Trying to downgrade to Leopard OS - no time machine backup

Hi,
I am trying to downgrade to Leopard 10.5 (the boot disk when I purchased my macbook) from Snow Leopard and I am having difficulties.
I noticed the 'Previous Systems' folder under the hard drive folder, and that is taking up all of the hard drive space. Can I reinstall my applications and preferences etc that way?

Well.... I have found my answer...
http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20070507084548849
"Prepare to migrate your stuff You are now in a completely vanilla Mac OS X world. All old stuff appears to be missing, but it isn't; it is all in a top level directory called Previous Systems, probably in a subdirectory called Previous System 1. Here you'll find your old Applications folder, for example, and in the Users directory you'll find the home directories of all previous users, complete with all their data.
*The idea now is to copy those applications and that data from their place in the Previous Systems directory into the corresponding place in the newly installed, clean system**. You may encounter permissions restrictions that prevent you from doing this easily in the Finder. If so, there are two simple solutions:"

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Restore data (iTunes Library, Photo's, files etc.) to Snow Leopard from a Time Machine backup made on OSX Lion?

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I have OSX Lion and have been backing up to Time Machine, I now want to do a clean install of Snow Leopard (not from backup), but can I restore my data (iTunes Library, Photo's, files etc.) to Snow Leopard from a Time Machine backup made on OSX Lion?
Thanks.

You should be able to restore iTunes and iPhoto files if the Lion system was running the same version of those applications that you'll have on the Snow Leopard system. However, you won't be able to restore files for applications like Mail, Address Book, or Safari, as the versions of those won't match.

I just hate Lion OS. Can I go back to snow leopard using my time machine backups?

I just hate Lion OS. Can I go back to snow leopard using my time machine backups? it's a big mess... no more rosetta or Isync ot network usefulness for me... how do I go back to snow leopard using my time machine backups without losing the files i created after the "Lion upgrade"? I want to restore my whole Macbook, but fear to lose these recently created files, some help?

mauijiminar
Don't patronise him. This is Apples fault. Next time dont comment if you have nothing good to say!

Issue installing Snow Leopard thru the Time Machine backup.

Might be a beginners Q, but I will ask because it's not being solved somehow.
I've tried installing the 10.6 Snow Leopard a few times but am confused. First time I installed without restoring the whole Mac HD from a backup few days ago (which I want to do because it is having trouble with my current Mac HD settings. I did this for the 2nd attempt)
When I did this, though I probably had every file there, I had major problems with my permissions(some files don't let me access says I have no permission) Also it was like the whole setting I had in 10.5.8 was gone.... What I thought is if I did a upgrade, everything will stay the same and all that will happen is it will become 10.6 snow leopard.
So next I restarted with inserting SL disk, and restarted the computer to install the SL and also restore my system from few days ago from time machine backup. This started and it did the restoration, and when everything is done, it is back to my 10.5.8 setting I want....but no 10.6 upgrade done(ie still 10.5.8) I am so confused. I did all this with my snow leopard disk but no upgrade happened!!
Am I missing some step? If someone can point out something that will be great.
Thank you,
n

