Can I migrate to new SSD with time machine?

So I am upgrading my stock HDD in My Macbook Pro mid 2010 15" to 2 SSD's, one in the hard drive bay and the other in the optical drive bay (with an OWC data doubler), and then setting them up as a RAID 0 config. How do I go about doing this (the software part). Can I simply use the time machine backup I regularly make and restore it onto the new SSDs?

I certainly would not do any RAID with SSDs. All you are doing with RAID 0 is making your system more prone to failure. The speed of the SSDs negates the need for a RAID 0 setup.
Can you use your TM backup? Sure that is what it is for. But since you are running a 2010 MBP make yourself a USB thumb drive of the Recovery HD partition using the Recovery Disk Assistant program downloaded from the Apple download site so you can boot the system from that thumb drive and use the option to to restore from your TM backup.

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Migrating to new Mac with Time Machine?

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Can I use the same Time Machine backup on this machine? Or will TM want to re-archive everything again?
I clicked on Time Machine and this menu popped up. See jpeg.
[IMG]http://i49.tinypic.com/2wq7pu8.jpg[/IMG]
I was hoping to reuse this backup as though this is the same machine. Which button should I select? Reuse? I'd hate to ruin this archive by making the wrong choice. Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks!
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Hey Cricket wrote:
I was hoping to reuse this backup as though this is the same machine. Which button should I select? Reuse? I'd hate to ruin this archive by making the wrong choice. Any advice would be appreciated.
Yes. Select "Reuse." See #B5 in the Time Machine - Troubleshooting *User Tip,* also at the top of this forum, for more details.

After restoring backup new macbook with time machine Firefox will not start. says missing profile

after restoring backup on new macbook with time machine Firefox will n to start. It says it is missing profile although profile exists and profile manager will not start. Also reinstalling does not help. Direct after starting Firefox it says profile is missing and then quits Firefox. Please help edit

Create a new profile as a test to check if your current profile is causing the problems.
See "Basic Troubleshooting: Make a new profile":
* https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Basic+Troubleshooting#w_8-make-a-new-profile
There may be extensions and plugins installed by default in a new profile, so check that in "Tools > Add-ons > Extensions & Plugins" in case there are still problems.
If that new profile works then you can transfer some files from the old profile to that new profile, but be careful not to copy corrupted files.
See:
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Transferring_data_to_a_new_profile_-_Firefox

I lost everything in my iphoto library how can i restore the entire library with time machine?

i lost everything in my iphoto library how can i restore the entire library with time machine? help!!!!

Open the folder that contained the library and then enter Time Machine. Select the most recent date that contains the library and then restore.

Migrating to new Mac via Time Machine: computers conflicting?

If I get a new Mac, and then during the Setup Assistant tell it to migrate from my Time Machine drive, will I have any conflicts with the old Mac? For example, will both computers have the same machine name? Will they be trying to write to the same Time Machine backup? I want to continue to use the old Mac, but want all my stuff on the new Mac, too.
Thanks!

misterMason wrote:
If I get a new Mac, and then during the Setup Assistant tell it to migrate from my Time Machine drive, will I have any conflicts with the old Mac? For example, will both computers have the same machine name?
Yes, but you can easily change one (or both) via +System Preferences > Sharing.+
Will they be trying to write to the same Time Machine backup?
No. Time Machine keeps track of which Mac is which by its +Ethernet Address,+ which is embedded in the hardware on the logic board.
If you're going to be backing-up both Macs to the same place, see #4 in the Frequently Asked Questions *User Tip,* also at the top of this forum.

How do I set up my new Laptop with Time Machine?

I just purchase a new Laptop and I want to use the Time Machine drive from my imac to set it up two questions are
Can this be done and how?
and
My new machine comes with Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard the imac is running Mac OSX 10.5.8 Can I do this "migration" but install the newer OS?
Thanks for your help
Barry

Oh, but wait - maybe you want to migrate the settings from one machine to the other?
You could do it from the time machine drive, again, just plug the time machine from the old machine into the new one and open migration assistant.

Migrating to new Mac using Time Machine

Hi,
I will be getting a new Mac soon and I want to take all of my apps with me in their current state so I will be using Time Machine to migrate to the new machine.
I was wondering what are the essential files that I need to transfer over so that all the apps stay in the same state as they were on my current Mac. (Without the need for me to re-enter licence codes and go hunting for libraries etc.)
The main applications this is a worry for are:
Photoshop CS4 (and its affiliated apps)
Aperture 2
iWork '09
various other applications that have licence codes attached to them

it's more to do with the preferences being saved intact on my new Mac, I need to know what essential files to choose off my Time Machine backup when I Sync it with my new Mac. I don't want the whole drive migrated because it is full of rubbish I want to get rid of.
If you have any idea of what preferences and other library files are essential then that will be a great help.

