Copying old data from old to new?

[StuMcBill]

Hi,

I've got a 2012 Retina MBP 15" (Macbook Pro 10,1), which I am thinking about selling and getting a new 13" TouchBar MacBook Pro.

I would like to start my new MacBook fresh, only installing what I need, when I need it. However, I was planning on keeping a full, bootable backup of my current MBP by using SuperDuper or CarbonCopyCloner.

I know I could plug in an external hard drive and boot into my backup at anytime, but I was wondering, is there anyway to copy files between the backup and the new machine? Could I plug the Hard Drive into my new machine, mount the backup and copy files off it?

Sorry if this is in the wrong place.

Cheers,
Stewart

 

[Cougarcat]

Yes, you can do that. I plan on doing something similar.

It doesn't even have to be a clone--you can do the same with a Time Machine backup.