restore a backup of time machine made on 10.9

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restore a backup of time machine made on 10.9

Hi!

I'm facing the following problem: on my MCA 2011 13", after a complete reset of my OS, it is now installed 10.7.5 Lion.

I've got a time machine backup made on OS 10.9 Mavericks, and I need to restore it: does anyone know how to do it?

Should I upgrade 10.7 to 10.9 and then restore the backup? if yes, how to upgrade to 10.9.

Other solution: If I upgrade to 10.11 does the system will recognize the Time Machine backup done on 10.9?

Many thanks!!!!

Matteo

MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on Oct 10, 2015 7:06 AM

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Answer 1

Eric Root

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Oct 10, 2015 8:22 AM in response to matteo.restagno

Boot into the Recovery Partition (command - R on a restart) and select restore from Time Machine. That should get your computer to 10.9. You should only have to restore from your backup.

I would restore and then upgrade to 10.11. After installing 10.11, it should recognize the backup.

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