I have just bought a Macbook air, having bought an iMac about 2 months ago. I keep all my files (including iPhoto, iTunes, outlook and money dance data) on an external hard drive. The idea is that all I ever have to do when I go away is take my macbook air and my external hard drive with me, connect the two, and its like I've taken my iMac with all its data with me. When I come home, I simply plug my external hard drive back into the iMac, and I am working on updated files again.
I also have a second external hard drive. I will set that to be where Time Machine will back up my iMac files and settings.
So, my question. I have not yet started my Macbook, and I would like to initially set it up by using the iMac Time Machine backup, so that all my iMac settings and software etc is created in the same way on my macbook air. If all my files are on the the second external hard drive device, and that too is connected to my macbook air, how will time machine deal with 'installing' all the external hard drive backed up files that were originally backup up through the iMac, when the external hard drive is now connected to the Macbook air? i.e. it does not need to install them, as the hard drive would now be connected to the macbook air?
That's probably not well explained, but hopefully there is some sense in there somewhere
I also have a second external hard drive. I will set that to be where Time Machine will back up my iMac files and settings.
So, my question. I have not yet started my Macbook, and I would like to initially set it up by using the iMac Time Machine backup, so that all my iMac settings and software etc is created in the same way on my macbook air. If all my files are on the the second external hard drive device, and that too is connected to my macbook air, how will time machine deal with 'installing' all the external hard drive backed up files that were originally backup up through the iMac, when the external hard drive is now connected to the Macbook air? i.e. it does not need to install them, as the hard drive would now be connected to the macbook air?
That's probably not well explained, but hopefully there is some sense in there somewhere