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Mac Forum / Country Specific / UK Mac Group / October 2007Time Machine question
I'm just wondering if Time Machine's restore facility can restore the back up taken from one Mac to another Mac? Say, for example, a laptop gets lost - can it's Time Machine back up be used to restore the laptop's contents to another Mac. I imagine the answer must be yes, but it's not specifically mentioned in all the help files which only talk about restoring data back to machine from which the back up was taken. Thanks Ian > I'm just wondering if Time Machine's restore facility can restore the > back up taken from one Mac to another Mac? Say, for example, a laptop [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > all the help files which only talk about restoring data back to machine > from which the back up was taken. Apple's web page implies it can (my emphasis added): ----- Migration with style. To make setting up a new Mac even simpler, Time Machine shares its data with other Mac utilities. Use Migration Assistant to copy portions of any Time Machine backup to a new Mac, or select "Restore System from Time Machine" in the Leopard DVD Utilities menu. Choose any date recorded in Time Machine to ***set up your new Mac exactly as your previous Mac was*** on that date. ----- http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/timemachine.html  SignatureNo 3G. Fewer megapixels than an N95. Lame. > > I'm just wondering if Time Machine's restore facility can restore the > > back up taken from one Mac to another Mac? Say, for example, a laptop [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/timemachine.html Thanks for teh advice guys. Ian > I'm just wondering if Time Machine's restore facility can restore the > back up taken from one Mac to another Mac? Say, for example, a laptop [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > all the help files which only talk about restoring data back to machine > from which the back up was taken. You'd want to test it but the new OS install's "import data from your old mac" routine claims to be able to restore data from a time machine backup. |
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