Merge multiple Time Machine backups?

[CrEsTo]

Hi folks,

Having used several Macs throughout the years, I've ended up with a number of Time Machine backup files on my 2 separate hard drives.

Is there a way to merge them all into one huge backup file? I've tried using a tool called 'Back-In-Time 3' that allows me to manually restore files from separate TM backups but it's a pain as I have thousands of files.

Any ideas?

 

[Gregg2]

You don't want to do that. That's a history of backups over time.

 

[Tomorrow]

Doesn't this pretty much defeat the purpose of Time Machine? 😕

 

[satcomer]

Time Machine wasn't set to that. If you are semi or pure professional then look at a cloning utility like Carbon Copy Cloner or ChronoSync backups then the consumer Time Machine.

 

[Weaselboy]

Hi folks,

Having used several Macs throughout the years, I've ended up with a number of Time Machine backup files on my 2 separate hard drives.

Is there a way to merge them all into one huge backup file? I've tried using a tool called 'Back-In-Time 3' that allows me to manually restore files from separate TM backups but it's a pain as I have thousands of files.

Any ideas?

There is no way to do that. You would have to restore the data you want from each backup set then make a new TM backup with all the data in one backup.