My Imac crashed. How do i put a backup on a new one?

My Imac crashed. I have a new one and have been using it for a while, but I have a back up of the old mac with time machine and would like to put it on the new one. I'd like it to have the hole mac. I don't want the stuff which is on the imac, only the backup!
Thanks for the help.

Time Machine is one method, this has been part of OS X since Leopard came out 5 years ago. Use Spotlight and type Time Machine to locate it. Apple also provides a tutorial on what it is, I'm away from my Mac at the moment so you will have to Google Time Machine Tutorial to locate it.
I would also recommend creating a second backup on a second external HD. With backup, redundancy is a VERY good thing because backups can fail too. To create a second backup I would recommend either SuperDuper or Carbon Copy Cloner. Both apps create bootable clones of your internal HD. Time Machine cannot be booted but it's great for lost, deleted or otherwise misplaced, files, apps, etc...You can find both SD and CCC by Googling them, both current cost less than $30 and are both excellent apps. Which one you choose IMHO doesn't really matter, personally I use SD but many others have been using CCC with excellent results for years. Both are kept up-to-date and have very good support. A bootable clone is an exact copy of your internal HD, it can be used to boot your system in the event of an internal HD failure so you can return to work immediately.

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