Moving to new Mac with time machine

Hi
I'm purchasing a new mac pro soon and i'm wondering if using 'time machine' will enable me to transfer everything to the new mac, with everything 'in place' as it was on the old mac, in other words will i have to re-install my apps? (i certainly hope not)

Yes. I was surprised how easy it was and how well it worked when I migrated from an eMac (PowerPC) to an Intel iMac a few weeks ago. You'll have an even easier time.
Just make sure to use Migration Assistant when you first power on your Mac; when it asks if you want to transfer data from another Mac. Don't click "no" or "later" and then proceed to start from scratch. Using Migration Assistant after your Mac has been set up could lead to a whole bunch of permissions issues.

Can't use two external drives with time machine

I have 2 external drives. I tell time machine that I have 2 and it asks if I want to use both. I say yes and it says it will alternate between them. However, after backing up to both, it then will invariably say that one doesn't have enough room for backup...as if it is trying a new backup...... rather than just adding changed files. Why is it doing this and how do I remedy?

It then will invariably say that one doesn't have enough room for backup
Unfortunately, these kinds of things are common with Mavericks. All that you can do is erase the drive and start over again with a new backup. Or, if you do not want to erase the drive, set it aside in a safe place and add a new drive....and Mavericks will make a full backup to that one to start things off.

Re-associate new mac with Time Machine backup

I have got a new MacBook and I want to load it with a TM backup residing on a USB drive. I know this cannot be done unless hacking the terminal because TM associates the backup between MAC addresses. I have searched the web where I have learnt this fact and how to go about fixing it but I cannot get the commands to work for me. Can someone tell me what I do wrong?
My new computers name as in Sharing prefs is MyMacbook.
Putting this name into the line:
$ xattr -p com.apple.backupd.BackupMachineAddress MyMac
gives me "No such file" !!
PLEASE help!
(this has taken a good part of my last 2 days and why there aint a simple procedure to fix this provided by Apple is beyond me as this scenario cannot be rare?)

igroucho wrote:
"From a TM security copy etc"
It should be "From Time Machine or other disk." Do not select "From another Mac."
I get to a window showing me drives on my network but NOT the drive connected to the USB-port on which I have my TM backup
The display can be a bit misleading. If it shows a yellow or green icon, and the name of the computer and internal HD that was backed-up (not the disk it's on), those are your backups.
This drive has been checked and passed both by TechTools Pro 6.04 and DU and it shows on my desktop.
Do you mean Repair Disk (not permissions) via Disk Utility?
Are the backups full backups -- ie, with nothing major, like System files and Applications, excluded?
EDIT: If you don't get the prompt, you may be able to manually "inherit" the backups, per #B6 in Time Machine - Troubleshooting.
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Can I split the hard drive with Time Machine.

Just bought a new 1TB drive. I want to back up my MacBook. Time Machine formats the drive. Can I use the remaining 800GB for other things or does it have to be dedicated to Time Machine?

Can I use the remaining 800GB for other things
Yes. Just copy the other files to the drive.
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I'm having issues backing up a new Mac with time machine and time capsule.

I've been trying to backup an extra macbook to the time capsule via time machine but the two sparsebundles (for two other Mac's) were taking up too much room. I deleted a heap of old backups from one of the sparsebundles to create enough room. The time capsule was still showing up as nearly full so I tried the method Pondini (God rest his soul) describes to "compact" the sparsebundle. That didn't work (I got this message in terminal):
hdiutil: compact failed - Function not implemented
I've had many other issues which required hard resetting the time capsule twice. And since then my wife's Macbook is having trouble backing up. I'm beginning to think I should maybe get an external HD and move all existing backups from the time capsule to the external HD. Do a factory reset on the time capsule and start from scratch. I guess my question is, does this sound like the best solution and if I move all the old backups to an external HD, will they be accessible.

Yes, the old backups if they are working now will also be able to work from archive on USB plugged into the TC or into the computer directly.
Then do an erase of the TC and start over.
TM is becoming less reliable with each new OS.. and so far Yosemite is proving the worst by a big margin.
Strongly recommend that it is time to use Carbon Copy Cloner or some other software.
I use both TM to a TC.. and CCC to local usb hard disk..

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I have two external 250GB hard drives hooked up to my mac via USB. One for Time Machine and one for files. Does anyone know if it’s possible to backup my external HD for files to the external HD for Time Machine?

using the usb connected to the TC the readme says its doable. Just try it , what can it hurt unless you have valuable files on it.

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So I installed Lion and need to go back to SL. My Time Machine did one backup in Lion, but I was wondering if I could some how go back in time and just make my computer the way it was before Lion? If so how? thanks!

See Kappy's going back to SL from Lion guide.

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I keep all my multimedia files on an external hard drive connected to my Airport Extreme base station, and I would like to backup this network share using Time Machine.

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