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best way to set up new imac from time machine backup
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<blockquote data-quote="Tom75" data-source="post: 1815862" data-attributes="member: 279482"><p>Hi All,</p><p></p><p>I am replacing my late 2012 iMac 27 inch which suffered a fusion drive crash last week.</p><p></p><p>Just have a technical question regarding setting up the new iMac from the time machine backup.</p><p></p><p>The thing is that my old imac had a 3TB fusion drive and I anyway needed now more space and also wanted to go away from fusion drive to SSD so my new imac has only a 256GB SSD and in addition I will use a external Thunderbold 3 disc with 4TB for storing pictures etc.</p><p></p><p>I have my time machine backup on a 3TB time capsule and my question is now how should I set up the new iMac since the whole backup wll of course not fit on the internal SSD. Is there a way to choose what to tranfer or install where? I have never done this so it would be good to have some information in advance.</p><p>Also my old iMac was not running Mojave so I dont want to restore the full backup with the old OSX etc.</p><p></p><p>Thanks for your help.</p><p></p><p>Regards,</p><p>Tom</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tom75, post: 1815862, member: 279482"] Hi All, I am replacing my late 2012 iMac 27 inch which suffered a fusion drive crash last week. Just have a technical question regarding setting up the new iMac from the time machine backup. The thing is that my old imac had a 3TB fusion drive and I anyway needed now more space and also wanted to go away from fusion drive to SSD so my new imac has only a 256GB SSD and in addition I will use a external Thunderbold 3 disc with 4TB for storing pictures etc. I have my time machine backup on a 3TB time capsule and my question is now how should I set up the new iMac since the whole backup wll of course not fit on the internal SSD. Is there a way to choose what to tranfer or install where? I have never done this so it would be good to have some information in advance. Also my old iMac was not running Mojave so I dont want to restore the full backup with the old OSX etc. Thanks for your help. Regards, Tom [/QUOTE]
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