What happens with Time Machine/Time Capsule when upgrading to Lion?

[applefan289]

My Time Capsule has all applications (like Mail, etc.) backed up from Snow Leopard. What happens to my backup when I upgrade to Lion? Will it replace the old Mail with the new Mail? Will there be any issues?

 

[Mal]

It will continue working just as it has been.

jW

 

[applefan289]

It will continue working just as it has been.

jW

But will there be old applications from Snow Leopard backed up taking up space?

In other words, will Mail 4.5 still be backed up on Time Capsule even though I'm using Mail 5 with Lion? Or will Mail 4.5 be deleted?

 

[Mal]

As I said, it will work exactly the same way. So yes, there will be an old version of Mail, and any other application or file that you've changed, until space is needed for more backups. Remember, it simply starts deleting old backups when it runs out of space, so you're not really losing anything by letting it keep those for a while.

jW