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Why can't I copy my Time Machine Backup to an External (Case-Sensitive) drive?
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<blockquote data-quote="peacockharris" data-source="post: 1928646" data-attributes="member: 415058"><p>I think you misunderstand....my Time Machine for my newer Mac (APFS, case sensitive) transferred fine to the HFS drive. Clearly Time Machine backups *can* be copied, contrary to your reply, and I've always done so the entire time I've owned Macs for extra peace of mind. With respect, I'm not "messing" with anything. I'm not altering the TM backup, I'm simply duplicating it. I've also restored my system from some of these duplicated TM backups in the past, when the actual time machine backups have become corrupted or given errors. So I don't think creating a backup of my backups is without merit. But I digress...</p><p></p><p>It's the attempt to copy the HFS Time Machine to a HFS drive that's spitting out the erroneous error about case sensitivity. And it doesn't seem to make sense, as there is no apparent case sensitivity incompatibility between the two drives. That's what I hoped for an explanation on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="peacockharris, post: 1928646, member: 415058"] I think you misunderstand....my Time Machine for my newer Mac (APFS, case sensitive) transferred fine to the HFS drive. Clearly Time Machine backups *can* be copied, contrary to your reply, and I've always done so the entire time I've owned Macs for extra peace of mind. With respect, I'm not "messing" with anything. I'm not altering the TM backup, I'm simply duplicating it. I've also restored my system from some of these duplicated TM backups in the past, when the actual time machine backups have become corrupted or given errors. So I don't think creating a backup of my backups is without merit. But I digress... It's the attempt to copy the HFS Time Machine to a HFS drive that's spitting out the erroneous error about case sensitivity. And it doesn't seem to make sense, as there is no apparent case sensitivity incompatibility between the two drives. That's what I hoped for an explanation on. [/QUOTE]
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