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best way to set up new imac from time machine backup
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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1816089" data-attributes="member: 396914"><p>Charlie, thanks for the agreement. I wasn't sure if a copy of something from inside the TM database would actually copy the file or the link. But I guess it couldn't hurt to try it that way, given his restriction on storage space. And if he tried to copy a folder, would the result be a link to a folder or the folder, and would the files in the folder be files or link? It's asking Finder to do a lot to dig through the TM database to get to a file in a folder that may be fragmented over multiple backups over time. </p><p></p><p>One wild thought on this is to use a second external drive, install the OS on it, boot from it, then do the TM restore to that external for those pictures to get them into file format, then reboot from the internal drive, copy the pictures from the restored drive to wherever he wants them to be ultimately and then repurpose the bootable external back to just storage. Given drive prices, if he doesn't mind spending the time, that may be a good way to do what he wants.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1816089, member: 396914"] Charlie, thanks for the agreement. I wasn't sure if a copy of something from inside the TM database would actually copy the file or the link. But I guess it couldn't hurt to try it that way, given his restriction on storage space. And if he tried to copy a folder, would the result be a link to a folder or the folder, and would the files in the folder be files or link? It's asking Finder to do a lot to dig through the TM database to get to a file in a folder that may be fragmented over multiple backups over time. One wild thought on this is to use a second external drive, install the OS on it, boot from it, then do the TM restore to that external for those pictures to get them into file format, then reboot from the internal drive, copy the pictures from the restored drive to wherever he wants them to be ultimately and then repurpose the bootable external back to just storage. Given drive prices, if he doesn't mind spending the time, that may be a good way to do what he wants. [/QUOTE]
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