I currnently have an iMac
I just bought a Macbook Pro.
(both running Mt Lion)
I want the Macbook Pro to mirror the iMac so I can wipe the iMac drive and sell it.
Ive used Time Machine before (when I got the iMac last year) to transfer (mirror) my old iMac to my new.
Thought it'd be jsut as easy to do from iMac to MBP, but not so much.
When I say mirror.. i Mean look EXACTLY like my iMac. Same Dock Apps, same Desktop iCons, same Wallpaper.. SAME EVERYTHING.. I've done it before..
However, when I run the MBP in Restore Mode and try it doens't see any backups when I have the Time Machine Disk that Ive been using on my iMac for a year. It says "No OS X system backups were found"
Ive also tried Migration Assistant.
When it asks me starts searching for the drive (Time Machine drive), and yes its plugged in.. the status wheel just keeps turning and turning.. (which to me means it can't find it)
Im so frigging confused.. Ive done this twice before SEEMLESSLY, and it worked perfect..
This time.. for some reason it's telling me I have no Backups.. but when I reconnct the TM disc to the iMac that its been backing up.. I have Backups. I don't get why the MBP isnt reading it in Restore mode or Migration Asst.