Comments on: How to copy your Time Machine backups to a new larger drive http://www.macyourself.com/2008/12/10/how-to-copy-your-time-machine-backups-to-a-new-larger-drive/ Apple Mac Tips & Tricks, Tutorials, Bug Fixes, and Reviews Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:10:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Karl http://www.macyourself.com/2008/12/10/how-to-copy-your-time-machine-backups-to-a-new-larger-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-2209 Karl Sun, 17 Jul 2011 02:52:39 +0000 http://www.macyourself.com/?p=490#comment-2209 Hi everyone, I tried it two ways and it didn't work: first, I tried it with the «Erase destination» boxed checked, as instructed. Then I got an error message saying there was «not enough space on /dev/disk1s2» for it to be restored. Then I tried without checking the «Erase destination» box, to see if it would change anything, and instead I got a message saying the restoration was impossible because the operation was not permitted. However, I can see some files on it after the second attempt. Can anyone help with that? Thanks! Hi everyone,

I tried it two ways and it didn’t work: first, I tried it with the «Erase destination» boxed checked, as instructed. Then I got an error message saying there was «not enough space on /dev/disk1s2» for it to be restored.

Then I tried without checking the «Erase destination» box, to see if it would change anything, and instead I got a message saying the restoration was impossible because the operation was not permitted. However, I can see some files on it after the second attempt.

Can anyone help with that? Thanks!

]]> By: Michele evans http://www.macyourself.com/2008/12/10/how-to-copy-your-time-machine-backups-to-a-new-larger-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-1949 Michele evans Tue, 01 Feb 2011 17:55:18 +0000 http://www.macyourself.com/?p=490#comment-1949 Hi. I am using a 500Gb TimeCapsule & have just got a new 1TB TIMECAPSULE. Will this procedure work exactly the same way as you have mentioned. As I don't want to lose my TimeCapsule backups that are on the 500GB TCapsule but would like to transfer them to my 1TB TIMECAPSULE & continue backing up where I left off on my old 500GB TCapsule. Please can you let me know ASAP Many Thanks ,Michele Hi. I am using a 500Gb TimeCapsule & have just got a new 1TB TIMECAPSULE. Will this procedure work exactly the same way as you have mentioned. As I don’t want to lose my TimeCapsule backups that are on the 500GB TCapsule but would like to transfer them to my 1TB TIMECAPSULE & continue backing up where I left off on my old 500GB TCapsule. Please can you let me know ASAP Many Thanks ,Michele

]]> By: Keith Jennings http://www.macyourself.com/2008/12/10/how-to-copy-your-time-machine-backups-to-a-new-larger-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-722 Keith Jennings Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:31:28 +0000 http://www.macyourself.com/?p=490#comment-722 I'm backing up to an external USB drive, but I now get TM disk full, I thought TM deleted old back ups to make room. Can anyone help with this problem? Thanks Keith I’m backing up to an external USB drive, but I now get TM disk full, I thought TM deleted old back ups to make room. Can anyone help with this problem?

Thanks

Keith

]]> By: riddled http://www.macyourself.com/2008/12/10/how-to-copy-your-time-machine-backups-to-a-new-larger-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-549 riddled Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:48:31 +0000 http://www.macyourself.com/?p=490#comment-549 This worked great for me. I copied the hard drive, pointed TM to the new drive then renamed the old hand drive. TM continued on like nothing had happened and I have all my old backups as well. However, I just discovered one issue... Several weeks later I had to reboot the system and TM switched back to using the old drive (even with the "new" name). I switched it back manually and everything seems fine, but just for kicks I rebooted again and sure enough, it forgets which drive it was pointing to and switched back to the the old drive. Anyone have a idea how to solve this? The OS must be remembering the Universal Unique Identifier for the drive or something. Also, what is the "Owners Enabled" attribute? I see that both drives are set to YES. This worked great for me. I copied the hard drive, pointed TM to the new drive then renamed the old hand drive. TM continued on like nothing had happened and I have all my old backups as well.

However, I just discovered one issue…

Several weeks later I had to reboot the system and TM switched back to using the old drive (even with the “new” name). I switched it back manually and everything seems fine, but just for kicks I rebooted again and sure enough, it forgets which drive it was pointing to and switched back to the the old drive.

