Target Disk Mode from Time Machine External Drive?

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in Genius Bar edited January 2014
Hey everyone,



I have a 20" G5 iMac that I want to sell (interested*?) in order to buy a new Intel iMac. I would rather have cash from the sale in hand before buying the Intel version, but would really like the benefit of a Target Disk Mode transfer.



I also have a 1TB external drive connected to Time Machine. Can I either A) connect the External to a new Intel Mac and have it repopulate the new HD with all the info from the G5, a la Target Disk Mode (sort of as if my drive had failed and I had put in a new hard drive) or B) Somehow create a disk image on the external drive that I could use just as easily as Target Disk Mode? or C) Some other, much simpler suggestion that I haven't thought of?



Thanks for all advice. I appreciate it.





* if you are interested in a 20" G5 iMac, mine is from May 2005, has a 250 gb drive, 2.0 GHz, 1.5 GB of RAM, would come with a clean install of Leopard and iWork '08, and is generally in excellent condition. You can PM me.

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    wolviewolvie Posts: 9member
    If you have a Time Machine backup on the external, then you're good to go. Verify that the backup is there and go ahead and get the new guy.



    When you turn on the new iMac for the first time, it'll ask you a few questions and then ask if you want to transfer information onto the new machine.



    One of the options is migrating data from a Time Machine backup. That's the one you want to select, and then let it go for a few hours.
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