> On Feb 15, 2017, at 6:47 PM, Carl Hoefs <[email protected]> > wrote: > > >> On Feb 15, 2017, at 4:22 PM, Michael <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> >> On 2017-02-15, at 11:29 AM, Carl Hoefs <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >>> A mid-2010 iMac (Yosemite) mobo flaked out on me so I transferred its >>> external TimeMachine drive to a late-2009 iMac (Sierra). In Sys Prefs I >>> selected the new drive to be the TimeMachine drive. But when I attempt to >>> Enter Into TimeMachine, it gives me an error panel saying: >>> "Can't connect to a current Time Machine backup disk." >>> >>> What does that mean? I can access the drive and the files on it manually in >>> Finder. How can I tell TM to use the drive and the existing backups? The >>> new iMac has the same name as the old one. >>> -Carl >> >> The real question, that I do not understand: What is your goal? >> >> Is your goal to restore files from this backup to the new machine? >> Is the goal to use this drive with the new machine? >> Is the goal to "inherit" the backup database for use on this new machine -- >> the backup is a close match to the current machine, that you are willing to >> let old archives go poof as the drive is used for current backups? >> >> What is your goal? What do you want to accomplish? > > I want my new system to inherit my old system's TM archives. > > So when I do a backup, it augments the existing archive, and doesn't make an > entirely new one from scratch, which would mean abandoning everything I have > archived. > > Hard for me to believe there isn't a way to do this…
If you set up the new machine by restoring from the backup this will happen by default. IF you don’t I’m not sure there is an easy way to reach your goal. TM identifies your backup by a UUID, which you may be able to edit to match your current machine, but I’ve never tried. Mike
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