

OS X: manually the Data Migration from another Mac - Apple Supportīackups Time Machine missing after model clean installįor a Mac using Time Machine to back up, is there a way to clean install OS X for a new internal SSD and keeps backups Time Machine historical which have been made using the previous internal SSD? While as I use it to back up the new internal SSD TM, TM will show the backup history of both the previous internal SSD and the new (up to the capacity of the disc from the TimeCapsule). This article is useful, but a lot of your time, because he doesn't use Migration Wizard: Move your content to a new Mac - Apple Support You can check with 3rd party developers to ensure the compatibility of their software and upgrade options. Note that Snow Leopard will ship with the Apple apps so they do not need to be transferred.

It would be better to have a clean install of Snow Leopard and then use the Migration Assistant to transfer files from your Time Machine backup. When I install Snow Leopard on my MBP, I can just do simple drag and drop the kind of things from my external hard drive on the hard drive of the MBP?įor example, once I've erased the hard disk of the MBP and do a new installation of Snow Leopard, can I then connect my external hard drive, open a certain folder and something like Pages slide window of the HD to the window of the Applications on my MBP?ĭrag and Drop could be a problem, because these applications and files will not be usable unless they are properly updated. I did the Time Machine backups for about four years on my external hard drive. I want to now upgrade to Snow Leopard and make a complete installation where I have completely clean the existing hard drive. I found this topic in an old topic, but it has been blocked so I couldn't answer.
