Hi guys/girls.
My brother HD recently died on his Macbook Pro (15" Mid 2009 I think) he has fitted a new HD to the machine and all if running fine. I just want to know if I use my saved Time Machine can I import that onto his mac? He is running 10.6.8 and i'm running a Mid 2012 13" 10.8.5. Sorry if this has been covered i'm new to the Time Machine function.
MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)
You can, but you should not. The way to restore your Time Machine backup to your brother's Mac is by using Migration Assistant (in /Applications/Utilities), but you are using a later OS X version than your brother. If you restore a backup using Migration Assistant, you will damage OS X in your brother's computer.
In order to restore one of your backups safely, your brother should upgrade to OS X Mountain Lion or OS X Mavericks. See > http://www.apple.com/osx/how-to-upgrade
Using my Time Machine backup on my Brother Macbook
