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From: Colour Sergeant Bourne <bourne@rorke.za>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Transfer USB Time Machine Backup Drive to a New Mac
Date: Wed, 29 May 2024 13:30:56 -0400
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For several months, I’ve been backing up Mac “A” to an external USB Time 
Machine drive.

I’m going to sell Mac A and replace it with Mac B.

Is there a way to use Mac A’s external USB Time Machine drive to now 
backup Mac B AND KEEP the existing Mac A backups on the USB drive?

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There’s no problem so bad that you can’t make it worse.
				-  Astronaut Chris Hadfield.