New Mac Mini - Migration Assistant Problems, New Mac Mini - Migration Assistant Problems
Ok. So this is the scenario.
I have just bought a brand new Mac Mini and have jut disposed of a MacBook I had since late 2007.
I had been using time machine on the MB and thought this the best way to carry over the photos, music and everything else.
So. I did the last time machine back up prior to the sale and have just booted up the Mini. Admittedly I did skip the 'Transfer Files' box when setting up as I just wanted to get the MM up and running and then use Migration Assistant to bring the files over. After getting going I got MA open and clicked off the applications as I had only a dew from the Mac App Store and knew I could get back from the store afterwards.
So here's the situation. It did draw over the two accounts, mine and my fiancées. The folders which were on my desktop on the MB were just as they were. Claire's account shows too.
But.
The external WD drive I used for my TM back ups is showing on the desktop as a normal yellow drive, not a green TM. I opened About This Mac and instead of seeing the 105gb that was my account before, it's only showing as a minimal 10 or so. I opened iPhoto and it told me that the current library needs updating.
I will do this if this is what I need to do, but am unsure due to the message saying once it's down it cannot be undone.
So my Qs.
Have I messed up somewhere?
Do I just need to update the iPhoto library and then the photos will show?
If I go into TM and tell the mac to use the drive, it will then do a back up but can I then open TM and go back in time to when I was backing up files from the MacBook?
I don't really want to restore the whole drive, but wanted some advice. I've read down thing about 'inheriting' old TM backups, is this roughly what I've been explaining?
Thanks all!
It seems that every major release of OS X brings changes to the iPhoto Library. Update the library and your images should show up. Your external drive is not showing with a TM icon because you have not designated it as the TM drive in System Preferences > Time Machine. You should be able to inherit the old TM backups when you designate a TM drive.
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