Glenn Carter wrote:
First, what OS version were you running before you attempted the first restore? Approximately, what was the date and time of the last Time Machine backup before you attempted the first restore? That is the backup snapshot you want to aim for if you attempt another restore. However...
...have you permitted Time Machine to resume backups since the first restore attempt? If "No", then good. Do the following:
a. Wipe the drive again.
b. Install SL from the DVD (Do Not perform a "Restore..."), just a simple install of SL.
c. At the end, when given the opportunity to migrate your user accounts & apps from your Time Machine backup do it. If the most recent TM backups contained your most up-to-date user account, then it should migrate the most recent data & apps.
d. Then use Software Update to bring the system up-to-date.
If, however, you have permitted Time Machine to resume backups since your first restore attempt (described in your original post) then the user account you are after is no longer available for migration. You will need to do the following:
a. Using the SL DVD, perform a "Restore System form Backup...". Make sure you go back and pick the correct date and time that represented your user account before you performed the first restore (described in your original post). It should bring your system back to what it was before but only if you choose the correct date and time.
Any further questions?
Glenn Carter wrote:
First, what OS version were you running before you attempted the first restore? Approximately, what was the date and time of the last Time Machine backup before you attempted the first restore? That is the backup snapshot you want to aim for if you attempt another restore. However...
...have you permitted Time Machine to resume backups since the first restore attempt? If "No", then good. Do the following:
a. Wipe the drive again.
b. Install SL from the DVD (Do Not perform a "Restore..."), just a simple install of SL.
c. At the end, when given the opportunity to migrate your user accounts & apps from your Time Machine backup do it. If the most recent TM backups contained your most up-to-date user account, then it should migrate the most recent data & apps.
d. Then use Software Update to bring the system up-to-date.
If, however, you have permitted Time Machine to resume backups since your first restore attempt (described in your original post) then the user account you are after is no longer available for migration. You will need to do the following:
a. Using the SL DVD, perform a "Restore System form Backup...". Make sure you go back and pick the correct date and time that represented your user account before you performed the first restore (described in your original post). It should bring your system back to what it was before but only if you choose the correct date and time.
Any further questions?
<<<<First, what OS version were you running before you attempted the first restore?
It was 10.5.8
And the rest it was confusing and before I read your post I have gone to the apple store late afternoon today.
I explained the above and I was suspecting the permissions deal was causing the problem. What the mac guy did was went to some option to repair my user account permissions and everything worked out!!
When the guy did this I had the 10.6 system with lotta files having permission problems and also lotta small settings gone. But when repairing the user account permissions, all the settings came back and the os was 10.6!
Bottom line I think I screwed up account settings bad, and that was causing the problem.
thanks again glenn for all your help. If all goes wrong again, I will definitely follow some of the advice you mentioned here(^^)
cheers,
n

Clean installed Snow Leopard, but Lion Time Machine backup was not recognized.

I erased the Macintosh HD and clean installed the Snow Leopard. But when I try to use the Time machine backup to recovery my documents, the external hard disk can not even be recognized. It says "To use this disk, connect it to a Mac with Mac OS X v10.7 or later. The format of the disk was created using Lion which can not be read by Snow Leopard." The fact is that the format of the disk is Mac OS Extended (journaled) and was indeed created by Lion from windows format. So how can I read the disk using Snow Leopard? Thanks.

I it a general problem, affecting e.g. a Mac with multiple partitions. I get the same with trying to mount 10.7 from 10.6.8.
Not ideal. Hope a fix will be found. I'd suggest to report this to Apple.

Is it possible to reinstall Snow Leopard without a Time Machine backup?

I have Lion but I absolutely loathe everything about it and want Snow Leopard back; I have my SL install disk but everything I've read says I'll need a Time Machine backup which I don't have. If I try to downgrade, will I lose all my programs and things? Is there a way around that at all?

Unfortunately, Time Machine will not backup a NAS (e.g. AirDisk). AirDisk can be used as a TM backup drive as you have already discovered. The only way to backup the iTunes library on your HDD is to connected directly to your Mac. TM will be able to back up to your 1TB HDD connected to your Extreme. If you are dead set with keeping your iTunes connected to your Extreme, I believe CarbonCopyCloner (donateware) or SuperDuper! (purchase) may support backup of a NAS to a NAS.
P.S. I've notified the moderator to remove your second post.

I am trying to restore my calendar from my Time Machine backup. I can get through the process, but at the end I get a message that Calendars cannot be amended as it is required by OS 10. There is no facility to authorise a change. How do I get round this

I am trying to restore my Calendar from my Time Machine back up. I can get through the process but at the end I get a message that Calendars cannot be removed or amended as it is required by OS10, there does not appear to be any option to authorise the backup or change. How can I get round this roadblock?

I am trying to restore my Calendar from my Time Machine back up. I can get through the process but at the end I get a message that Calendars cannot be removed or amended as it is required by OS10, there does not appear to be any option to authorise the backup or change. How can I get round this roadblock?

Trying to rebuild my iphoto library from time machine backup and it still says 0 restored with a grey screen and the circle. How can i restore my library?

