Re: Restoring from a Time Machine backup.

2016-04-17 Thread Kayaker
ell me how to set that up? > Thanks much. > > Tony > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kayaker > Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2016 10:09 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com &g

RE: Restoring from a Time Machine backup.

2016-04-15 Thread Tony
--Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kayaker Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2016 10:09 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Restoring from a Time Machine backup. Hi, Sorry, but this is absolutely wrong. Do not

Re: Restoring from a Time Machine backup.

2016-04-14 Thread Sadam Ahmed
Kayaker,, Thanks for this… Much appreciated. Regards, Sadam Ahmed Sent from my iPhone -- > On 15 Apr 2016, at 12:08 AM, Kayaker wrote: > > Hi, > > Sorry, but this is absolutely wrong. Do not boot into the recovery partition > on a new Mac. This is the method for recovering the

Re: Restoring from a Time Machine backup.

2016-04-14 Thread Kayaker
Hi, Sorry, but this is absolutely wrong. Do not boot into the recovery partition on a new Mac. This is the method for recovering the same machine not migrating to a new one. The first time you boot up your brand spanking new Mac, the instructions on screen will walk you through the entire pro

RE: Restoring from a Time Machine backup.

2016-04-14 Thread Simon Fogarty
Youcaninstall from a timemachine back up or if you have a thunderbolt cable or the ability to connect your old machine to your new machine, For older machines I use a firewire cable and then a firewire to thunderbolt adaptor and then start your old machine up in to target disk mode, that's shut

Re: Restoring from a Time Machine backup.

2016-04-13 Thread Michelle's Home Emails
Hi Sadam Michelle here, Good luck you will enjoy your Mac air. Kind regards Michelle Sent from my iPhone > On 13 Apr 2016, at 9:42 PM, Sadam Ahmed wrote: > > Hi list, > > I took the plunge and got myself the 11-inch MacBook Air. > > It should arrive on Friday. > > My question is wh

Re: Restoring from a Time Machine backup.

2016-04-13 Thread Carter Temm
Hi, Assuming you have the backup already created, here is what you do. Plug the external drive in to your new macbook air. Now, press command - r and you should boot in to recovery mode. Turn on voiceover and you should see a few options. Interact with the table and select restore from timemachine

Re: Restoring from a Time Machine backup.

2016-04-13 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi Sadam, I think you will really be happy with the MBA. You can restore from a time-machine backup, that is what I did. It was three years ago, and a different OS, so I don't remember all the steps now, but my memory is that it was pretty straight forward. Have fun on Friday! Cheers, Donna

Re: Restoring from a Time Machine backup

2014-05-01 Thread Agent086b
That is very helpful. I did not know how to get to the drive. Max On 2 May 2014, at 12:09 pm, Alex Hall wrote: > I did just that. I opened Finder, hit cmd-shift-c for Computer, and opened my > Time Machine drive. I then navigated to the folder holding the backup I > wanted (they are labeled as

Re: Restoring from a Time Machine backup

2014-05-01 Thread Alex Hall
I did just that. I opened Finder, hit cmd-shift-c for Computer, and opened my Time Machine drive. I then navigated to the folder holding the backup I wanted (they are labeled as the dates on which they were made) and from there found my file. Have a look at the folder structure sometime so you k