
Enter an administrator password and click "OK" if prompted. Locate the file "Backups.backupdb" on the old external drive and drag it to the new external drive. In one window, click the sidebar icon for the new external drive click the sidebar icon for the old drive in the other. Open two new Finder windows as in Step 2.

Right-click the new external drive and select "Get Info" from the menu.Įxpand "Sharing & Permissions" and remove the check mark in the box labeled "Ignore Ownership on This Volume" if one is present.Ĭlick the Time Machine icon (a circle with an arrow on the circumference) and select "Open Time Machine Preferences."

Click the Spotlight button, type "Finder" without quotation marks and press "Enter."
