Restoring data into new iMac??

Teknique24.7 · Teknique24.7 #1 (**permalink**)

05-21-2009, 10:33 PM

What's up people,
I want to sell my current iMac 20" (500gb) Aluminum b/c I want to get the 24"(1tb), I have my data backedup on a g-tech hard drive (500gb) through time machine... would I be able to just plug in the the hard drive to the new iMac and restore my apps, music,movie,& photos? Does it matter that the old mac was only 500gb? Thanks in advance.

Collin Bl · Collin Bl #2 (**permalink**)

05-21-2009, 10:42 PM

Use Migration Assistant in Apps/Utilities on new Mac to bring across all your user data off the 20 and then your Time Machine can be set to continue with the back up scene.

Teknique24.7 · Teknique24.7 #3 (**permalink**)

05-21-2009, 10:46 PM

I need to sell the 20" before I get the new one and im not sure if i will have a problem putting my data into the new mac...

Collin Bl · Collin Bl #4 (**permalink**)

05-21-2009, 10:53 PM

Ok then get SuperDuper and make a bootable back up of the 20 to an ext HD and then copy it onto the new 24 when ready.

Teknique24.7 · Teknique24.7 #5 (**permalink**)

05-21-2009, 10:59 PM

how do i do that?

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Teknique24.7 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: May 21, 2009 Posts: 3	05-21-2009, 10:33 PM What's up people, I want to sell my current iMac 20" (500gb) Aluminum b/c I want to get the 24"(1tb), I have my data backedup on a g-tech hard drive (500gb) through time machine... would I be able to just plug in the the hard drive to the new iMac and restore my apps, music,movie,& photos? Does it matter that the old mac was only 500gb? Thanks in advance.
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Collin Bl #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 07, 2009 Location: Napier NZ Posts: 3,273 Mac Specs: 27 iMac i5, 2.4 C2D MBP & iMac 20, 1TB dual TC, AppleTV, iPh4	05-21-2009, 10:42 PM Use Migration Assistant in Apps/Utilities on new Mac to bring across all your user data off the 20 and then your Time Machine can be set to continue with the back up scene.
	QUOTE Thanks

Collin Bl #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 07, 2009 Location: Napier NZ Posts: 3,273 Mac Specs: 27 iMac i5, 2.4 C2D MBP & iMac 20, 1TB dual TC, AppleTV, iPh4	05-21-2009, 10:53 PM Ok then get SuperDuper and make a bootable back up of the 20 to an ext HD and then copy it onto the new 24 when ready.
	QUOTE Thanks

Teknique24.7 #5 (permalink)
Member Since: May 21, 2009 Posts: 3	05-21-2009, 10:59 PM how do i do that?
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