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I am going to factory reset my MacBook pro. After erasing the hard drive, do I need to reinstall MacOS first, or can I backup from Time Machine right away?

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Taz Mangus

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I am going to factory reset my MacBook pro. After erasing the hard drive, do I need to reinstall MacOS first, or can I backup from Time Machine right away?
You would first re-install MacOS and then Migrate backed up data from the Time Machine backup.
 
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