In Reply to: Setup posted by tlea on January 17, 2025 at 18:13:51:
Thanks for the advice.
I wouldn't say I have the patience, but I do have the time, so your second idea is what I'm going to do. I've only used the restore from Time Machine backup once, when I tried to update the OS, and it was a failure. Apple sent me an email giving suggestions and the one I think I'll use is the target disk mode, at least for larger files. Seems simple enough, so I'll give that one a go. I have a few large purchased hi rez music files to test it out on. Slow is smooth and smooth is fast will be my motto.
Everyone now has their own machine, so no more "family computer clutter" on these new ones. I'm definitely keeping this old one, assuming the battery replacement is successful!
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