So, I'm guessing this is pretty common, but, I have an old starting-to-get-crufty ML install on my non-SSD hard drive for my MBP. I finally (FINALLY!) took the SSD plunge, and have a new drive coming. I have a number of Time Machine backups, because, y'know, I'm cool like that.
I don't want to restore from one of these, because that'll just continue the cruft (although perhaps I won't notice, given the speed of the SSD). My plan was to do a clean install on the new drive, then manually move over documents from either the old drive (in an enclosure) or my TM backups (via Finder).
The question: What happens if I do that, and then plug my TM drive in to the new install? Will I "lose" my backups? Will it just make new ones? I rarely go back however many months to recover old documents, but you never know, so if all possible, I'd like to keep my current TM backups, but I want a fresh install.
I can't be the only person in this boat, right?
Ideas? Thanks!
I don't want to restore from one of these, because that'll just continue the cruft (although perhaps I won't notice, given the speed of the SSD). My plan was to do a clean install on the new drive, then manually move over documents from either the old drive (in an enclosure) or my TM backups (via Finder).
The question: What happens if I do that, and then plug my TM drive in to the new install? Will I "lose" my backups? Will it just make new ones? I rarely go back however many months to recover old documents, but you never know, so if all possible, I'd like to keep my current TM backups, but I want a fresh install.
I can't be the only person in this boat, right?
Ideas? Thanks!
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