Restoring an old back up

I want to restore the 1/16/21 Time Machine back-up to my MacAir. Migration assistant only offers the latest (1/20/21) back up. Any thoughts?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Jan 22, 2021 6:47 AM

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1 reply

chuck_3rd

Community Specialist

Jan 24, 2021 5:17 PM in response to Richard Enders

Hi there Richard Enders,

We understand you're trying to restore your MacBook Air from a Time Machine backup, and we'd like to share some resources that can help.

Get started here: Restore your Mac from a backup

This page can also help: If you can't back up or restore your Mac using Time Machine

Cheers!

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