Transfer from Time Capsule to External Disk

I want to start using an external drive (Lacie) for Time Machine, but need to transfer my Time Capsule backups to this external drive. I have archived the TC backups but that does not seem to be useful for this purpose. The instructions about restoring don't seem relevant either. I simply want to be able to access the older TC backups along with the newer backups on the external drive. In effect: to merge the old TM (made on the TC) with the new TM (made on the external drive).
If this is possible, how can I do it?
Thanks.

thomps2xxx wrote:
This works. I can now use TM to access the sparsebundle version of the backups on the new external drive.
But the new backups to this drive start a new file in a different format.
TM treats backups to locally attached drives differently over networked drives. here is an interesting read.
Is there any way to merge the sparsebundle files into the standard TM backup file?
unfortunately, the answer is no

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Hang in there for another few hours to see if the transfer will complete. Check with the Apple guys again if no progress.
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I have a MBP which up until 7 days ago had Mountain Lion on it. The week before that, i had major abdominal surgery and when i was in the hospital, i accidentally knocked a bottle of water over and it fried my MBP. I would not turn on after that.
I took the MBP to the Apple Store for it to be repaired, at a cost of about $800. Meanwhile, i bought a new MBP. Both computers are the same with 2.5Ghz intel processor Core i5. As far as i know, the only difference is that the newer one has a 500GB HD and the older one has a 1 TB HD, and the older one ran Mountain Lion while the new one came with Mavericks.
I had the older computer backed up on a Time Capsule. When i got the newer one, i turned it on and went through the set up process. When asked at the beginning if i wanted to transfer stuff over from another computer or drive, i said 'ask me later' or something like that. I have never used Migration Assistant before and did not understand it well enough to use it.
I transferred the backed up data on Time Capsule to the new computer wirelessly. It worked fine. When i got done,
the hard drive looked like the old one, same set, same files on the desk top, dock arranged the same way, same Safari bookmarks, and also, the same third party
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Since i set up the new computer, it has been having regular back ups onto Time Capsule.
Now, i have the older computer back, repaired. The older computer no longer has Mountain Lion. It has Mavericks OS 10.8.5. The newer computer has OS 10.9.3.
I want to do the same thing i did a week ago in order to transfer the data to the older now repaired computer, but i can't remember what i did, i'd never transferred data from Time Capsule before. I have not been in the best shape mentally, having been cut open with a 10 inch incision and pain pills.
All i know is that whatever i did, it was very easy, i believe i used Time Machine to do it, and it transferred my third party programs with their data. It did NOT involve using Migration Assistant.
I don't plan on using the newer computer. i plan to go back to using the older one which has the larger hard drive.
Both computers have the same user account names and login info. I just want to replace what is currently on the older freshly repaired MBP with what is on the Time Capsule.
I am not sure if my question is very clear but i'm wondering if anyone can tell me how i can transfer the data from my Time Capsule to my older now repaired MBP without using Migration Assistant (which i think would not transfer my 3rd party stuff). i just want to do what i did a week ago but can't remember what i did. I think i used Time Machine, i connected the computer and Time Capsule (or they were already connected wirelessly).
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Does anyone know what i'm talking about from experience or other knowledge? because i'm inexperienced with this process and am not very clear about what happened, but i know it didn't involve Migration Assistant and it didn't involve Time Machine > Enter Time Machine, because i have never seen those before today.
Whatever i did, it was so easy, just click on the disk i wanted to transfer data from and click some button that meant "ok" or "connect" or "transfer." And then, just wait, and after some time, my computer was set up reflecting the back up from Time Capsule, including third party stuff.
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Transferring backup from Time Capsule to external HD?

Have had many headaches with trying to use Time Capsule wirelessly for backups and also as a router for internet connectivity.
Finally decided to invest in an external HD with 3T of capacity. It is a 'plug and play' unit, already GUID partitioned and I want to transfer my Time Machine backups (that go back to Nov 2010) in total to this new HD, which is connected to my desktop computer with FW800.
Here's my question: This article suggests that all I have to do is to drag the Backups.backupdb folder to my new external HD, but this is not found on my Time Capsule.
Instead, I have the following:
[Folder Icon} Desktop (containing 0 items)
KO's MacPro.sparsebundle
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Also, I'm not confident that copying the files wirelessly is the way to go. However, I've had spotty success with trying to use the TCapsure via ethernet.
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Apple now recommends this method for backup of the TC.. see.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5096
Pondini covered it ages ago and with better detail.
http://pondini.org/TM/18.html
Read the whole thing carefully.. inside the sparsebundle is the backup.. you do not copy the sparsebundle just the backup.
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So do I just drag these 2 items to my external HD?
Also, I'm not confident that copying the files wirelessly is the way to go. However, I've had spotty success with trying to use the TCapsure via ethernet.
Any suggestions?
That is never going to work over wireless.
By the time you get it half way something will happen and corrupt it and you need to start over.
TM backup are fairly difficult beasties to backup IMHO.
You must get your ethernet working. I would strongly advise you do this in isolation.. Setup a computer and the TC.. and copy the file across.. no other network connection.. If it still give issues.. something is actually wrong with the TC. How old is it and what model, please give A1xxx from the rubber foot.
The final method.. is to extract the TC hard disk and put it in a USB holder. Then do a copy on the computer, disk to disk. this is much faster btw if you use sata connection on your Pro.. in fact you can do it in a few hours.
http://www.ifixit.com/Device/Apple_Time_Capsule

