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If I enter Time Machine the only backups available are from the last few days even though the previous backups are there and my Time Capsule still has the data taking up space. Is there any way to find these previous backups? When I go into System Preferences for Time Machine it shows the oldest backup is March 20, 2017 so shouldn't it and the others be accessible?
I decided to get a new hard drive for Time Machine backups since Time Capsule had run low on space and is no longer a reliable option to use. I stopped the auto backup in System Preferences for Time Machine and connected the new external drive (and formatted it) I selected it as the new backup drive in Time Machine preferences but did not let it finish the backup. That's when my Time Capsule showed up with the data and files going all the way back to 2017 on my desktop. I used SuperDuper to copy the files from my Time Capsule to the new hard drive (which took a week for over 1.5 tb) and all the files are there and available on my hard drive.
I decided to get a new hard drive for Time Machine backups since Time Capsule had run low on space and is no longer a reliable option to use. I stopped the auto backup in System Preferences for Time Machine and connected the new external drive (and formatted it) I selected it as the new backup drive in Time Machine preferences but did not let it finish the backup. That's when my Time Capsule showed up with the data and files going all the way back to 2017 on my desktop. I used SuperDuper to copy the files from my Time Capsule to the new hard drive (which took a week for over 1.5 tb) and all the files are there and available on my hard drive.
I've ordered an WD - Easystore 8TB External USB 3.0 Hard Drive to replace my Time Capsule for Time Machine backups and I would really like to be able to transfer those older backups to it when I set it up.
Since updating to Catalina all of my previous TM backups are not available? Any way to find them?
