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Join Date: May 2007
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I have sold my current iMac to move up to a new aluminum iMac.
Most likely, however, I will have to ship out my old iMac before getting the new one, so I need to have a plan in place to restore from my external hard drive.
My question: Does the "Restore from Time Machine" feature work only with the computer Time Machine is configured with, or could I restore my old computer to my aluminum one from Time Machine just fine?
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Unibody MacBook Pro 2.53 GHz, 24" LED Cinema Display, 8 GB iPod Touch 2G
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Join Date: Sep 2002
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If the version of OS X of your Time Machine backup is supported by the Mac you're buying, then yes.
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Vandelay Industries
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So, 10.5.1 is my backups, and 10.5.0 would be what is on the iMac. Should I first upgrade to 10.5.1?
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Not necessary. The Time Machine restore will replace what's already there.
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Vandelay Industries
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Wait... so should I even bother installing Leopard? It will come with Tiger, so I can just pop in the Leopard CD and say "Restore from backup," and then BAM 10.5.1 on my computer?
Neato.
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Unibody MacBook Pro 2.53 GHz, 24" LED Cinema Display, 8 GB iPod Touch 2G
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Exactly. Why will it have Tiger on it? Not getting a new one?
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Join Date: Sep 2005
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yep...works well too. I had my MBP replaced by apple and instead of using the leopard install that was preinstalled (10.5) I restored from my TM backup (10.5.1) that was from my old MBP
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Zushi, Japan
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I have done this too.. boot on the leopard DVD - then restore from TM.. very very very sweet!
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" That is just crazy, man!"
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Cool. @ArtVandelay, yeah getting it slightly used at a good price. eBay hasn't failed me yet!
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Join Date: Nov 2007
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Originally Posted by UpQuark 
I have done this too.. boot on the leopard DVD - then restore from TM.. very very very sweet!
Clone ur Leopard DVD to ur time machine drive, and then u won't even need to boot the DVD! 
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