moving my TM backup on other mac

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Right now i have TM backing up the stuff on my corporate laptop. At some point i will have to return the laptop to the company, how can i continue to work on my new mac and retain all the TM backups made on the corporate laptop?
 
When setting up the new Mac, you choose to migrate data from a Time machine backup connected to the new Mac.
 
Is that option kinda like the NortonGhost app, that makes a copy of the mac and then you can transfer it to another? Using this will it copy my apps too, will it take everything and install it to the other mac?
 
Ok thanx fryke, let me ask one more thing. Can i move the TM back up to another already working mac and still be able to see my files, or this can only work on a new mac?
 
Might depend on user names and account numbers, but generally, it's just another harddrive with files and folders. You can look at those individually or reinstall the Mac using the Leopard (or newer) installation disc and the Time Machine backup as mentioned in my first answer...

However: If you reinstall a couple of Macs using the same Time Machine backup, they'll all think they're the same machine. ;)
 
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