Use TM Back for New Machine

I've replaced a PowerBook with a MacBook. I'd like to continue my Time Machine backups to the same sparseimage file that the old computer used. I found advice on correcting a TM problem with a new logic board, but they refer to files that don't exist on my Time Machine volume.
My Time Machine "Data" volume has on it three (one for each Mac) files with names like <Computer name><12digit_hexvalue>.sparseimage . There are also three 16-byte files with names like .<12digit_hexvalue> . I suppose I could try renaming the sparseimage file to the new computer's name and MAC address, but those other sets of advice suggest that there is more to it than that.
Can anyone give me the details of what I need to do? Thanks.

William Boyd, Jr. wrote:
That's too bad. I only have 150 GB left on my Time Machine volume. Starting a new backup for the MacBook would consume 1/3rd of that immediately. Does that also imply that I'd never be able to retrieve anything from the old computer's Time Machine backup unless I used the old computer to do it?
No. They're still available to you, just a bit differently (since they're for a different Mac). See item 17 of the Frequently Asked Questions post at the top of this forum.
I tried an "xattr" command for changing the partition "UUID" on a Time Machine file from some advice I found on the Web (modified for my situation), but the result was "[Errno 1] Operation not permitted". This may be due to the Time Machine volume being mounted to give me "custom access": "(unknown): Read & Write; everyone: No Access".
V.K. is correct. You cannot make TM back-up your new Mac as a continuation of the existing series for the old Mac.

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