I just bought a new Macbook pro and i tried to rebuild my iphoto library from a time machine backup on an external hard drive. Even after pressing command+option when starting iphoto and selecting rebuild library from automatic backup, it still doesn't work with the grey screen with the white circle and a little window that says 'rebuilding library: 0 versions restored'. I also tried to make a copy of my iphoto library but that did not work either. how can i restore my iphoto library or at least gain access to my photos?

Your question is not clear
Rerairing or rebuilding the iPhoto library never involves using Time Machine in any way
TM is a totally seperate program and you can "restore" a file (including the iPhoto library) from the past using TM - you launch TM and go back to the time you want and select the file (or folder or package) you want and click restore - it probably is best to keep the current one until you are sure everything is good
LN

How to install or replace lion on Mac OS X Leopard simultaneously reinstall time machine backup of OS X Leopard

Hi, I am new or know nothing about Mac Mini which I received from relative as gift along with few software including lion OS.
I want to install lion after time machine backup of current files Mac OS X 10.6.8.
MY question is that backup of Mac OS X 10.6.8 can be installed or copied on newly installed Lion software.
Thanks in anticipation.
Raj

Only third-party applications and the user's admin folder. Since Lion succeeds Snow Leopard, you cannot restore the system software without first erasing the drive. That means you must have the Snow Leopard installer DVD.
I would simply upgrade the Snow Leopard system with Lion:
How to Install Mavericks, Lion/Mountain Lion Successfully - You must have Snow Leopard 10.6.7 or 10.6.8 Installed
A. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions:
Boot from your Snow Leopard Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. Then select Disk Utility from the Utilities. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer. Now restart normally.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior (4.3.) if DW cannot fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall Snow Leopard.
B. Make a Bootable Backup Using Restore Option of Disk Utility:
1. Open Disk Utility from the Utilities folder.
2. Select the destination volume from the left side list.
3. Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
4. Check the box labeled Erase destination.
5. Select the destination volume from the left side list and drag it to
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6. Select the source volume from the left side list and drag it to the
      Source entry field.
7. Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
Destination means the backup volume. Source means the internal startup volume.
C. Important: Please read before installing:
1. If you have a FireWire hard drive connected, disconnect it before
      installing the update unless you will boot from this drive and install the
      update on it. Reconnect it and turn it back on after installation is
      complete and you've restarted.
2. You may experience unexpected results if you have installed third-
      party system software modifications, or if you have modified the
      operating system through other means. (This does not apply to
      normal application software installation.)
3. The installation process should not be interrupted. If a power outage or
      other interruption occurs during installation, use the standalone
      installer (see below) from Apple Downloads to update. While the
      installation is in progress do not use the computer.
D. To upgrade to Lion/Mountain Lion, Mavericks:
1. Purchase the Lion/Mountain Lion Installer from the Mac App Store.
      The download should start quickly. Lion is nearly 4 GBs so a fast
      internet connection is essential. Download time could run upwards of 4
      hours depending upon network conditions and server demands at the
      time. Note that Mavericks is FREE.
2. The installer will run automatically after the download is completed.
      Click on the Install button to begin the upgrade.
3. Follow instructions for installation.
Also see:
Upgrading from Snow Leopard to Lion or Mountain Lion
You can upgrade to Mountain Lion from Lion or directly from Snow Leopard. Mountain Lion can be downloaded from the Mac App Store for $19.99.
If you sign into the App Store and try to purchase Mountain Lion but the App Store says your computer is not compatible then you may still be able to upgrade to Lion per the following information.
A. Upgrading to Mountain Lion
To upgrade to Mountain Lion you must have Snow Leopard 10.6.8 or Lion installed. Purchase and download Mountain Lion from the App Store. Sign in using your Apple ID. Mountain Lion is $19.99 plus tax. The file is quite large, over 4 GBs, so allow some time to download. It would be preferable to use Ethernet because it is nearly four times faster than wireless.
     OS X Mountain Lion - System Requirements
       Macs that can be upgraded to OS X Mountain Lion
         1. iMac (Mid 2007 or newer) - Model Identifier 7,1 or later
         2. MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer) - Model Identifier 5,1 or later
         3. MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later
         4. MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer) - Model Identifier 2,1 or later
         5. Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later
         6. Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later
         7. Xserve (Early 2009) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later
To find the model identifier open System Profiler in the Utilities folder. It's displayed in the panel on the right.
     Are my applications compatible?
         See App Compatibility Table - RoaringApps.
     For a complete How-To introduction from Apple see Upgrade to OS X Mountain Lion.
B. Upgrading to Lion
If your computer does not meet the requirements to install Mountain Lion, it may still meet the requirements to install Lion.
You can purchase Lion by contacting Customer Service: Contacting Apple for support and service - this includes international calling numbers. The cost is $19.99 (as it was before) plus tax. It's a download. You will get an email containing a redemption code that you then use at the Mac App Store to download Lion. Save a copy of that installer to your Downloads folder because the installer deletes itself at the end of the installation.
     Lion System Requirements
       1. Mac computer with an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7,
           or Xeon processor
       2. 2GB of memory
       3. OS X v10.6.6 or later (v10.6.8 recommended)
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       5. Some features require an Apple ID; terms apply.

