Moving Retrospect from one Macintosh backup computer to another Macintosh backup computer

Install Retrospect on the new computer.

Copy the catalog files from the old backup computer to the new computer. Note that the default location that catalog files are saved is library/application support/Retrospect/Catalogs

Copy the preferences from the old backup computer to the new computer. Preferences are saved in library/application support/Retrospect/. You want to copy the config80.dat, configs.xml file, pubkey.dat and privkey.dat if you have it. You should stop the Retrospect Engine in System Preferences on the old computer and the new computer before copying these files. 

Next, you must force Retrospect (on the new backup computer) to recognize the catalog files you just moved. Go to Media Sets and click Locate and then select each catalog file.

If you previously backed up both the old and the new backup computer and you want to continue to do so, you must perform a few extra steps because their status has changed:

If the new backup computer was previously backed up as a client, that is no longer necessary since its volumes are now local.

Last Update: February 2024