HT201250 Time Machine couldn´t restart because lak of Snow Leopard Software installed

I´m trying to reinstall all my Mac backup in a MacBook Pro, but I couldn´t, because I don´t have the Snow Leopard installed. I had also Lion in that backup.
Do I need to but Snow Leopard and Lion again?

Pondini wrote:
NickRichyRich wrote:
you can not use another machines Tmie Machine back-up. At least fromw hat I knw you can not.
Just to clarify, you can't restore a whole system (including OSX) from one Mac to another.
But you can use Setup Assistant or Migration Assistant to transfer from another Mac's backups, since that doesn't copy OSX: just apps, user accounts and data, settings, etc.  (You usually can't go "backwards," though, from, say Mountain Lion to Lion.)
Yes!!!

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