Time Machine Question

[M3Stang]

Hey guys I just ordered a 250GB SSD for my Mid 2012 i7 13" MBP to see if that will fix the slowness. My question is that since I obviously can't restore from my 1 TB time machine backup am I still able to access the backup on a clean install of El capitan just to get my documents and things like that back?

 

[aristobrat]

Yes, you can other do it manually (use Finder to browse into the Backups.backupdb folder on your Time Machine drive), or you can use the Time Machine icon on the menu bar. If the menu bar method doesn't find a backup for the computer, hold OPTION down and try clicking the menu bar again and use the Browse other backup disks... selection.

 

[M3Stang]

Ok thanks. I got one day shipping with amazon prime so I will have el capitan installed tomorrow night. I am hoping that its easy to do. I just hold command r and it installs from the inter webs right?

 

[cruisin]

You can restore anytime, either when you are reinstalling OSX or running migration assistant afterwards (or just copy the stuff you need).

⌘ + R will get you to recovery mode and let you install OSX. If you have a spare 8 GB USB drive, you can make an installation drive so that you can reinstall without internet access or if you plan on reinstalling often.

 

[M3Stang]

I ended up putting in the new hard drive and did command + r and did internet recovery to lion then installed el capitan. The whole process probably took about an hour and a half. Wasn't too bad.