Time Machine Backup

Gary86 · Nov 5, 2012, 03:34 PM

Hey everyone. I'm getting ready to sell my MBA and get a Mac Mini. My MBA is backed up. When I get the Mini and do the restore/migration does it bring back everything? iTunes library, programs (word, etc), documents (I have tons of school stuff on it).

Thanks.

Weaselboy · Nov 6, 2012, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Gary86

Hey everyone. I'm getting ready to sell my MBA and get a Mac Mini. My MBA is backed up. When I get the Mini and do the restore/migration does it bring back everything? iTunes library, programs (word, etc), documents (I have tons of school stuff on it).

Thanks.

Yes... it will bring back everything. Make sure you run Migration Assistant on the new machine when it pops up during the setup process. That will bring in your old account and everything else along with it.

Gary86 · Nov 6, 2012, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Weaselboy

Yes... it will bring back everything. Make sure you run Migration Assistant on the new machine when it pops up during the setup process. That will bring in your old account and everything else along with it.

Thank you very much.

TouchMint.com · Nov 6, 2012, 04:58 PM

I am getting ready to do this from a mac pro to a mac air. I have never ran time machine but will be doing so soon. I am guessing I will run it to an external harddrive and then connect the external to the air on bootup and then it will give me the option of restoring from this time machine backup?

also if the air comes with mountain lion and my pro is on lion will that be a problem?

Kushp14 · Nov 6, 2012, 10:38 PM

Yes it will just like a iPhone backup will restore it back to the original state

Weaselboy · Nov 7, 2012, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by TouchMint.com

I am getting ready to do this from a mac pro to a mac air. I have never ran time machine but will be doing so soon. I am guessing I will run it to an external harddrive and then connect the external to the air on bootup and then it will give me the option of restoring from this time machine backup?

also if the air comes with mountain lion and my pro is on lion will that be a problem?

That won't be a problem, but you don't want to "restore"... what you should do is after the new Air starts for the first time and you select language and time zone, the Migration Assistant will start. Just tell the Migration Assistant you want to import data from your old machine and point it to the Time Machine backup from the Pro. This will import your account along with all apps and settings.

canuckle · Nov 21, 2012, 06:21 PM

Make sure that if you are running ML on the older one, you upgrade to ML on the new one before you migrate your data, otherwise you will have a bit of a mess to deal with. Easy fix but easier to make sure both are ML first.

orangezorki · Nov 22, 2012, 03:16 PM

As others have hinted at, you want your data on the new machine, but all of the preference files and the like only have the potential to cause problems with the newer hardware. Might be fine though.

I'd just import your music, photos, movies, documents etc using the migration assistant. Spending a bit of time to re-set everything is much better than having to do it all again.

David

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Gary86 macrumors member Join Date: Mar 2012	Time Machine Backup Hey everyone. I'm getting ready to sell my MBA and get a Mac Mini. My MBA is backed up. When I get the Mini and do the restore/migration does it bring back everything? iTunes library, programs (word, etc), documents (I have tons of school stuff on it). Thanks.
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TouchMint.com macrumors 6502 Join Date: May 2012 Location: Phoenix	I am getting ready to do this from a mac pro to a mac air. I have never ran time machine but will be doing so soon. I am guessing I will run it to an external harddrive and then connect the external to the air on bootup and then it will give me the option of restoring from this time machine backup? also if the air comes with mountain lion and my pro is on lion will that be a problem? __________________ www.TouchMint.com iPhone App Developer Apps of the month: Baseball Stats Tracker Touch (Over 10,000 Copies Sold!) Quiz and Flashcard Maker
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Nov 6, 2012, 10:38 PM	#5
Kushp14 macrumors member Join Date: Jun 2010	Yes it will just like a iPhone backup will restore it back to the original state
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Nov 21, 2012, 06:21 PM	#7
canuckle macrumors member Join Date: Dec 2011	Make sure that if you are running ML on the older one, you upgrade to ML on the new one before you migrate your data, otherwise you will have a bit of a mess to deal with. Easy fix but easier to make sure both are ML first.
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Nov 22, 2012, 03:16 PM	#8
orangezorki macrumors 6502 Join Date: Aug 2006	As others have hinted at, you want your data on the new machine, but all of the preference files and the like only have the potential to cause problems with the newer hardware. Might be fine though. I'd just import your music, photos, movies, documents etc using the migration assistant. Spending a bit of time to re-set everything is much better than having to do it all again. David
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