How to restore files from Timemachine backup to new Macbook

Hi,
I have just got a new Macbook and want to transfer the photos from iphoto on an existing iMac onto it.
I have the iMac backed up to Timemachine but don't want to clone the new Macbook from the iMac settings/files, just copy across the iPhotos.
Thanks for any advice you can provide.
regards,
Chris

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4889?viewlocale=en_US

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For anyone else that may be in a similar situation, I can confirm that this does actually work.
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alrprairie wrote:
Hello
I did a Factory Image reset recently on my Windows 8.1 PC. I did a backup to an external drive of all my personal files before I did the Factory Image reset.
This backup is listed on the external hard drive as: "Backup files 2014-07-06"
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THis cannot be all my files UNLESS they were compressed.
The reason i say this is that also on my extrenal hard drive is "Filehistory"
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I need to restore these files back to my C: drive
I am not confident that the Filehistory has all my files, BUT, since the Backup files 2014-07-06 is so much smaller
than my Filehistory , I do not know what to think.
I have attempted to restore the files from the Backup files 2014-07-06 but get errors that I do not have security clearance. I am the only user on this PC.
I am not very confident that everything is contained on the "FileHistroy" , but I don't really know.
Does anyone have experience with "Backup files' and "Filehistory" that can help me?
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The backup file must have become inaccessible. I am not sure about the error message but it can because of virus infection in your PC that your files must have got damaged. If you are not able to restore backup file from File History, tehn you may try backup recvery software to recover data from it. Try this Windows backup recovery sofwtare - http://goo.gl/kYPP6J
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Computer: NEMES*********************
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