How to Restore macOS Mojave with Time Machine
In continuation of my last article on Backup macOS Mojave with Time Machine; I am now writing if it is possible to restore macOS Mojave with the availability of an updated Time Machine backup? If you are a skilful Mac user, then you already know that when you install macOS Mojave on your Mac or MacBook Pro, then your Macintosh HD becomes APFS (and not HFS). And, Time Machine is not yet formatted as APFS to work with Mojave; Time Machine still works with the HFS file-system.
Why you might need to restore macOS Mojave 10.14 ever?
Only if your Mac gets into trouble or your macOS and data is erased accidentally then you have to restore Mojave to an earlier date which has the best backup in it. Restoring Mac Mojave or other OS is helpful in data recovery and even recovering OS files back from dead.
Below is the Journey of Restoring Mojave with Time Machine
Below Screenshot — Shows my Time Machine is mounted and updated.
Restarted my Mac….
and press-hold Command + R keys combination to bring up Recovery Mode. Recovery Mode is also known as macOS Utilities, and CMD+R works on MacBook Pro, iMac, Mac Mini devices.
Below Screenshot — Shows, I am into Recovery Mode
Here, I navigate to the very first option which states “Restore from Time Machine Backup — You have a Backup of your System that you want to restore”.
Since I fulfil the requirement by having an updated backup, I am eligible to restore with Time Machine. Clicked the Continue option, then…..
Here, I selected my Time Machine external hard drive
Select your recent and the updated backups from the list of available snapshots
Choose a Destination (i.e. Start-up disk Macintosh HD)
Erase Macintosh HD
Restoring….
Preparing Macintosh HD for Time Machine restoration
Restoring process begins and soon ends up successfully.
Sign-in with your Apple ID. You can skip the process for now and set-up your Mac further.
After restoration, my Mac gets back all the OS settings and the data just like it had before restoration.
