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Something's amiss here. You can use TimeMachine to transfer data from an old computer to a new one. I've done this a few times, and clearly the new one doesn't
by magnetic 8y ago
Something's amiss here. You can use TimeMachine to transfer data from an old computer to a new one. I've done this a few times, and clearly the new one doesn't have any piece of hardware in common with the old one.
The last time I did this it was to migrate from a 2015 to 2018 (don't ask - I would have kept the 2015 if it wasn't for my need for 32 GB).
If you use the migration assistant, you should be able to pull a TM backup that was done on computer A into computer B.
There is something else going on in your setup.
- craz8 8y agoI was surprised too! I could find nothing about this online that actually helped in any way Migration during install, migration after install, migration from Recovery system - none of them found anything, and they would hang forever looking for data
- magnetic 8y agoWas your original backup encrypted? Did you log into your iCloud account before restoring? (I don't remember if that's a step that happens prior to restoring in the new Mac setup flow) There could be some credential that needs to be provided in order to find/decrypt a TM Backup. If that key was not available, perhaps the OS/UI doesn't even show you the backup as a restore candidate.