Does OS X Server 10.6 Snow Leopard support client Time-Machine backups

Hello,
Does OS X Server 10.6 Snow Leopard support multiple clients(20+) Time-Machine backups via LAN?
Thanks,
-Mike

mausimo wrote:
If the 20 users had 500GB hard drives and were planning on filling them, wouldn't i theoretically only need double the space to backup their computers?
I'm not quite sure what you mean by this. If your 20 users had 500GB hard drives, then your total HD capacity would be 10,000GB, or 10TB. Double would be 20TB, which is more than I recommended. The 15TB (1.5 x the amount of data you would theoretically be backing up) would be plenty.
That said, the DroboPro has a maximum of 16TB using currently available 2TB drives, so I would feel confident in recommending that to you. Realistically, your users probably aren't all going to fill their hard drives to capacity, so you might find you need even less.
If I were you, I would look at how much data is on each hard drive right now, add it all up, multiply it by 1.5, then throw in an extra TB for good measure. I would only purchase enough drives to handle that capacity. As your users take up more space, you can order more drives and add them to the DroboPro.
For example, if each user was using an average of 200GB currently, then for 20 machines you would have a total of 4,000GB, or 4TB. I would put 3x2TB drives in the DroboPro, giving you a total of 6TB (minus overhead) of backup capacity. From there, you can add more 2TB drives as you need them. This is almost identical to a system I manage for a client and it works very well.
I hope this helps!

Snow Leopard forgets my Time Machine backups

I have just installed Snow Leopard on 4 machines and on each of them unless I keep selecting the time capsule backup folder from the preferences page it is only showing time machine backups from when Snow Leopard was installed. e.g. today.
Any ideas?

This has been reported by a few people.
What some people found was if they opened TM and closed it then opened it a second time it sees the old backups. You could give this a try. Also try repairing permissions on the open sparsebundle. Make sure you make a copy first incase of problems.

Upgrade leopard to snow leopard with preexisiting snow leopard time machine backup

I was using an old desktop Mac that had been upgraded to snow leopard from leopard a few years ago. Disk utility said I needed to repair my hard drive using the installation discs. I didn't have the snow leopard installation disc but still had the leopard installation disc which I used. When the computer re-installed leopard onto my hard drive, it created a partition: one with my hard drive running snow leopard, and then a new one with the space left over, running leopard. I got my replacement snow leopard installation discs and would like to delete the leopard partition, and go back to what I had before with the snow leopard drive. I do have a time machine backup (somewhat incomplete) and am making a copy of the physical snow leopard drive. I cannot access the most recent time machine backup since I'm back to running leopard and the time machine backup was made under snow leopard. I'm not sure how to proceed from here to upgrade to snow leopard. When I try to upgrade to snow leopard, I'm asked which destination drive to use. I don't want to use the snow leopard drive, since it would get deleted. So, would the leopard drive be the answer in this case? And what would happen to the contents of my old snow leopard drive? Would I end up with two partitions, both with snow leopard, but one being current (nothing on it) and the other being my old drive? Would I be able to get rid of the current drive and then use only my old drive? Thanks in advance for any help.

