Hi Graham

See below 

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> On 20 Oct 2015, at 09:57, Graham Street <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
>> I cloned my MBP SSD drive and updated the clone to El Capitan so that I can 
>> test some things before committing to doing it for real. And then I did the 
>> upgrade on that copy. One of the products I use is Default Folder X and it 
>> seems this needs a new release (that isn't ready yet). In the meantime, the 
>> product can still be run by switching off SIP (System Integrity Protection) 
>> in El Capitan. Is this a good idea? It seems it may only be for a few weeks.
Shouldn’t be an issue switching off SIP for a couple of weeks, it’s an 
additional security benefit but so far we’ve all been fine on Yosemite without 
it ;)
>> 
>> Complete coincidence, but my 1Tb TM disk (on the old OSX) is running low on 
>> space and is always 'cleaning up'. The amount of data on my main hard drive 
>> (SSD) has now grown to 530Hb (of 1Tb) so I'm unsurprised the TM is running 
>> low on space. I've ordered a new and larger external TM disk, due in a few 
>> days. As I'm going away for a while in a few weeks time, I'm not keen to 
>> start a new TM disk and then not be able to go back more than 3 weeks in 
>> time. Can I clone the old TM disk to the new one and have OSX pick up where 
>> it left off with lots of history for restores (but on the larger disk)?

SuperDuper will clone a TM backup, Carbon Copy Cloner won’t touch it. After 
that you’ll need to issue the following commands in Terminal, assuming your 
Time Machine drive is called “Backup” , your Mac’s name (in System Preferences 
> Sharing) is “Graham Street’s iMac” and your hard drive is named “Macintosh HD"

sudo tmutil inheritbackup /Volumes/Backup/Backups.backupdb/Graham\ Street\’s\ 
iMac
sudo tmtuil associatedisk /Volumes/Backup/Backups.backupdb/Graham\ Street\’s\ 
iMac/Latest/Macintosh\ HD /

The bold text is the one you might need to change. Note the use of \ to escape 
the space character and apostrophe. Also not the space between Macintosh HD and 
/, this associates the disk Macintosh HD (within your Time Machine backup) with 
/ (your current startup drive). There will be a bit of checking on the next 
backup but it should pick up where it left off.

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