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Time Machine Help

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SChaput

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I have been backing up my old macbook pro to an external drive and have run many successfully backups using time machine.

Recently, i purchased a new macbook pro and intend on restoring from a time machine backup on my external drive. For some reason or another, i chose not to restore from time machine backup in the initial start up of the system. Is there a way to do what i want to now? Or am i required to reinstall the OS again?

Thanks.
 
You can restore your apps and data from the TM backup using Migration Assistant. It's in Applications/Utilities.
 
It's on the second screen after you open Migration Assistant on the new Mac.
 

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Just use the "from time machine backup" setting. This will transfer all of your settings and stuff over just fine.
 
Yeah. i can find that but then i see this..

@touchdownjesus, the other mac isn't around for that option.
 

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SChaput said:
Yes. I can see the disk on the desktop. Should i target it by time machine? or leave it as a disk?
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Leave it as a disk for now, targeting it as a TM backup will cause it to start a fresh backup. It won't delete anything, but it won't help.

Can you see and browse the backup folder on the drive?
 
Well on my new mac i see a disk image titled Steve-Laptop_001_______.sparsebundle. Which i cant open. When i go to my old mac and load the disk, i can mount that disk image and my information is located inside, (latest, and other dates)
 
Try this, and replace Time Capsule with your drive:

Launch Disk Utility.
Open a Finder window and select the TC in the SideBar.
Click "Connect as...". Enter your TCs password.
Double-click the blue folder that appears in the finder window. The sparsebundle should now be visible.
Drag the sparsebundle to the source pane on the left side of Disk Utility.
Run “Verify Disk”. If problems are found, run "Repair Disk". (Realize that both operations can take some time, several hours if done wirelessly, so be patient.)
Once repair is complete, quit Disk Utility.
In the Finder window eject the sparsebundle.
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I believe those instructions are if i can mount the sparsebundle which im unable too. I can drag the bundle to the disk utility and verify and repair, each take ~ 5 seconds, obviously not doing anything in that time.

If i get info on that .dmg on my other mac it says 100 some odd GB of information...on the new computer that .dmg says 0...strange..
 
Thank you very much for your attempts, i appreciate it.

Do you think reinstalling the OS on my new machine, and selecting restore from time machine backup would be a solution? or will i fall into the same hole, obviously you can only speculate but im just looking for opinions...

thanks again
 
I think you might end up in the same place.

But, if you have the time, and nothing to lose ...
 
Worst comes to worst, i go to my other mac, and copy all the data i need somewhere else, and then bring it only to my new machine manually.

However, will this bring over programs such a dreamweaver, photoshop, Microsoft office etc?
 
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