New MBP Backup to previous TM HD

Hi Everyone -
So I have just purchased a new MBP (amazing!). I would like to start backing it up to my External LaCie Drive. The drive has one TM partition with 200GB (another partition for other files). I had been using this partition for my previous MacBook - so it now has only 7GB of free space.
What should I do? Begin the first backup?
70GBs have been used on the new MBP.
I would like to keep some of the files on the old TM backup until I am sure they are not needed and I can reorganize them on the new MBP.
Would it be possible to make a new partition without reformatting the external drive?
thank you!

You can backup to the same TM partition, but I'm pretty sure TM will want to create an entirely separate backup of the new computer. If you use the same computer name (Sharing preferences) then it's possible that TM may be nice and simply continue to use the same old TM backup set.
Now, your TM backup partition should be at least twice the size of the drive it backs up. Yours seems a bit small, especially if TM insists on making a new backup set. You can create another partition on the same drive if you have the space:
To resize the drive do the following:
1. Open Disk Utility and select the drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list.
2. Click on the Partition tab in the DU main window. You should see the graphical sizing window showing the existing partitions. A portion may appear as a blue rectangle representing the used space on a partition.
3. In the lower right corner of the sizing rectangle for each partition is a resizing gadget. Select it with the mouse and move the bottom of the rectangle upwards until you have reduced the existing partition enough to create the desired new volume's size. The space below the resized partition will appear gray. Click on the Apply button and wait until the process has completed. +(Note: You can only make a partition smaller in order to create new free space.)+
4. Click on the [+] button below the sizing window to add a new partition in the gray space you freed up. Give the new volume a name, if you wish, then click on the Apply button. Wait until the process has completed.
You should now have a new volume on the drive.

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tmutil compare -E
Copy the selected text to the Clipboard (command-C).
Launch the Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
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thedylanjones wrote:
Hello Officials,
Hi, and welcome to the forums.
But there are no "officials" here; this is a user-to-user forum. We're all users, just like you.
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Not sure what you mean here. Do you mean the old versions of the Mail and Address book apps, or the old data? What version of OSX is on each Mac?
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