How can I setup my MacBook Pro, iMac and MacBook Air the same way without doing each separately? Same home page in Safari, same search preferences, etc

Everytime I buy a new device or whipe out a hard drive and do a fresh install, I have to reset everything. All my preferances, Safari Homepage, passwords, etc.
I know about time machine. The problem is that sometimes, I am trying to avoid a problem that is in the Time Machine's backup.
I spend a lot of time setting my preferences for all the software I use. It is a real pain to modify every toolbar, etc

One thing you can try next time is Setup Migration. So, after downloading and reinstalling OS X and after the restart into Setup use Setup Migration to migrate your user account(s), settings, apps and data from a Time Machine back up.

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