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symphony

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Aug 25, 2016
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This is annoying, my Time Machine backup is not being detected by Migration Assistant before or after setup.

When I try to use my server where it normally backs up to, Migration Assistant says “mount failed”.

When I try to enter Recovery mode and use Restore From a Time Machine Backup, it instantly detects the backup and I can view series of iterations with different software versions, but Apple ruined this mode with M1 and now it won’t let me proceed, and tells me I have to use Migration Assistant.

If I set up the Mac as new and mount the sparsebundle, and open Migration Assistant after, then it will work, but the reason why I want to avoid this is because I want my Mac to restore data from the start, not replace and transfer data after. I don’t know the consequence of doing it after. And I can’t seem to mount it prior to setup.

Is there anything else I can do?

So far copying and pasting the backupdb files no longer work since macOS Monterey. Apple’s methods are getting unnecessarily more and more inconvenient.
 
Did you ever resolve this? Running into the same issue this morning after (apparently stupidly) doing a fresh install of Ventura 13.2 on my wife's MBP. Yes, she is thrilled.
 
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