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My 27inch iMac running El Capitan recently crapped out and I would like to add myself as a new user to my wife's 21inch iMac also running ElCapitan.
Is there a way to restore my iMac file from my Time Machine drive to my wife's Mac as a new user without affecting her files?
iMac 27", OS X 10.11
Sure, use Migration Assistant. MA will migrate all of your data and apps to her machine and create a new account so you don't need to create an account. Simply connect the old Mac's Time Machine backup External Hard Disk via a USB cable to the computer, log into an account and launch Migration Assistant (Applications - Utilities - Migration Assistant).
Sure, use Migration Assistant. MA will migrate all of your data and apps to her machine and create a new account so you don't need to create an account. Simply connect the old Mac's Time Machine backup External Hard Disk via a USB cable to the computer, log into an account and launch Migration Assistant (Applications - Utilities - Migration Assistant).
Thanks, I will give it a shot. I was concerned with the apps, as she has a few older versions of apps than I was running.
Restoring from backup
