'Backups.backupdb' from my Time Machine drive to another drive
I wish to keep a copy of the 'Backups.backupdb' (approx 110G in size) also on another drive than the drive I use for Time Machine. I drag 'Backups.backupdb' from the TM drive to the other (have tried both a USB2 and a FW400 drive), I key in the password for my Mac. It starts to prepare for copying, and then nothing seems to happen.
Is this a function that is somehow 'not allowed' by the system? I left it like that last night and nothing happened til morning, so I cancelled the function.
The 'Backups.backupdb' is on a 120G disc and contains backup for three Macs.
I'll be grateful for any help.
Assuming both drives are local, then the Restore tab of Disk Utility will copy the whole drive (probably more than what you want). Easy to use but be careful.
I don't know how to do an afp (Time Capsule) drive. /usr/bin/ditto has trouble.
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Hi guys and gals,
I have a October 2011 MBP running OSX lion (10.7.2), with 2 internal drives (the main drive is a 120gb SSD, the optic drive has been replaced with the original 750gb HDD that came in the computer). I use the SSD for all of my system files, with the HDD being used for my user account, which has my photo and video libraries on them.
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That sounds like some sort of directory problem. Try Repairing the backups, per #A5 in Time Machine - Troubleshooting.
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I'm not sure what you mean.
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Is DATA RETREIVAL even an option?
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See Data Recovery.
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Hello;
I have been experiencing a serious problem since this April, tried everything I can do with no sign of success. So I though to ask you guys, hopefully you will be able to help or at least guide me to whom can help.
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How to backup files from old time machine to new time machine
I have been using an external drive as my Time Machine for about a year. I just got a Time Capsule. Can I set up Time Machine to move all the backups from my old drive to my new Time Capsule? I assume it's not as simple as dragging the files from my old drive to the Time Capsule drive.
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