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fredsarran
Jun 30, 2008, 04:54 AM
Hi,

I had a iMac 2.8 with 500GB and Ati card. I backed up the whole hard drive via Time Machine, on my external LaCie hard drive.

Now I have my new iMac 3.06 with 1TB hard drive and a Nvidia card. I want to format it and copy all my files that I backed up on the LaCie. I think it is possible, but my question is :

If I copy all my files from my previous iMac with a different hardware configuration, is that not going to be conflicting with my new iMac and its own configuration ? Driver files, etc...

Cheers for your help and advice.


Tannerozzy
Jun 30, 2008, 12:04 PM
I wouldn't expect there would be any problems. I've used Time Machine numerous times on my Air and one time restoring a Macbook Pro from my Air. Those had completely different specs but it worked just fine.

Apple really did great with time machine. So far; flawless.
fredsarran
Jun 30, 2008, 01:02 PM
I wouldn't expect there would be any problems. I've used Time Machine numerous times on my Air and one time restoring a Macbook Pro from my Air. Those had completely different specs but it worked just fine.

Apple really did great with time machine. So far; flawless.

Yea Time Machine is great. I like it.

Still I wonder about the files for the drivers that makes the hardware work, especially for the graphic card.

Thanks for your reply. :)
Eidorian
Jun 30, 2008, 01:04 PM
/var/spool/postfix/maildrop disappears but the solution to that is to just recreate it.
ShadowXOR
Jun 30, 2008, 01:25 PM
/var/spool/postfix/maildrop disappears but the solution to that is to just recreate it.

What does that folder do?
fredsarran
Jun 30, 2008, 01:27 PM
/var/spool/postfix/maildrop disappears but the solution to that is to just recreate it.

Sorry, what is that for ?
Eidorian
Jun 30, 2008, 01:32 PM
What does that folder do?

Sorry, what is that for ?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postfix_(software)
fredsarran
Jun 30, 2008, 03:59 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postfix_(software)

Your link leads to nothing. Thanks anyway.

To come back to my worries, nobody ?
Sky Blue
Jun 30, 2008, 04:01 PM
Your link leads to nothing. Thanks anyway.

To come back to my worries, nobody ?

add the last ) to the address
fredsarran
Jun 30, 2008, 04:18 PM
add the last ) to the address

Thanks. Now it works. But what the connection between this and my main question about Time Machine ?