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