How can I backup my new MacBook?

How do I wipe my external drive clean in order to backup my newest MacBook? Do I just open up the drive's folder on the computer and delete all of the backups? Thanks!

ilikelove wrote:
How do I wipe my external drive clean in order to backup my newest MacBook? Do I just open up the drive's folder on the computer and delete all of the backups? Thanks!
You don't necessarily have to erase it, if it has the Time Machine backups from your previous Mac.
You may be able to continue backing-up to the same set of backups. Time Machine may have to delete a lot of old backups to do a full backup of the new one, but if the drive is at least 2.2 times the size of the data it's backing-up, there should be room to do that.
When the first backup of the new Mac starts, you'll get the prompt in #B5 of Time Machine - Troubleshooting (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of this forum).

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