The Migration Assistant application (located in a Mac's /Applications/Utilities folder) will allow your transfer information from your data from the Time Machine backup to the hard drive of another Mac. See this article - Move your data to a new Mac - Apple Support. In particular the section titled Migrate from a Time Machine backup or external. Make a bootable mac os x usb. Mac usb iso creator.
Hey Dobermuffin,
I know it is frustrating to lose the use of your MacBook Pro. I am so glad that you have been making backups of your data using the Macintosh Time Machine application. It will not run on a Windows computer, but as you have Macs available through your family, the best way to do this will be to recover your files to a Mac and then move those files to your new Windows machine.
The Migration Assistant application (located in a Mac's /Applications/Utilities folder) will allow your transfer information from your data from the Time Machine backup to the hard drive of another Mac. See this article -
Other methods to restore lost files on M1 Mac 1. Recover deleted files from M1 Mac trash bin. When you delete a file on M1 Mac, the file will be moved to the trash bin. After deletion, the file is still on the Mac. You can open the trash bin, find the deleted file. Right click it, choose Put Back to restore the deleted file to the original. Reinstall OS X and restore files from a Time Machine backup old enough that it should be clean Selectively, cautiously, restore newer files from a newer TM backup However, the official guides for TM-based restoration recommend saving important files to something external, restoring from TM, then restore the files from the non-TM source. Restore from Time Machine: Use this option if you want to restore your Mac from a previous Time Machine backup. This is helpful if you've lost a bunch of files.
In particular the section titled Migrate from a Time Machine backup or external drive.
Note step 8. You do not have to transfer everything including applications, computer or network settings. You can just select your home folder, or indeed just portions of your home folder.
Mac Time Machine Restore Application
Once you have those files on the other Mac you can use one of several methods to move them to your Windows computer. For small amounts of data you can just use a flash drive, you can use a Windows formatted external hard drive, or for a large amount of data you can network the Windows computer with the Mac and use File Sharing to move the files over the network. See this article for how to set up File Sharing on a Mac to work with a Windows computer -
And this one to connect to the Mac from the Windows computer -
I hope we see you back in the Macintosh world soon!
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Be well,
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Brett L
Restore Data From Time Machine To New Mac Pro
Dec 30, 2014 2:12 PM
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