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I’ve just had a repairer replace my hard drive with a Samsung EVO 860 SSD, after my previous hard drive failed. When I was getting the hard drive changed they wanted to charge me another $200 to set up my laptop, so I would like to try and do it myself. I’m wondering if anyone can break it down for me in what I need to do please? I backed up my laptop onto an external hard drive before getting the SSD fitted. Thanks for any info anyone can share to allow me to do this!
Setup is pretty straightforward if your backup was done with time machine. If not yet done install the Os on the new drive, same or newer Os release of your backup must be installed, then open up Migration Assistant you find in Applications/Utility with your backup drive plugged in and restore all your user data/files with a few clicks, simply following the intuitive onscreen instructions. You just need a little patience and when ready the Mac will reboot with your newly restored OS, done !
