How to restore your Mac from a backup

If I already use iCloud to sync my content, should I do a full backup? Yes. One of the biggest reasons a full backup is so important is to protect yourself if your device crashes and you lose everything. 

If your Mac crashes while you're working on an important, time-sensitive project, you may have protected the documents you were working on in iCloud, but without a backup, why not look here at your apps, and settings? 

In this case, it will take a long time to collect things. A recent backup can get your Mac working again. Backing up your Mac makes you feel better. 

RESTORE YOUR MAC FROM TIME MACHINE RESTORE 

If you back up your Mac with Time Machine, you can use Apple's Migration Assistant to restore individual files or your entire hard drive from your most recent backup. 

If your Mac starts up with a blinking question mark, you need to reinstall macOS before continuing. 

Connect your Time Machine backup drive to your Mac and boot it up. 

Open Applications folder > Utility folder > Migration Assistant. 

Follow the instructions on the screen. 

When asked how to transfer data, choose from Mac, Time Machine backup, or bootable media. 

Click Next. 

Select  Time Machine backup. 

Click Next. 

Select Backup. 

Click Next. 

Please select the data you want to transfer. 

Click Next. The transfer may take several hours, but it can be transferred overnight. 

Close the Migration Assistant when the Migration Assistant completes. Sign in to the transferred account on your 

Mac to view the files. 

Restore MAC from Local Restore 

Cloning a Mac with a cloning program like SuperDuper or Carbon Copy Cloner can also restore the entire hard drive from a backup and create a bootable installer. 

Caution. We recommend that you print these instructions or switch to another device to read them, as you will need to enter recovery mode on your Mac. 

Restart your Mac.  

When the bootable drive starts, press Command and R at the same time.  Mac launches MacOS Utilities. If not, please try again. 

Click Disk Utility. 

Click Next. 

Select your Mac's hard drive. 

Click the Restore tab at the top of the Disk Utility window. 

Next to Restore, select an external hard drive to store the clone backup. 

Next to Restore, select your Mac's hard drive. 

Click Restore. 

Mac restores cloned backup and reboots when complete. 

To mount the bootable backup, restart your Mac while holding down the Option key and select Clone from the partitioned disk.

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