How to

Restore your whole system with Time Machine

Use macOS Recovery

Restart or power on your Mac and hold down Cmd+R until macOS Recovery opens. If the startup disk is damaged (but not physically), you can use Disk Utility’s First Aid feature to attempt repair, or use that app to erase the macOS partition.

Select Time Machine

Select “Restore from Time Machine Backup” and click Continue. Note that in this mode, input devices work using Apple’s default settings, and so if you tap to click on your trackpad in macOS, you’ll need to press to click here.

Choose your backup

Click Continue and then choose a backup source (your Time Machine drive). Click Continue again, and choose which backup you’d like to recover your system from. Click Continue, and your Mac will restart when done.