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moireach

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Jun 9, 2010
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Hi all,

I've just run Migration Assistant on a Macbook Air to bring over my data from a Time Machine backup done the same day on an older Macbook. However all the data that came over is from September 2009: files, settings, etc. Mysteriously, Time Machine claims it doesn't even have a backup that old -- the oldest it says it has is January 2010.

September 2009 is when I did my first Time Machine backup, but I've been updating it regularly ever since, including just before the migration. How can I force Migration Assistant to bring over the most recent backup? Or could it be that that was the last full backup done, and if so, how do I force a full backup on my old system now?

Also when redoing the migration, will I be able to overwrite this September 2009 data, or do I need to delete it first -- and if so, how?

Thanks for any guidance!
 
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