HT204350: Move your content to a new Mac
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Q: I have a MacBook Pro with a dying HDD. I do backups to Time Capsule on this notebook. If the store installs a new HDD, ... more
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Sep 21, 2015 2:55 PMby Grant Bennet-Alder,HelpfulYes. It will be as if you have a New Mac. You will specify where to find the Backup from which to restore your files.
Use this illustrated guide:
Poundini's OSX Tips: Setting-up a new Mac from an old one, its Backups, or a PC
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Sep 21, 2015 3:03 PMby Peki,The new HDD is installed, and the restore from the Time Capsule was perfect--until I got to Microsoft Office for Mac. Microsoft programmed the software so that, even though you bought their software, fair and square, at the Apple Store, if you lost the product key (in a huge move across country), you are out of luck! Microsoft is gracious enough to provide a third choice. They allow you to view the files that you can no longer use unless you pay a $140 ransom to buy the product again. Shee!
