Migration to new Mac

I upgraded from a pre-intel Mac running Leopard to a new iMac running Snow Leopard. I used the Migration Assistant and the old Mac had a Time Machine backup. Can I just continue to run TimeMachine as before? Will it start all over again with a new Initial Backup? Many thanks

PROBO wrote:
I upgraded from a pre-intel Mac running Leopard to a new iMac running Snow Leopard. I used the Migration Assistant and the old Mac had a Time Machine backup. Can I just continue to run TimeMachine as before?
Yes.
Will it start all over again with a new Initial Backup?
Also yes. You should get the prompt in #B5 of [Time Machine - Troubleshooting|http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/Troubleshooting.html] (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of this forum).

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