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Moving from iMac to MBP - time machine, migration, downgrading
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<blockquote data-quote="YYY" data-source="post: 1853784" data-attributes="member: 404031"><p>So I got a refurbished A+ MBP 13.3" 2017. it came with Catalina installed which I don't want. I made a time machine backup of the El Capitan iMac and was hoping to simply restore the iMac to the MBP. Cannot do. <strong>Time machine will only restore to the same Mac model.</strong> I have no CCC of the iMac and it is already erased and not with me. <strong>What do I do now</strong>? I just want the el capitan imac to run exactly as it was but on the MBP.</p><p>I thought about :</p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">get from a friend (I have limited data plan at it's end at the moment) a 6GB el capitan installer on a USB stick </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Create a bootable el capitan drive on my formatted iPod - <strong>do it with createinstallmedia command in terminal</strong>?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">restart the MBP catalina on a recovery mode</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Erase it - <strong>should I format it as NTFS?</strong></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">restart it in recovery mode with the bootable el capitan on iPod connected</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Install el capitan on the MBP </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">use migration assitant to move my data from the iMac el capitan time machine backup - applications, files, settings, everything - to the fresh MBP el capitan</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"></li> </ol><p></p><p>Is this going to work?</p><p>Any issues that are likely to pop up?</p><p>Will my data and apps run as they did on the iMac?</p><p>Do I need different user names on the MBP el capitan install than the user of the iMac el capitan?</p><p></p><p>any one had done that before and got any tips?</p><p></p><p>Thank you!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="YYY, post: 1853784, member: 404031"] So I got a refurbished A+ MBP 13.3" 2017. it came with Catalina installed which I don't want. I made a time machine backup of the El Capitan iMac and was hoping to simply restore the iMac to the MBP. Cannot do. [B]Time machine will only restore to the same Mac model.[/B] I have no CCC of the iMac and it is already erased and not with me. [B]What do I do now[/B]? I just want the el capitan imac to run exactly as it was but on the MBP. I thought about : [LIST=1] [*]get from a friend (I have limited data plan at it's end at the moment) a 6GB el capitan installer on a USB stick [*]Create a bootable el capitan drive on my formatted iPod - [B]do it with createinstallmedia command in terminal[/B]? [*]restart the MBP catalina on a recovery mode [*]Erase it - [B]should I format it as NTFS?[/B] [*]restart it in recovery mode with the bootable el capitan on iPod connected [*]Install el capitan on the MBP [*]use migration assitant to move my data from the iMac el capitan time machine backup - applications, files, settings, everything - to the fresh MBP el capitan [*] [/LIST] Is this going to work? Any issues that are likely to pop up? Will my data and apps run as they did on the iMac? Do I need different user names on the MBP el capitan install than the user of the iMac el capitan? any one had done that before and got any tips? Thank you! [/QUOTE]
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