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DockMac

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Dec 22, 2008
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I had two notebooks and swapped their HD's. My external Time Machine Backup does not recognize the old drive, in the new notebook as it's place to "backup". How do I force Time Machine to make the Backup on the external drive, without starting an entirely new backup?
 
I had two notebooks and swapped their HD's. My external Time Machine Backup does not recognize the old drive, in the new notebook as it's place to "backup". How do I force Time Machine to make the Backup on the external drive, without starting an entirely new backup?

Dunno about forcing it ... sorry.

Any reason why starting an entirely new backup ( aka by erasing that partition and then pointing time machine to it ) is such a bad idea?

I like to start over periodically to make sure I have a fresh new complete backup.
 
Unfortunately, I have other computers backed up to the same external, so wiping it clean isn't really an option. The other reason is that the drive is nearly at capacity, and I rely on Time Machine just to delete the oldest backup to write new data.
 
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