moved TM drive from local machine to another machine on network, TM creates brand new archive for same machine

[Neil Laubenthal]

Networked TM destinations use a sparse image bundle. Local TM  
destinations use standard file/folder structure. You can't move one to  
the other without starting an entirely new TM set.


On Dec 17, 2007, at 22:47, Kevin Callahan wrote:

>
> On Dec 17, 2007, at 11:35 AM, Charles Jacobs wrote:
>
>> I haven't tried it, but here is a way to do that, apparently:
>>
>> http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20071128055047339
>
> thanks ..
> in my case, it's the very same drive, the same TM archive --
> it's just that the drive WAS hanging off my MBPro, now it's shared  
> off an iMac.
>
> The only change is the mount.
>
> Kevin
>
>
>>
>>
>> On Dec 16, 2007, at 4:57 PM, Kevin Callahan wrote:
>>
>>> I moved my TM backup drive from my MBPro to an iMac on the same  
>>> network.  I launched TM and told it to use the remote drive  
>>> (mounted via sharing off iMac).
>>> TM is now creating an entirely new backup file.  Is there a way to  
>>> point to the existing backup?  I don't see any prefs allowing me  
>>> to point to the archive I'd like to continue using.
>>>
>>> Kevin
>>>
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