Is it reasonable to use my Time Machine backup to migrate to a new primary hard drive?

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Published on 2010-04-18T03:34:45Z Indexed on 2010/04/18 3:43 UTC
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I'm planning to upgrade my MacBook's harddrive. I already use Time Machine to back up the system to an external drive. Is it reasonable to use Time Machine to restore my system to the new laptop drive, once I install it?

I mean, a restore like this really ought to be fine, right? That's the point of it, after all!

I know imaging the drive would be more appropriate but this plan seems a whole lot easier (albeit probably slower), with practically no risk since my original drive won't be involved.

A second question would then be, are there any considerations to be made when doing a Time Machine restore?

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