Time machine backup to large to migrate to MBP

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Time machine backup to large to migrate to MBP

Hi everyone,

I really hope someone can help me with this problem.

A while ago I took a time machine backup of my old macbook pro, which I no longer have. Now I want to use migrate assistant to get all my old files, applications, settings etc. onto another macbook pro. The problem is that the backup on the external hard drive is 339 GB, but the hard drive on the "new" macbook pro is only 320 GB. Is there any way for me to retrieve my files from the time machine backup without getting another computer with a larger hard drive? I don´t mind losing 20-30 GB of my old files, as long as I can get most of them back.

Ingibjörg Högna

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7)

Posted on Nov 22, 2011 7:08 AM

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BDAqua

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Nov 22, 2011 10:47 AM in response to Hogna

With a new MBP you want to use Migration Assistant instead of TM Restore, that should eliminate a few GB, like the OS, which may not work on the newer one anyway.

If you are restoring a backup made by one Mac to a completely different Mac

Important: If the backup you are about to restore is from a completely different Mac, use theMigration Assistant to transfer data from the backup, as described in the next section.

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1427

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4413

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