• Mac OS X,  Mac OS X Server

    Moving Time Machine Backups

    Many of you may have noticed that you can’t use cp or ditto to move Time Machine backups. But you can use asr. This is because moving a Time Machine backup needs to be block level in most cases. Let’s look at doing so in Disk Utility. Disable Time Machine Moving Time Machine backups to a new disk is a bit tricky for some, due to the restrictions placed around the files that Time Machine uses. To do so, first disable Time Machine. To do so, open the Time Machine sytem preference pane turn off Time Machine. Partition the New Volume Next, connect the current backup volume and your new…