Transferring from time machine onto my mac after its had a new hard drive installed.
I have a new hard drive in my iMac, using Mavericks 10.9.5.
I would like to restore from Time Machine, all my info.
The Apple video "Time Machine Basics" talks about "migrating to a new mac" and this is straightforward, but I already have logged into my new mac! I don't have the option to migrate.
How do I go back into Time Capsule for the first time?
If I just open Time Machine and start backing up my "empty new hard drive" onto the Time Capsule which contains the saved info from before, will I then be able to then just go back to the previous saved dates? Does that make sense?
Thank you, that makes sense, however, I've only just realised that I'm logged onto the new Hard Drive as "Test".
When I plugged it in, and turned it on, it just opened up like that, without me needing to log in as 'me' yet?
Is this ok, and the best option to do as you suggest?
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