What will happen if my new Mac has 250 GB of storage, but my Time Machine back up is 320 GB?

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What will happen if my new Mac has 250 GB of storage, but my Time Machine back up is 320 GB?

I bought a new Macbook Pro that has 250 GB of storage, but upon backing up my current Macbook Pro I realized that my full Time Machine back up is 316 GB. What will happen if I try to move my files to the new Macbook Pro with Time Machine? Will it give me the option to not move some of the files?

Should I try to delete files and get down to under 250GB before I move everything over?

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.3

Posted on Sep 21, 2021 4:38 PM

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green500

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Sep 22, 2021 11:51 AM in response to drahme

Hello drahme,

Welcome to Apple Support Communities. We understand that your backup is larger than the capacity of your new mac. We are happy to help.

In order to have the files that you want or need on your new Mac, we recommend selecting the files that you want or need on your new Mac using the steps here: Restore items backed up with Time Machine on Mac - Apple Support

Let us know if you have further questions.

Take care.

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