HOw do I transfer Time Machine back up to another HD?

[Raymond Lin]

I have a 500G WD External HD that is my Time Machine backup, but its gotten kinda full. I am going to get a 1.5TB drive and replace it. The question is how do i transfer everything to the new HD and keeping everything running as it is now.

 

[Deleted member 651465]

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Or you could just change the location and start afresh?

Changing your backup disk

You can manually select a backup disk in Time Machine System Preferences if you want to.

1. Choose From the Apple menu, choose System Preferences.
2. From the View menu, choose Time Machine.
3. Click "Select Backup Disk".
4. Choose a disk where backups will be stored, then click “Use for Backup.”

Note: Every available disk that can be used to store backups is listed. If you’ve partitioned a disk, the available partitions are listed. Time Machine can’t back up to an external disk that's connected to an AirPort Extreme, or to an iPod, iDisk, or a disk formatted for Microsoft Windows (NTFS or FAT format). If you select an NTFS or FAT-formatted disk, Time Machine prompts you to reformat the disk. Choose a different disk or reformat the disk in Mac OS Extended (Journaled) format. Because reformatting erases any files on the disk, only do this if you no longer need the files or if you have copies of them on a different disk.

If your backup disk is on a network, the network server must use Apple File Protocol (AFP) file sharing and both your computer and the networked backup disk should have Mac OS X 10.5.6 or later installed.