If you have an external hard drive, once you get the new mac, and turn on voiceover, the set up will offer to restore everything from the time machine backup, just connect the hard drive when it asks for it, and it should find what is available and offer to restore it. On Feb 25, 2011, at 10:35 AM, Allison Manzino wrote:
> Hi all, > > I'm macless at the moment. THis message is being written on my Ihphone > courtesy of my bluetooth keyboard. TO make a really long story short, the > Mac's charger got too hot and I had to take it in for repair. The cost of the > repair is similar to getting a new Mac. So this looks like the route I will > go. My question is since I backed up everything with Time Machine, is it > possible to use the backups on the the new Mac? I have read several threads > on how to use migration assistant, but it appears that the original Macbook > has to be here in order for this to work. Can you restore your old files to a > new Mac if they are just backed up on a Fantom hard drive through Time > Machine? I hope to get my new Mac tomorrow, I have missed it for a whole > week, any assistance would be grately appreciated. Have a wonderful day. > > Musically, > Allison > > My birds are winged blessings, they help me soar! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
