How to fix the wrong Time Machine adoption for a drive swap<article>
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<p>It’s common to swap in one Mac for another, using a migration tool to transfer its files and effective identity, or to upgrade a drive in your Mac. But because macOS tracks Macs and drives with behind-the-scenes identifiers (not just their display names), Time Machine can get confused, even if you’re offered a prompt asking if you want to inherit an existing backup set for a new Mac or drive.</p><p>If macOS gets it wrong, you have to turn to the Terminal command line and type in text commands to get things back on track.</p><p>Macworld reader Richard had a mismatch happen to him when he upgraded to a new Mac by using a Time Machine backup for migration. He was prompted to inherit the old machine’s backup—the one he just used, ostensibly—but macOS picked incorrectly, and shifted him to a completely other Mac’s backup instead, one from 2012.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3261111/macs/how-to-fix-the-wrong-time-machine-adoption-for-a-drive-swap.html#jump">To read this article in full, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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How to fix the wrong Time Machine adoption for a drive swap
