I'd like to get a bigger HD for my unibody MB. I currently have a time capsule and use time machine for backups. Can I just replace the HD and then restore from TM?
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Bigger hard drive on MB
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Seriously? It can't be that simple. (forgive me i've been a Windows user untill I bought my MB a few months ago)
Can you install OS X from a TM back up?! If so, that is incredible.
But I would think you would need a new OS if you were replacing your HDD.
This is embarrassing. The rest of my post is missing. In the one I didn't post I mentioned that the new drive needs an install of the same OS.
Must have had two windows up and posted the wrong one, or something.
I remember typing it
edit: I'm kinda chuckling about it now though. I brought up the thread, saw 'Yes', and thought to myself 'what an idiot'.
Yes, but it seems by default the TM backup is not bootable.
So to be able to restore the TM backup to an empty drive in your MB, you need to boot the MB from Leopard Install Disk.
http://blog.duncandavidson.com/2008/01/restoring-from-time-machine.html