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How to Move Time Machine to a New Backup Drive

How to Move Time Machine to a New Backup Drive

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Summary by Lifewire • Unknown Source on Youtube • Published 14 years ago

This article explains how to move your backup files to a new, larger Time Machine drive without losing data. Instructions apply to devices running macOS 10.6 and later.

Follow these steps to move your current Time Machine backup to a new, larger drive.

Connect the new hard drive to your Mac, either internally or externally. External drives can be connected to a USB, Thunderbolt, or FireWire port on your Mac.

Start the computer.