How to use old Time Capsule als external disk

I just bought a new 3TB TC. I want to use the old one as an external disk and I also have some files on there I want to use. the new 3TBTC connected nicely, but the old TC on ethernet cable is not recognized by Mac Pro.
How do i connect the old TC to Mac Pro to use as occasional external disk?
thanx
Frank

Factory reset the old TC.. plug it by ethernet into the network.. straight into the new TC is the obvious place.
The Mac should then be able to find it.. if not I can suggest how to do it manually in full isolation from the network.
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oops, I just found how to find backups.backupdb by myself, or at least with help from:
Pondini's excellent resource.....Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions
http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/FAQ.html
See #18.
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Hi, and welcome to the forums.
No, Time Machine cannot back-up any network drive.
Your options are limited. See #Q6 in the Using TIME MACHINE with a TIME CAPSULE *User Tip,* also at the top of this forum.

Moving Time Machine backups from Time Capsule to External USB Drive

Hi all,
hoping someone out there can help I'm trying to move my time machine backups from my old Time Capsule to my external USB drive. I've already used the Airport Utility to "archive" my Time Capsule to a USB connected WD MyBook Elite.
Right now my WD MyBook Elite has both the archive, and recent (roughly 5 backups) of both my MacBook & MacMini. I've tried to follow the seemingly simple steps located in the FAQ's here [URL="http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/18.html#id22"]Copy NETWORK backups to be used LOCALLY[/URL] , but I cannot past step 1.
[Quote]Right-click the new volume on your desktop or Finder sidebar and select Get Info. If the Ignore ownership on this volume box is checked, click the padlock at the lower right and enter your Admin password at the prompt. Then remove the check mark from the box and close the window.[/Quote]
There is no option to "Ignore Ownership" in Snow Leopard for the Spars Bundle or when expanding it to see its folders.
Any advice?
I'm basically trying to combine my backups to unit them into one seemless backup each for:
Mac Mini & MacBook.
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Dark Heart wrote:
[Quote]Right-click the new volume on your desktop or Finder sidebar and select Get Info. If the Ignore ownership on this volume box is checked, click the padlock at the lower right and enter your Admin password at the prompt. Then remove the check mark from the box and close the window.[/Quote]
There is no option to "Ignore Ownership" in Snow Leopard for the Spars Bundle or when expanding it to see its folders.
That's not referring to the sparse bundle you're copying FROM, but the new volume you just formatted on the USB drive you're copying TO.
If you didn't just format the partition, that box may not be shown -- it not, there's no problem and you don't need to do anything in that step.
I'm basically trying to combine my backups to unit them into one seemless backup each for:
Mac Mini & MacBook.
I'm not sure what you mean by that: you cannot combine the backups of two different Macs. You can put them both on the same hard drive, either in two different partitions, or, if any are going to be backed-up over a network, in a sparse bundle.
If I've misunderstood, please clarify exactly what you're trying to do.

