#Delete time machine backup mac sierra install#

You can transfer the data you choose (except for the old copy of macOS) when prompted by Setup Assistant on the new Mac. MacOS fully supports the situation you're describing. Great engineering work by Apple! I would rather not part with it but I'm worried that the longer I hang on to it, the harder it'll be to transfer my data to a new machine. Even the hard drive is still going strong. Ps: By the way, my 2010 MacBook Pro is an amazing machine which still looks new and has not given me any problems for the last 8 ВЅ years. Can I still do a full Time Machine restore from High Sierra to that new macOS? In other words, I would have skipped Mojave entirely. If I wait a couple of years to buy my new MacBook Pro, Apple would probably have come out with a new macOS. Is Time Machine smart enough to know this?

#Delete time machine backup mac sierra install#

I would hope that the restore would not overwrite Mojave and install High Sierra and its associated software (like Mail and Photos). Mail messages, personal files and documents, iTunes songs, Photos pictures and videos, plus my software like Unison, LibreOffice, BBEdit, VLC, games, etc. When I buy the new machine and plug in the USB drive and do a full Time Machine restore, what exactly will happen? I would like only data and some software to be transferred: i.e. I currently do regular Time Machine backups to an external USB Porsche-Design LaCie 1TB drive attached to my MacBook Pro. The Apple website informs me that my machine is too old to upgrade to Mojave, which means I will eventually buy a new 15' MacBook Pro (with Mojave pre-installed).

I'm currently using a 2010 17' MacBook Pro running macOS High Sierra.