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Can you restore Time Machine Files to a NEW Time Machine Drive?
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<blockquote data-quote="IWT" data-source="post: 1156369" data-attributes="member: 83420"><p>Let me announce my amateur status from the start. The "Big Boys & Girls" of this forum will provide the class.</p><p></p><p>As far as I know, TM backs up everything, iPhotos, pictures, iTunes, Aperture 3, emails - the lot. Plus all applications and preferences. It restores your Mac exactly as it was.</p><p></p><p>My first ever TM was used to "populate" my three subsequent Macs, restoring them to a situation identical to the first. Obviously, I attached new TMs to each Mac as I got it, but, in effect, they were copies of my first with whatever new stuff I had added since then — photos, apps, emails, and all the rest.</p><p></p><p>I too use LaCie d2 Quadra as my TM. </p><p></p><p>Wise people will emphasise that LaCie ONLY makes the enclosures, not the HD which (in theory) could be from any source. BUT, just counting now, I have 12 different LaCie EHDs going back 4+ years. They've been repeatedly reformatted, partitioned and used over & over again. Not one has ever failed.</p><p></p><p>Caveat: I have no experience of partitioning the Quadra to allow TM to back up on one partition and data on the other and I'm not sure how you would do this anyway.</p><p></p><p>What I would do: Quadra dedicated to TM. Separate EHD to back up all those other bits, graphics or whatever.</p><p></p><p>Then, you mention "old backups from 2009". I can't see how to integrate these with your new (Quadra) TM. Again, my thoughts are to use an EHD.</p><p></p><p>You could partition the EHD into 2 - one to receive the graphics etc; the other the old 2009 stuff. </p><p></p><p>That's my effort. Await the experts.</p><p></p><p>It may not be fashionable to say it, but have a Merry Christmas.</p><p></p><p>Ian</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IWT, post: 1156369, member: 83420"] Let me announce my amateur status from the start. The "Big Boys & Girls" of this forum will provide the class. As far as I know, TM backs up everything, iPhotos, pictures, iTunes, Aperture 3, emails - the lot. Plus all applications and preferences. It restores your Mac exactly as it was. My first ever TM was used to "populate" my three subsequent Macs, restoring them to a situation identical to the first. Obviously, I attached new TMs to each Mac as I got it, but, in effect, they were copies of my first with whatever new stuff I had added since then — photos, apps, emails, and all the rest. I too use LaCie d2 Quadra as my TM. Wise people will emphasise that LaCie ONLY makes the enclosures, not the HD which (in theory) could be from any source. BUT, just counting now, I have 12 different LaCie EHDs going back 4+ years. They've been repeatedly reformatted, partitioned and used over & over again. Not one has ever failed. Caveat: I have no experience of partitioning the Quadra to allow TM to back up on one partition and data on the other and I'm not sure how you would do this anyway. What I would do: Quadra dedicated to TM. Separate EHD to back up all those other bits, graphics or whatever. Then, you mention "old backups from 2009". I can't see how to integrate these with your new (Quadra) TM. Again, my thoughts are to use an EHD. You could partition the EHD into 2 - one to receive the graphics etc; the other the old 2009 stuff. That's my effort. Await the experts. It may not be fashionable to say it, but have a Merry Christmas. Ian [/QUOTE]
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