Retrieving Time Machine Backups on PC
for the last year or so I've been using time machine to back up my MacBook Pro. This proved smart, as about a month ago I spilled a drink on said MacBook Pro. unfortunately Im a student and don't have the money to get it fixed, so I'll have to make due with a windows laptop for a few years until I can afford amother MacBook. So my question:
from rom what ice read it's not so easy to restore time machine backups to a PC. All I need are documents, pictures, and iTunes files- I was using MS office, lyx, etc., mostly programs that's are cross-platform. iTunes files are a concern because not all of my music was purchased through iTunes, and much was personal recordings that can't be found elsewhere. My family owns several Mac computers I can use for the transferring of files, although not all of them have OS X Yosemite. When my windows computer arrives, is there any way to access the files from that computer alone? If not, will I be able to use another Mac to move the files to a flash drive or cloud service in order to put them on my new PC? (obviously this needs to happen without restoring the whole harddrive.) And if none of the above, how can I get my files back?
MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)