Getting a new iMac, will Time Machine be able to help me?

[Mxim]

Hey everybody,

I'm getting a new iMac this week but I'm selling my old iMac tomorrow. Is there a way I can use my Time Machine disk to sync my files to my new iMac? Or do I really have to put everything manually on the disk?

Thank you,
Mxim

 

[italiano40]

you need to put the things on the disk time machine would not be able to do that

 

[robbieduncan]

If you use the restore DVD that came with it you can do a restore from a Time Machine disk. See "Migration with Style" on the Apple product page.

You can read about the experience here.

 

[26139]

Um...

just back up your entire hard drive and then restore to the new one. If you haven't changed any settings, it's already doing that.

 

[Le Big Mac]

Hey everybody,

I'm getting a new iMac this week but I'm selling my old iMac tomorrow. Is there a way I can use my Time Machine disk to sync my files to my new iMac? Or do I really have to put everything manually on the disk?

Thank you,
Mxim

Any way you can swap the order of purchase/sale? Because then you could just migrate your mac with a firewire cable.

I realize money may prevent this, but perhaps you can find a bridge for a day or two.

 

[BobZune]

Hey everybody,

I'm getting a new iMac this week but I'm selling my old iMac tomorrow. Is there a way I can use my Time Machine disk to sync my files to my new iMac? Or do I really have to put everything manually on the disk?

Thank you,
Mxim

If the old iMac is PPC and the new one is Intel, see here

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=435350&tstart=0