Resolved Backup installation on new systems - does in inherit bugs from old installation?

[AjTee]

Hello,

If I transfer backup made by Time Machine to new then it will inherit bugs from old system?

Regards,
J.

 

[G4DPII]

Depends on how old the Time Machine back-up you want to use is.

If it dates from before you noticed the issues happening then probably no, they will not happen. However to be 100% sure it would be wise to erase the disk before you make the transfer.

 

[AjTee]

This will be installed on new macbook. For example I had issue with helper app in Clean My Mac application. Will this transfer this issue?

Regards,
J.
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[Weaselboy]

This will be installed on new macbook. For example I had issue with helper app in Clean My Mac application. Will this transfer this issue?

Regards,
J.
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Very likely... yes.

 

[TiggrToo]

This will be installed on new macbook. For example I had issue with helper app in Clean My Mac application. Will this transfer this issue?

Regards,
J.

Clean my Mac is seen by many as one big bug. 😉🙃

But I digress. Yes, apps etc. will be copied back - warts and all.

That said, if the bug was due to the an issue only with the old OS then essentially it’ll be “fixed”

 

[AjTee]

Yes, this bug could be related to corrupted system. Backup does not contain Clean My Mac app. So any bugs related not to app but corrupted system will be fixed? I just wonder which backup to install. In newest I have some new apps installed. I older one before I noted this bug some apps are missing. So as I assume Time Machine backup does not backup system files and bugs related to system?

 

[Taz Mangus]

Yes, this bug could be related to corrupted system. Backup does not contain Clean My Mac app. So any bugs related not to app but corrupted system will be fixed? I just wonder which backup to install. In newest I have some new apps installed. I older one before I noted this bug some apps are missing. So as I assume Time Machine backup does not backup system files and bugs related to system?

Time Machine will backup system files if you tell it to (option to exclude system files). If there were corrupted preference files and those got backed up then files could be restored from backup. If you are concerned about corrupted files being transferred over then I suggest you manually copy (drag and drop) over your user data files to the new system from your backup. Stick with things like your Desktop, documents, downloads, etc. Things like mail can be rebuilt from the servers containing the mail. If you don’t blindly copy over everything from the backup you might be able to avoid issues from your old system. This is how I Usually setup a new clean install.

 

[AjTee]

Yes, it transferred one bug. Already fixed it. We can close.

 

[Taz Mangus]

Yes, it transferred one bug. Already fixed it. We can close.

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