Time Machine - Copying old Files to new Hard Drive
Need Assistance to be able to copy time machine files from one external drive to another, to allow continuation of time machine without erasing older copies, spoke to apple support, they informed me that there is a third party software (untility) that will enable you to do that, has any bod have info on this issue, Thank You
Mtaff wrote:
Need Assistance to be able to copy time machine files from one external drive to another, to allow continuation of time machine without erasing older copies, spoke to apple support, they informed me that there is a third party software (untility) that will enable you to do that
Are your files on a local disk or a Time Capsule? I was able to use a Finder drag-and-drop to copy "sparsebundle" files from one Time Capsule to another, although I had to copy them to an intermediate device and then to the final destination.
If your Time Machine files are on a directly-attached disk, you might be able to copy then with the utility SuperDuper! (exclamation point part of the name):
http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html
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That Mac should have come with Leopard. If so, call AppleCare. They'll send you replacement discs for a nominal fee.
Once this is sorted out, make a 8-10 GB partition on an external HD or your internal HD, and use the Restore tab of Disk Utility to copy the Install disc to that partition. Then you can boot and run from it instead of the physical disc. It will boot and run much faster, too.
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Your best bet is to stay with Leopard, at least until you have access to your 3rd-party software discs.
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Any help someone can provide me would be greatly appreciated. I suppose I need to understand Time Machine and perhaps my Thunderbolt better.Hi BDAqua,
Bravo, you helped me solve my problem.
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Time Machine not backing up other external hard drive
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I recently upgraded to Leopard and am trying to use Time Machine. I have one external hard drive that is used specifically for the Time Machine Backup, it's called "Backup Drive". The other hard drive is called "Captured Memories" and is used to store my graphic design files. Time Machine seems to backup my iMac because there is a folder called iMac and it contains the files, but the folder for Captured Memories is blank. I was getting errors saying that the backup failed but when I clicked the "Back Up Now" option on Time Machine, it doesn't list the error - but the Captured Memories folder is still blank so it didn't back up that external drive. I also changed the Spotlight preferences so that it does not search the Backup Drive.
Both the Backup Drive and the Captured Memories drives are the same, they're both Seagate Free Agent Pro drives, 1TB each.
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I was using a Memeo backup software that came with the Free Agent Pro drives but the problem I was having is it would make copies of files rather than move them. For example, I have a folder on the Captured Memories drive that is called, In Progress and one that is called In Proofing. So once a project is complete, I move the file to the In Proofing folder. The Memeo software would copy the file to the In Proofing folder rather than move it. So I'd end up with 2 copies of the file, one in the In Progress folder and one in the In Proofing folder.
Does anyone know how I can simply have the drive backed up like that?
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It's better to have two backups, each on seperate hardware of each drive.
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If you drop a drive, or knock it over while it's running, all the data could be lost.
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A clone and a backp of the external drive stored safely off site is ideal, update it once a week or bi weekly as needed.
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