First of all, it's unclear to me why you cannot select the old Snow Leopard partition.
I also think you should have been able to repair hard disk using the leopard CD disk without actually installing leopard OSX by using the Utilities only.
Also, Why is your Time Machine backup incomplete? Is that under Leopard or Snow Leopard?
Now you have two partitions with two different OSX (Leopard and Snow Leopard). Your goal is to get back to Snow Leopard.
I going to assume that the original Snow Leopard partition is inoperable (this is also question?) I would upgrade the Leopard partition to Snow Leopard. Afetrwards, use the Migration Assistant to bring in your data, documents, app, and settings. Once complete, you should be able to see your Time Machine backups. If all is ok then you can delete the original Snow Leopard partition.
This is a somewhat complicated situation, so I am issuing a caveat that is my opinion only. Wait until another expert provides input regarding your situation to determine the best course of action.

Trouble restoring from Time Machine backup

Hi all,
I've reached the limits of my ingenuity trying to restore a troublesome Time Machine backup, so I'm here to ask for some guidance. To start at the beginning: I corrupted my Macbook Pro's internal hard drive somehow, possibly by jarring loose a RAM chip while the computer was asleep. I removed and reseated the RAM, reformatted the hard drive, and reinstalled OSX from the install DVD, all the way back to Snow Leopard, then re-upgraded to Mountain Lion. So far, so good.
The current problems began when I tried to restore my system from my Time Machine backup (store on a 500GB external hard drive, which was actually the original MBP hard drive which I replaced and chucked into a Transcend StoreJet enclosure). The restore proceeded for about half an hour, then failed with a SIGSEGV plus an "Error -36", data could not be read from "". This occurred during the OSX installation, where I decided to skip the restore at first, and also later when I invoked the Migration Assistant.
I began to copy the files manually, first using the Time Machine interface, and later with a straight "cp -r" on my home directory. Similar errors ensued: I got a popup error message saying that the data could not be read, and also that the Time Machine disk was removed improperly, data might be lost, etc. I ran a "Repair Disk" on the external drive, and with "cp" was able to copy about 1/3 of my data; however, after an hour, the copy operation crashed again with a "disk removed improperly" error. After two or three times removing and re-plugging in the external hard drive, the disk no longer mounted, and Disk Utility says that it cannot repair the disk.
Now, my real question is, I was able to plug the bare Time Machine hard drive into an Ubuntu desktop via SATA, and the disk mounts and I can browse the file system without error. So, can anybody help me understand (a) what exactly is wrong with the external hard drive that OSX can't deal with it, but Ubuntu can, and (b) how I might efficiently recover the files off of the external hard drive? Regarding (a), could the issue be related to the hard drive enclosure? Regarding (b), I can see all of my files in Ubuntu, but Ubuntu doesn't recognize the hard links, and so the actual files are organized randomly in thousands of Time Machine directories; sorting these would be a true nightmare!
Sorry for the novel, and thanks in advance for any help!

OK, I have a partial solution. A kind fellow has written a virtual filesystem for Linux specifically to read Time Machine drives: https://github.com/abique/tmfs. Simply installing this utility allows me to browse the hard link structure of Time Machine without manually delving into the '.HFS+\ Private\ Directory\ Data^M' folders. I'm currently copying out all of the files onto a second external hard drive, and hopefully this will recovery my data. A bazillion thanks to abique!
Of course, this doesn't track down my hardware problem, but I think it's best to retire this external hard drive entirely. I think the problem is with the drive or the enclosure and not with my MBP, since I attempted to copy the data onto a different MBP and had the same errors.
Steps:
- Install TMFS, available in the Ubuntu Software Manager.
- Find the initial mount point of the Time Machine drive. For me, it was /media/<username>/<long string of random letters and numbers>.
- Re-mount the time machine drive using the virtual filesystem. I also had to make a folder corresponding to the new mount point by hand, for some reason:
> sudo mkdir /mnt/tm-root
> sudo tmfs /media/username/4be78be9-cc68-32b4-9683-72c2209d11be /mnt/tm-root -ouid=$(id -u),gid=$(id -g),allow_other
- The Time Machine partition is now browsable (read-only) at /mnt/tm-root in a terminal, instead of not recognizing the hard links.

I'm having a problem with logging into a FileVault-protected user account after restoring from Time Machine backup.

