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Hi, I just replaced my old MBP with a new one. I transferred the content to the new MBP with a restore from TimeMachine, which I have on a Drobo.
Now I can't access TimeMachine with the new MBP. The backups are saved in a folder named "laptop", and as soon as I initiate a back up, the system will create a new backup folder "laptop 2". I tried renaming laptop into laptop 2, but the name cannot be changed, even after adding myself with read&write privileges to the laptop folder.
Is there any way to have the new MBP recognize the TimeMachine files of the old MBP?

northlandca wrote:
Hi, I just replaced my old MBP with a new one. I transferred the content to the new MBP with a restore from TimeMachine, which I have on a Drobo.
Exactly how did you do that? Did you use Setup Assistant when your new Mac first started up?
If you did, you should have been given an option on the first backup of the new one, per #B5 in Time Machine - Troubleshooting.
But if you didn't get that prompt, or chose Create New Backup, there's no way to change it now.
However, you can always see and restore from the old backups, via the Browse Other Time Machine Disks option, per #E2 in that same link.

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