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gilby101

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Mar 17, 2010
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I understand that a Time Machine backup volume (and perhaps a CCC backup volume as well) can not be copied. But don’t understand why.
With TM, it being read only may be part of the issue. It is also a special APFS volume type just for TM backups. I think that would be enough to stop copy access at of a complete volume level or even complete snapshot. But you could copy folders from a specific snapshot and maintain permissions etc. using a tool like Chronosync.

CCC can backup of the latest snapshot of a CCC backup volume. That produces a copy of the snapshot. Not the same as copying the whole volume, but maybe all that you need.

I am not aware of any tool which can copy a volume complete with snapshots. There are, out of my comfort zone, tools for copying a whole partition - which in this case would be an APFS container with one or more volumes.
 

MarkC426

macrumors 68040
May 14, 2008
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I made a great mistake to use the latest version of macOS and wasted a lot of time (myself as well as all of you who replied to my post and my sincere apology).
FYI for the future, the Beta is not the latest build…..;)
The latest build is the (stable) released version.
 

dai-leung

macrumors 6502
Aug 21, 2017
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Thank you both for your help!
TM has always allowed backup to 2 external disks. "always" = at least 10 years.

If 14.7 has changed this, then that is a serious bug.
There is no bug, I am just incompetent. Will reply in more detail in another thread.


the Beta is not the latest build…..;)
The latest build is the (stable) released version.
Thanks for pointing out and I will avoid making the same mistake in the future!
 
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dai-leung

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Aug 21, 2017
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Without all the help from all of you, such as yourself, it would not have been possible! MacRumors is a great resource where many experts share their knowledge and experience selflessly!
 
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benwiggy

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Thank you so much for taking the time to response and to confirm! You answer is giving confidence to downgrade from 14.7 to 14.6.1 and also make me feel all the effort in re-installing macOS will be worth it and will definitely will give me the the result that I have been looking for! My sincere thanks again!

I made a great mistake to use the latest version of macOS and wasted a lot of time (myself as well as all of you who replied to my post and my sincere apology).
I have two TM disks running on 14.7. You should not need to downgrade.
 
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