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    Time Machine from old to new MBP, can it be done?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by ATC, Feb 14, 2009.

  1. ATC

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    I just accepted an offer on my MBP and I'll be purchasing a new unibody MBP in the following week.

    I have a lot of personal data and applications that are backed up right now in the form of a Time Machine backup.

    The old MBP is a SR (sig below) and the new one will be the unibody; different specs, GPU, HD etc...

    Can I just plug in my external HD that has my Time Machine backup into the new machine and restore it? Would the fact that there are different hardware complicate matters? And if so, since I still have my old machine for now, what would be the best solution to do what I'm trying to do here?
     
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  2. Khris

    Khris Yes I am better than you!

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    I did a Time Machine backup on my Black MacBook and then did a migration on my new Unibody MacBook from Time Machine and had absolutely no problems at all.

    Don't do a restore, use the migration wizard.
     
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    Awesome, that's a relief. Thanks.

    So when I get the new MBP, I just run "Migration Assistant" and use the Time Machine backup; pretty straight forward. :)
     
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    The Migration Wizard will run the first time you turn on your new Mac. You can either do it then, or you can just go through the setup and run it later.

    Probably best to connect your Time Machine drive directly to your computer while doing the migration as it will be much faster as compared to doing it wireless.
     
    Khris, Feb 15, 2009
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