Restore old MacBook and backup to external hard drive.

I am trying to restore my old MacBook Pro because it is not functioning well anymore. I would like to backup some photos to an external hard drive and then reset it back to factory.

If anyone has any tips or info to restore my MacBook that would be great.

What external hard drives are compatible with a MacBook Pro?

MacBook Pro

Posted on Sep 28, 2022 10:25 PM

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BDAqua

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Sep 29, 2022 12:38 PM in response to Indyapple2

There are two ways to backup, Time Machine & Cloning, I prefer clones...

Do you have a Time Machine backup to Restore to/from?

https://eshop.macsales.com/blog/32972-time-machine-what-it-is-how-it-works-and-how-to-use-it-with-your-mac/

Thanks to John Galt…

Time Machine is not an archival system. It guarantees an absolute minimum of one and only one complete restorable system backup. Anything more than that is "nice to have" but not guaranteed.

Carbon Copy Cloner...

http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html

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