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<blockquote data-quote="peacockharris" data-source="post: 1919606" data-attributes="member: 415058"><p>Just to clarify for those saying it doesn't matter which OS the old or new machine are running, or suggesting I should have bought an M1 Mac instead, it needs to be an intel mac, running Mojave at the latest due to the software I use (I still have projects in Final Cut Pro 7 that haven't been migrated over to FCP X). I probably should have mentioned that before.</p><p></p><p>The new unit is a Brand New 2018 Mac Mini I got for quite a good price on eBay. This is why it's imperative I find a way to make my existing Time Machine backup compatible with it as that was the entire point of buying this particular era Mini! So seeing as reflowing the GPU is probably out of the question now, and I can't get into the system long enough to do what I need before it crashes/pixelates, my next step will be:</p><p></p><p> 1. Borrowing a pre-Mojave Mac from a family member,</p><p>2. Restoring my TM backup to it.</p><p>3. Updating it to Mojave (which also fixes the file system compatibility issue)</p><p>4. Doing a fresh TM backup.</p><p>5. Finally using that new TM backup to restore to my new Mac Mini.</p><p></p><p>This all seems such ridiculous lengths to go to in order to keep my projects usable. Had I known about this lack of compatibility with Sierra/HFS I'd have updated long ago as a precaution. Sierra is the last OS to officially support FCP7. There are hacks around that mean you can use it on Mojave these days, but nothing after.</p><p></p><p>Hope that explains my predicament.... Kill me.</p><p></p><p>EDIT: I know I could technically drag files needed over from my HFS backup as opposed to doing a full system restore from it, but that seems laborious, and from experience in the past doing fresh installs, some niche software and plugins have stopped working and i'd have to go through troubleshooting all over again that won't necessarily be successful this time as I've long forgotten what I did.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="peacockharris, post: 1919606, member: 415058"] Just to clarify for those saying it doesn't matter which OS the old or new machine are running, or suggesting I should have bought an M1 Mac instead, it needs to be an intel mac, running Mojave at the latest due to the software I use (I still have projects in Final Cut Pro 7 that haven't been migrated over to FCP X). I probably should have mentioned that before. The new unit is a Brand New 2018 Mac Mini I got for quite a good price on eBay. This is why it's imperative I find a way to make my existing Time Machine backup compatible with it as that was the entire point of buying this particular era Mini! So seeing as reflowing the GPU is probably out of the question now, and I can't get into the system long enough to do what I need before it crashes/pixelates, my next step will be: 1. Borrowing a pre-Mojave Mac from a family member, 2. Restoring my TM backup to it. 3. Updating it to Mojave (which also fixes the file system compatibility issue) 4. Doing a fresh TM backup. 5. Finally using that new TM backup to restore to my new Mac Mini. This all seems such ridiculous lengths to go to in order to keep my projects usable. Had I known about this lack of compatibility with Sierra/HFS I'd have updated long ago as a precaution. Sierra is the last OS to officially support FCP7. There are hacks around that mean you can use it on Mojave these days, but nothing after. Hope that explains my predicament.... Kill me. EDIT: I know I could technically drag files needed over from my HFS backup as opposed to doing a full system restore from it, but that seems laborious, and from experience in the past doing fresh installs, some niche software and plugins have stopped working and i'd have to go through troubleshooting all over again that won't necessarily be successful this time as I've long forgotten what I did. [/QUOTE]
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