Trying to move backup from Time Capsule to external USB drive

As per the title, I'm getting rid of my Time Capsule and am trying to move the backups to an external USB drive instead.
Initially I used AirPort Utility 5.6.1 to archive to the USB drive. However, when I switched TM back on, it wanted to do a full backup rather than incremental.
I then found Pondini's very useful page at http://pondini.org/TM/18.html and decided to try it this method instead. It also made me realise that I'd incorrectly formatted the new drive as Mac OS Extended (Journaled) when in fact the TM backup was case sensitive. So I thought this could have been the issue, but still persued Pondini's method. I formatted the drive again, this time in the correct format, and followed Pondini's guide, copying the Backups.backupdb folder from the sparse bundle to the new drive, which completed fine. But unfortunately, TM again wanted to backup everything from scratch when I turned it back on.
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So it looks like I was wrong on both counts.
I misunderstood AirPort Utility's archive feature. I failed to realise that archiving actually puts the sparse bundle in a separate folder called "Data Archive" on the new drive, so of course TM won't continue using that existing backup.
It would also seem that I was incorrect in thinking that Pondini's method didn't work. When I tried it again, I realised that TM was in fact continuing the backup. Initially it looks like it's going to do a big backup, but actually only backed up a few hundred megabytes, then everything was back to normal.
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No, there isn't.
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I have got rMBP. I also have got time capsule. External WD hard disk is connected to time capsule.
I have got 3 users in my rMBP:
(1) Admin : Administrator
(2) User A : I normally do all my work from this user.
(3) User B: I recently added this new user.
Here, using Finder tabs, User A can see time capsule and External WD hard disk. But, Admin and User B cannot. I also want User B to have the ability to see WD hard disk (and time capsule). For User B and Admin, time capsule does show up, but it shows as not connected. How can I provide User B the ability to see External WD hard disk (since User B needs to store large different files there)? Any permission issue on hard disk?
(Amazingly backup does take place automatically even if I am connected as User B or Admin).
I will appreciate your feedback. Thanks.

Emma1609 wrote:
Hi,
hi emma, and welcome to discussions
Once the external HD is turned on my Time Capsule is not longer recognized. I can't connect to Time Capsule and make any backups. It is also no longer appearing in the Airport settings.
you could try a power cycle on your devices. turn off modem, TC, and HD for, say, 10 minutes. turn the modem back on for 2 minutes, followed by the HD, followed by the TC.
then go airport utility > manual setup > disks. see if your HD is showing beneath the TC

Trying to restore from time capsule to nes hard drive, keeps looking for disks ! Can you help

ccan't restore from time capsule to new hard drive, after changing to new HD, after calculating required space to restore it keeps looking for disks! Have have put original OS X install disk 1 in it won't Eject , any help

The very best way to do this is with ethernet to the existing router. Put the TC in bridge mode manually.
Then plug it in to existing router.. we recommend LAN router to WAN on the TC but even that is not 100% necessary.
If you want to link by wireless, to a non-apple router that is bad.. recommend strongly against it. Join a wireless network is super slow.
If you have a desktop Mac you can plug it directly into the Mac by ethernet.
But we need to know how the Mac is connected to internet.
I have given some info on one layout here.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4817218?tstart=30
If you end up relying on an old TC. And any of the models from Gen1-3.. and increasingly Gen4 have all reached EOL.. they can die suddenly and either take your files with them or be hard to recover. Also a TC is slow cf a USB external drive even, which is more reliable. Considering a 2TB is <$100 I would be careful using an old TC simply because you got it free.

Migration Assistant from Time Capsule or from a External Drive

My old iMac (20" Ambient Light Sensor 2.1 , 2.0 GHz) just died. Troubleshooting indicates the logic board is dead. Time for a new iMac. I have one on order. I had set up Time Machine to backup this computer onto a Time Capsule. The Time Capsule was backing up both my laptop and this iMAC.
Unfortunately, I have no idea how to access the iMac Time Machine to make it think I am the old iMac so that I can restore the latest backup. I don't seem to remember setting up a password. I'm not even sure what the name of the iMac was on the network. (For next time what should I make sure that I keep?) I'm not even sure that it has been backing up regularly. This was my wife's computer and I set it up and then rarely went to it. When I look at the files on the Time Capsule, the iMac file does not have a recent date. That was question 1. How can I get my new iMac to recover all the files and settings from my Time Capsule?
Question 2: I have removed the hard drive from the iMac and will get it working in an external enclosure. Since it was a G5 computer, this hard drive won't boot up the new computer. But, will Migration Assistant allow me to migrate from the hard drive to the new iMac? What kind of connection do I need between the external enclosure and the new computer?
Anyone have any guidance?
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PianomanDave wrote:
Unfortunately, I have no idea how to access the iMac Time Machine to make it think I am the old iMac so that I can restore the latest backup.
You'll want to use Setup Assistant when your new Mac first starts up. See Using Setup Assistant on Lion for details. As noted there, it will automatically use the last completed backup.
Question 2: I have removed the hard drive from the iMac and will get it working in an external enclosure. Since it was a G5 computer, this hard drive won't boot up the new computer. But, will Migration Assistant allow me to migrate from the hard drive to the new iMac?
Yes, assuming neither the drive nor the data on it was damaged when the logic board failed.
What kind of connection do I need between the external enclosure and the new computer?
USB, Firewire/800, or even Thunderbolt -- anything that will connect to the new Mac. And use Setup Assistant when the new Mac first starts up, not Migration Assistant later on.
Either way, you'll need to select From Time Machine or other disk on the setup screen.

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