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<blockquote data-quote="hempomatic" data-source="post: 1900033" data-attributes="member: 335450"><p>OK, a couple of points. I would not have encrypted the TM back up, partly because of fear of what I'm going through now, and partly because it's an extra step. As a technological troglodyte I tend to keep things as simple as possible and avoid extra steps like the plague. I don't use any kind of password manager, it's pen and paper for me. I never had an issue in 20 years ...... until now. My system of passwords is very effective and until now, foolproof. </p><p></p><p>Not a caps lock issue. I was pretty aware of that possibility the moment my password failed and double checked. </p><p></p><p><em><strong>I'm a bit confused about your objective here. Are you trying to install a Time Machine backup onto a computer different to the one that created the backup? If so that is not "re" installing that's installing or restoring. </strong></em></p><p><em><strong>And if I understand correctly you want to put this data on a device that is "failing" then keep the HD but dispose of the device. Am I on the right track?</strong></em></p><p></p><p>Yes, that is my objective. The computer that is failing (display issues) has a new 2 TB SSD. I simply want to transfer the data from TM (Airport) to the SSD, remove that drive so I can cherry pick the data I wish to save which is mostly music and pictures. I was unable to reinstall via time machine. Time machine was not even recognized even though it appears in </p><p></p><p><em><strong>Do you still have the device that created the original TM backup to the Time Capsule? If so can you still access the Time Capsule on that or does it require a password as well?</strong></em></p><p></p><p>Yes and no. That is the computer with the new drive which is now running Catalina. That was not by choice. I spent weeks trying to figure out how to install the ORIGINAL OS on that machine which was Mavericks. When I was unable to do so, I followed the step by step re-install of an OS on a new drive, which ended up being Catalina (much to my chagrin). At that point, after everything was up and running very well, I was unable to access the TM back-up. Now that the repaired machine is slowly self destructing, that has become a bit more urgent.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hempomatic, post: 1900033, member: 335450"] OK, a couple of points. I would not have encrypted the TM back up, partly because of fear of what I'm going through now, and partly because it's an extra step. As a technological troglodyte I tend to keep things as simple as possible and avoid extra steps like the plague. I don't use any kind of password manager, it's pen and paper for me. I never had an issue in 20 years ...... until now. My system of passwords is very effective and until now, foolproof. Not a caps lock issue. I was pretty aware of that possibility the moment my password failed and double checked. [I][B]I'm a bit confused about your objective here. Are you trying to install a Time Machine backup onto a computer different to the one that created the backup? If so that is not "re" installing that's installing or restoring. And if I understand correctly you want to put this data on a device that is "failing" then keep the HD but dispose of the device. Am I on the right track?[/B][/I] Yes, that is my objective. The computer that is failing (display issues) has a new 2 TB SSD. I simply want to transfer the data from TM (Airport) to the SSD, remove that drive so I can cherry pick the data I wish to save which is mostly music and pictures. I was unable to reinstall via time machine. Time machine was not even recognized even though it appears in [I][B]Do you still have the device that created the original TM backup to the Time Capsule? If so can you still access the Time Capsule on that or does it require a password as well?[/B][/I] Yes and no. That is the computer with the new drive which is now running Catalina. That was not by choice. I spent weeks trying to figure out how to install the ORIGINAL OS on that machine which was Mavericks. When I was unable to do so, I followed the step by step re-install of an OS on a new drive, which ended up being Catalina (much to my chagrin). At that point, after everything was up and running very well, I was unable to access the TM back-up. Now that the repaired machine is slowly self destructing, that has become a bit more urgent. [/QUOTE]
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