Apple Your old Mac might be such a mess that you want to start fresh with your new Mac and move over only a select group of files and folders. If you've lovingly cared for your old Mac, however. If you’re ready to buy a new Apple product online ( apple.com or the Apple Store app), you can trade in an old device and get credit toward your purchase. If you’re not ready to make a purchase, you can trade in your old device online for an Apple Gift Card by email that you can apply to any future Apple purchase.
Trade Old Mac For New Mac
Files on a disk with Time Machine backups cannot be accessed by another Mac using the Time Machine (TM) application. However, data can be accessed and transferred using three other options:
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- Migration Assistant on the new Mac.
Finder > Applications > Utilities > Migration Assistant
- By inheriting the old Mac's TM backups.
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- If the backups were to a Time Capsule or other network drive, by directly accessing the individual backup files.