Hi all,
My computer had been running really slowly for a while, so I decided to erase the whole hard drive and reinstall the operating system, and then I was going to restore the files I cared about from Time Machine. The main account, which had all my documents and photos, was FileVault-protected. The last thing I did before erasing the hard drive was to run one last Time Machine backup. As far as I remember, I always ran Time Machine backups with the FileVaulted user logged in.
I don't remember whether I was using FileVault 1 or 2. I had been using FileVault 1, but I installed Lion as soon as it came out and I thought I had migrated to FileVault 2 at that point.
Once I erased the hard drive and reinstalled the operating system, I browsed the Time Machine disk and, within the Users folder, there was no folder for the main user account. When I tried to reinstall everything by restoring from Time Machine backup, I'd get the option for all the user accounts, but when I tried to log in with the main one I'd get the dreaded "You are unable to log in to the FileVault user account "User" at this time. Log in failed because an error occurred." Finally, when attempting to restore from the Time Machine backup again, I noticed something strange: After the computer got to about 10% done restoring, it declared itself completed successfully and rebooted.
I've tried a number of tips that came up from questions about similar issues on the Apple support forum, but had no luck. Is there any way to get these files back? Did they ever even get backed up?
Thanks.

Hroodbwai wrote:
I can't find it! not sure what's going on but the only folder shown is the " Shared" folder.
Did you have only the one user account? If there were others, they should also be in the "Users" folder. You probably won't have access to the files inside them, but they should be there.
From what can make out, it looks like it's not backed up any of the files for the filevault account. Can't see user folder when looking through previous backups in Time Machine galaxy view.
Are you doing that from a Finder window set to your internal HD, or your computer name? It should look something like this (with the Finder in List view):
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I'd been logging out and backing up manually on a regular basis.
Scheduled backups should run normally; but they won't back up the File Vault sparse bundle, nor will any run manually.
The only time it's backed-up is when you actually log out.
You should have seen this window on logout:
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followed by this one:
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If you didn't see the second one, or cancelled it, the account wasn't backed-up.

Can i restore from a time machine backup that is not the latest one?

I am trying to restore from a May 7th time machine backup. At that time my username was michaelhood. I had a system crash and when my computer was returned to me I inadvertently set it up under a different username, thinking I would do the restore later. Between May 13 and today, Time machine did backups under the name mhoo4494. Changing the name didn't let me access my May 7 backup, nor did creating a different user account. I have erased the hard drive and am reinstalling from the Install CD. I have set up a third user name. I now want to restore my data from the Time Machine May 7 backup. How do I do that? Migration assistant saw two users -- mhoo and mhoo4494 (michaelhood was not an option). I selected them both, but got no data for either -- no docs, no music, no pictures. This procedure should not be this hard~!!

Hi uclamikey90,
It is possible, using Migration Assistant, to restore the contents of your hard drive selectively. See this article -
Mac OS X v10.6: How to use Migration Assistant to transfer files from a Time Machine backup - Apple Support
In particular -
To migrate data from a Time Machine backup
In Finder, press Command-Shift-U.
Double-click Migration Assistant.
Click "Continue" and enter an administrator name and password when prompted.
Select the "From a Time Machine backup or other disk" option, then click "Continue".
Select your Time Machine backup disk or Time Capsule (enter the user name and or password if prompted), then click "Continue".
Select the Time Machine backup you would like to restore (such the most current one you just made), then click "Continue".
Select Items to Migrate, then click "Continue". Note: The "Continue" button will be dimmed until the "Calculating…" stage is complete.
A user account sheet may appear if you have a user name on your Mac that is the same user name in your Time Machine backup. You will have to give the username in your Time Machine backup a new username to avoid conflicts. Note: This will create a new user account on your Mac to hold the data from the Time Machine backup. After migration, you can use the /Users/Shared folder to transfer data files the accounts.
Migration Assistant will begin the process of transferring the items you selected to migrate. When it is finished, click "Quit" to exit.
When you reach step 7, deselect items that you do not wish to migrate. Videos, photos and music are likely candidates for this as they take up a lot of disk space. You can later put items on an external hard drive.
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Brett L

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