How to transfer backups from Time Machine to a new Mac
Reader Mike Vogel is curious about configuring a new Mac with multiple transferred accounts. He writes:
My wife and I currently have our own MacBook Pros. As we are transitioning to iPads we are going to replace our oldest laptop with a new iMac. So for the first time I need to set up a Mac with multiple user logins. Both laptops currently run Snow Leopard. Is it possible to set up my profile by restoring from my Time Machine backup, and then my wife’s profile by restoring from her Time Machine backup? Or will I have to use Migration Assistant and manually port over data?
In order, the answer to your three questions are Yes, Yes, and Yes/No. Now to lend clarity to these somewhat unclear answers.
Yes and yes you’ll restore your backed up user accounts from their respective Time Machine backups. But yes, you’ll also use Migration Assistant to do it and no, it’s not really a manual operation. In fact, it works this way.
On the new iMac make sure that you have access to the drive where the Time Machine backup is stored and then launch Migration Assistant. It will notify you that it needs to quit all open applications. Allow it to do so.
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