Restoring individual files to a new MacBook

Hello all,
My GF has just got a new MacBook as her old one has died. She has a backup on my time Capsule, but we only want to restore individual files/photos to her new one. The new one will probably have a new user name etc.
Is it possible to access this old backup from another source than the original?

svenskdod wrote:
Hello all,
My GF has just got a new MacBook as her old one has died. She has a backup on my time Capsule, but we only want to restore individual files/photos to her new one. The new one will probably have a new user name etc.
Is it possible to access this old backup from another source than the original?
That's going to be a problem. The user she sets up on the new Mac won't be recognized as the same one on the backups of the old Mac, and one user, even an Admin user, doesn't have access to a different user's data.
A better idea is to use +*Setup Assistant+* when the new Mac first starts up, to transfer what she wants. She can't pick and choose individual items, but she can omit some large groups, then later delete what she doesn't want. See [Setting up a new Mac from an old one or its backups|http://web.me.com/pondini/AppleTips/Setup.html] (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of the +Snow Leopard > Installation and Setup+ forum).
If she really wants a new user account name, instead of using +Setup Assistant,+ she could set up the same user name on the new Mac, then use +*Migration Assistant,*+ per [Using Migration Assistant|http://web.me.com/pondini/AppleTips/Migrate.html]. The last window there will appear if an account on the backups is the same as the account she's using, and provide the opportunity to transfer it but give it a new name.

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