factory reset and restore from Time Capsule

GeX · 14 Aug 2012 at 09:18

Hi all. My MacBook Pro Retina is getting swapped out for a new one (the bottom panel cracks) and I need to be sure what I'm doing with it.

I have it backed up using Time Machine. My plan is to wipe my current MBP and then when setting up the new one select 'Restore from Time Machine' (or thereabouts).

How do I reset it. Am I likely to see any problems doing this? My current MBP was shipped with Lion and then upgraded to Mountain Lion. The new one will be shipped with Mountain Lion. Is this likely to cause any issue?

lamboman · 14 Aug 2012 at 14:22

You shouldn't have any issues at all. As you've said, just select the appropriate option in Migration Assistant and let it do its thing

GeX · 16 Aug 2012 at 09:47

All went as expected

JoeF1 · 16 Aug 2012 at 09:48

Glad it did. Time Machine is one amazing bit of software.

GeX · 16 Aug 2012 at 10:28

I'm not sure I'd go that far, it did trash my old backups a day before I was due to swap laptops - that had me worried!

ic1male · 19 Aug 2012 at 23:53

JoeF1 said:
Glad it did. Time Machine is one amazing bit of software.

LOL, I hate it. It never backs up things I need. So I just do it manually now.