MacOS – How to restore a Time Machine backup after repartitioning the original drive

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My goal is to backup my data by Time Machine, perform a clean install of Yosemite, partition the disk and restore some of the data.

Right now my setup is only one partition. After a new setup I want to have two partitions.

Does Time Machine deal with that smoothly though the new partitions have new UUIDs then?

Best Answer

Yes. OS X handles the two new partitions and as long as the data fits on the one you restore to, no issues.