install OSX using TMachine

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zoranb

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I have a Powerbook G4 (in which im using TMachince for backup) and a mac mini. Suppose i want to transfer the OSX from the Powerbook to the mac mini, is there someway i can hook up the TMdrive in order to make a "mirror" of the Powermac OSX to the mac mini? How?
 
Are you intending to migrate permanently to the mini, or do you already have a second license to Mac OS X? You don't need to use your Time Machine drive to mirror because you can connect the two Macs by FireWire, start one in Target Disk Mode (hold T at startup), and use Carbon Copy Cloner to clone from one Mac to the other. You would only do this if you were comfortable erasing the destination Mac first.

The alternative is to use your mini's Mac OS X Install Disc to reinstall Mac OS X on it and choose to restore files from a Time Machine backup when the installation is complete.
 
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