after every other major macos update, i do a clean install. prior to that, i use time machine to back up my stuff. on the new installation i do not migrate from old time machine backups but i set it up as a new installation. therefore, i have to create a new user even though same name like the old one but, most probably, with a new uid. is this the reason why time machine wont let me restore from my old backups because the users do not match? in fact, the persmission are not correct and folders inside backups have the "probibited" sign even though i'm the owner of the data. but time machine does not know that due to the different users that are only on the surface identical. i don't want to mess with chmod and chown and the like as i'm not familiar with that.
the reason why i do not migrate after a clean install is because i don't like what the selective restore offers me. it's not fine grained enough as i want the installation as clean as possible. in know, sounds ocd. but i want it that way.
so my question is: how to i use time machine WITH a clean install WHILE maintaining the ability to restore from old back ups? is there a possibility to JUST restore the user without any associated files and so on?
thank you for your help!
edit: as i ran in to exactly the problem of mismatching permissions, i wonder if there's a possibility to restore them so that i can access my old files. i already tried https://www.baligu.com/pondini/TM/E10.html without success. then chmod and chown are my last resort?
the reason why i do not migrate after a clean install is because i don't like what the selective restore offers me. it's not fine grained enough as i want the installation as clean as possible. in know, sounds ocd. but i want it that way.
so my question is: how to i use time machine WITH a clean install WHILE maintaining the ability to restore from old back ups? is there a possibility to JUST restore the user without any associated files and so on?
thank you for your help!
edit: as i ran in to exactly the problem of mismatching permissions, i wonder if there's a possibility to restore them so that i can access my old files. i already tried https://www.baligu.com/pondini/TM/E10.html without success. then chmod and chown are my last resort?