HT201065: What to do before selling or giving away your Mac
Learn about What to do before selling or giving away your MacQ: Is it possible to transfer data from a MacBook laptop - which has OS X Lion and all its data backed up on a Time Machine to a MacB ... Is it possible to transfer data from a MacBook laptop - which has OS X Lion and all its data backed up on a Time Machine to a MacBook Air laptop - which has OS X Mavericks? If so, how am I to do it? more
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Jan 1, 2014 12:18 PM in response to Josip Dujmićby pedro d,Hello there, Josip.
The following Knowledge Base article provides the information you ware looking for:
Mac Basics: Time Machine backs up your Mac
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1427
Particularly:
Migrating a Time Machine backup to a new Mac
When you get a new Mac, you can transfer all of your applications, files, settings, and other information from a Time Machine backup you've already made. When you start up your new Mac for the first time, the Setup Assistant asks you if you would like to restore from backup. If you've already set up your new Mac, you can use theMigration Assistant (located in Applications/Utilities) to do the same thing.
After Migration Assistant completes the transfer and you select your existing Time Machine backup drive, you will be prompted with "Inherit Backup History". Once selected you will be able to continue to use your existing Time Machine backup on your new Mac.
Thanks for reaching out to Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
Pedro.