Anyone have a idea how to solve this? The OS must be remembering the Universal Unique Identifier for the drive or something.

Also, what is the “Owners Enabled” attribute? I see that both drives are set to YES.

]]> By: brightphotos http://www.macyourself.com/2008/12/10/how-to-copy-your-time-machine-backups-to-a-new-larger-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-421 brightphotos Fri, 24 Jul 2009 21:35:00 +0000 http://www.macyourself.com/?p=490#comment-421 So far so good 3 hours left to go thank you for this you are a life saver Cheers Mike So far so good 3 hours left to go thank you for this you are a life saver
Cheers
Mike

]]> By: Chris W. http://www.macyourself.com/2008/12/10/how-to-copy-your-time-machine-backups-to-a-new-larger-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-278 Chris W. Fri, 01 May 2009 19:29:43 +0000 http://www.macyourself.com/?p=490#comment-278 Yes, it works great! One thing: on my LaCie drive, I had to reformat (repartition) with Disk Utility first, in order for it to be available as a destination there. Thanks so much for posting this! Very cool. It took a while, even over FW800, but well worth it! Yes, it works great! One thing: on my LaCie drive, I had to reformat (repartition) with Disk Utility first, in order for it to be available as a destination there.
Thanks so much for posting this! Very cool. It took a while, even over FW800, but well worth it!

]]> By: solucien http://www.macyourself.com/2008/12/10/how-to-copy-your-time-machine-backups-to-a-new-larger-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-180 solucien Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:12:21 +0000 http://www.macyourself.com/?p=490#comment-180 Hello Ant, Thank you for the quick and helpful tip. This totally worked, my entire disk is now copied. Have to see still if it recognizes it as the 'old' backup, but think that should be okay. Thnx! Hello Ant,

Thank you for the quick and helpful tip.
This totally worked, my entire disk is now copied. Have to see still if it recognizes it as the ‘old’ backup, but think that should be okay.

Thnx!

]]> By: Ant http://www.macyourself.com/2008/12/10/how-to-copy-your-time-machine-backups-to-a-new-larger-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-178 Ant Wed, 25 Feb 2009 06:36:22 +0000 http://www.macyourself.com/?p=490#comment-178 Solucien, It sounds like your problem is due to the new hard drive not being formatted correctly. Out of the box, most external drives are in a format both Windows PCs and Macs can understand. Time Machine requires the Mac-only HFS+ file system to function. Take a look at one of our Time Machine troubleshooting articles for the solution to this issue: http://www.macyourself.com/2008/10/14/handy-guide-for-time-machine-tricks-and-troubleshooting-tips/ Solucien,

It sounds like your problem is due to the new hard drive not being formatted correctly. Out of the box, most external drives are in a format both Windows PCs and Macs can understand. Time Machine requires the Mac-only HFS+ file system to function. Take a look at one of our Time Machine troubleshooting articles for the solution to this issue: http://www.macyourself.com/2008/10/14/handy-guide-for-time-machine-tricks-and-troubleshooting-tips/

]]> By: solucien http://www.macyourself.com/2008/12/10/how-to-copy-your-time-machine-backups-to-a-new-larger-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-177 solucien Wed, 25 Feb 2009 05:02:49 +0000 http://www.macyourself.com/?p=490#comment-177 Why does this not work for me? My current backup is on a WD Essential 320G. Just bought the same external drive in 500G. Trying to do the restore thing to copy everything over, but its not working; - when I check the 'erase destination' checkbox, I immediately get a warning that the destination drive is in use, and the whole thing stops (new WD came straight out of the package). - When I dont check that option, the restore copying process starts. It estimates 15 hours! for the 300+Gigs. But about 1-2hours in, the process terminates with a warning that it cannot proceed. Any suggestions? Thnx Why does this not work for me?
My current backup is on a WD Essential 320G. Just bought the same external drive in 500G.
Trying to do the restore thing to copy everything over, but its not working;
- when I check the ‘erase destination’ checkbox, I immediately get a warning that the destination drive is in use, and the whole thing stops (new WD came straight out of the package).
- When I dont check that option, the restore copying process starts. It estimates 15 hours! for the 300+Gigs. But about 1-2hours in, the process terminates with a warning that it cannot proceed.

Any suggestions?
Thnx

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