This will take time, depending on the size of your libraries - took 4 hours for me, but on slow wireless. The following command (tailored for your username) will copy everything from your Pictures folder in the Time Machine backup to your local drive: rsync -archive -stats -human-readable -progress /Volumes/Time\ Machine\ Backups/Macintosh\ HD/Users//Music/ ~/Music The following command (tailored for your username) will copy everything from your Pictures folder in the Time Machine backup to your local drive: rsync -archive -stats -human-readable -progress /Volumes/Time\ Machine\ Backups/Macintosh\ HD/Users//Pictures/ ~/Pictures This will make sure the Time Machine back up data is available. Drill down to Macintosh HD > Users > your name. In Finder, navigate to your Time Machine backup.It may be overkill for you, but this did the trick for me: I used the built-in terminal command 'rsync' which is a sophisticated Unix file copy tool. I also just did this, as my previous machines' backup was just littered with old cruft I didn't want to pollute my shiny new computer with :)
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