How do I get my old TM backup back on my original MBP ?

Yesterday, I hooked up another Mac computer on my network and was going to set this new one up with its own external hard drive for Time Machine (TM). I made the error of setting up time machine on this new computer on my network external hard drive which was set up for my original MAC computer.
(Yes I was stupid and didn't pay attention). My network external hard drive shows this "old" time machine backup as a sparse bundle. Is there a way I can reverse this mistake by getting it back connected to my original MAC.
Thanks for any help.
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William Huisking1 wrote:
Yes there are two sparse bundles;
MBP 15in.sparsebundle Today 7:33 354.67 GB
MBP BCC 13inch.sparsebundle Today7:46 97.76 GB
I know the 354 is the one I had been using on my 13inch laptop for almost a year. The other one was created when I screwed up by setting up my old 15inch unit and allowing it to tap into the external hard drive and change over.
That doesn't compute. You show the 15" as the 354 GB, and the 13" as 97 GB.
Time Machine normally shows only the backups for the Mac it's running on, but you can use the +*Browse . . .+* option to view the others. See #17 in [Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions|http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/FAQ.html] (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of this forum).
One you're certain which sparse bundle is which, just delete the one you don't want, via the Finder or Terminal. That will take a while, so connect the drive directly to your Mac.
Then you should be able to reconnect the drive to the TC, re-select the remaining sparse bundle via +Time Machine Preferences,+ and be back in business.

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