my old MacBook crashed. I have a Seagate Bach up drive. How do I load the back up to my new Mac air?

My old MacBook crashed. I have a seagate backup drive. How do I load the backup onto my new Mac air?

MacBook Air 13″, 13.0

Posted on Dec 4, 2022 07:08 PM

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Posted on Dec 4, 2022 09:35 PM

You don't mention if this backup is via Time Machine ... but, if it is, then you would use the Migration Assistant on your new MacBook Air to restore the data from that backup.

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Tesserax

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Dec 4, 2022 09:35 PM in response to danmixer

You don't mention if this backup is via Time Machine ... but, if it is, then you would use the Migration Assistant on your new MacBook Air to restore the data from that backup.

Ref: Move content to a new Mac - Apple Support

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