On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 1:09 PM, Macs R We <[email protected]> wrote:

> Time Capsule is one of the few places where Apple completely exercises the
> "ownership" mechanism, so unless you're logged in as root, Finder copy is
> going to be a big headache (even if you're the only user on the backup).
>
> My first approach would be to mount both drives explicitly and then use
> Disk Copy restore with "erase target," which does block copies of drives.
>


First, thank you!

Two questions: First, I'm not sure what you mean by mounting both drives
"explicitly" - can you mount a time capsule drive in a way other than
connecting it to the network?

Second, I think you might have assumed that I meant drives attached to a
time capsule. I actually meant the time capsule drives (the internal one)
themselves. Does this apply with those?

Thanks for your help!

>
> On Nov 30, 2012, at 12:11 PM, Jeff Weinberger wrote:
>
> > Hi:
> >
> > My time capsule seems to be on its last legs, so I am buying a new one. I
> > have two Macs backed up to the current time capsule (using time machine)
> > and a bunch of other stuff stored there.
> >
> > I know I can use finder copy to move stuff over when both are connected,
> > but I am concerned about maintaining backup integrity and history not to
> > mention the very long time that will take, and making sure when it's all
> > done, the new one looks pretty much like the old one.
> >
> > I recall a thread about this a while ago, but could not find anything
> > beyond "use finder copy," so I thought I'd ask again if there are any
> tools
> > or methods that will do a direct copy preserving data stuctures and
> > metadata.
> >
> > Any help is much appreciated!!
> >
> > Jeff
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