I have a MBP 2017 that was sent for replacement. The system was always synced with TimeMachine.

I have a temporary MBP 2017 I am trying to restore to, but I can't get it to work.

The TimeMachine backup is on a NAS partition (Synology DS216).

The path from the NAS' perspective is:

smb://SynologyDS216/volume1/TimeMachine

The path from the finder's perspective is:

smb://SynologyDS216._smb._tcp.local/TimeMachine

I reboot the computer with system restore, it finds the NAS, I can connect to the partition providing the username / password. And then nothing happens from there. It stays on the same screen.

It is the same behavior whether I try to use the auto detected path, the NAS' path, or the path the finder creates.

No backup appears.

When I connected with the original Mac, through TimeMachine, I can see the files, the history, etc. so the files are there.

Now I have two questions:

• Is there such a thing as a 'machine backup' vs. 'just some folders backup'? I had a lot of folders exclusion in my TimeMachine settings, so maybe the files are there but not the OS.

• If I connect to this backup through TimeMachine, instead of the system restore/migration, is there a way to connect as read-only so the temporary computer will not start to edit the backup?

As a side note, the backup is from a Catalina MacOS (on MBP2017 15") and the temp laptop is running High Sierra (on MBP2017 13"), if that makes a difference.

I have a MacBook Pro 2017 that was sent for replacement. The system was always synced with Time Machine.

I have a temporary MacBook Pro 2017 I am trying to restore to, but I can't get it to work.

The Time Machine backup is on a NAS partition (Synology DS216).

The path from the NAS' perspective is:

smb://SynologyDS216/volume1/TimeMachine

The path from Finder's perspective is:

smb://SynologyDS216._smb._tcp.local/TimeMachine

I reboot the computer to macOS Recovery, it finds the NAS, I can connect to the partition providing the username / password, and then nothing happens from there. It stays on the same screen.

It is the same behavior whether I try to use the auto detected path, the NAS' path, or the path Finder creates.

No backup appears.

When I connected with the original Mac, through Time Machine, I can see the files, the history, etc. so the files are there.

Now I have two questions:

• Is there such a thing as a 'machine backup' vs. 'just some folders backup'? I had a lot of folders exclusion in my Time Machine settings, so maybe the files are there but not the OS.

• If I connect to this backup through Time Machine, instead of the system restore/migration, is there a way to connect as read-only so the temporary computer will not start to edit the backup?

As a side note, the backup is from macOS Catalina (on a MacBook Pro 2017 15") and the temp laptop is running macOS High Sierra (on a MacBook Pro 2017 13"), if that makes a difference.

I have a MBP 2017 that was sent for replacement. The system was always synced with TimeMachine.

I have a temporary MBP 2017 I am trying to restore to, but I can't get it to work.

The TimeMachine backup is on a NAS partition (Synology DS216).

The path from the NAS' perspective is:

smb://SynologyDS216/volume1/TimeMachine

The path from the finder's perspective is:

smb://SynologyDS216._smb._tcp.local/TimeMachine

I reboot the computer with system restore, it finds the NAS, I can connect to the partition providing the username / password. And then nothing happens from there. It stays on the same screen.

It is the same behavior whether I try to use the auto detected path, the NAS' path, or the path the finder creates.

No backup appears.

When I connected with the original Mac, through TimeMachine, I can see the files, the history, etc. so the files are there.

Now I have two questions:

• Is there such a thing as a 'machine backup' vs. 'just some folders backup'? I had a lot of folders exclusion in my TimeMachine settings, so maybe the files are there but not the OS.

• If I connect to this backup through TimeMachine, instead of the system restore/migration, is there a way to connect as read-only so the temporary computer will not start to edit the backup?

I have a MBP 2017 that was sent for replacement. The system was always synced with TimeMachine.

I have a temporary MBP 2017 I am trying to restore to, but I can't get it to work.

The TimeMachine backup is on a NAS partition (Synology DS216).

The path from the NAS' perspective is:

smb://SynologyDS216/volume1/TimeMachine

The path from the finder's perspective is:

smb://SynologyDS216._smb._tcp.local/TimeMachine

I reboot the computer with system restore, it finds the NAS, I can connect to the partition providing the username / password. And then nothing happens from there. It stays on the same screen.

It is the same behavior whether I try to use the auto detected path, the NAS' path, or the path the finder creates.

No backup appears.

When I connected with the original Mac, through TimeMachine, I can see the files, the history, etc. so the files are there.

Now I have two questions:

• Is there such a thing as a 'machine backup' vs. 'just some folders backup'? I had a lot of folders exclusion in my TimeMachine settings, so maybe the files are there but not the OS.

• If I connect to this backup through TimeMachine, instead of the system restore/migration, is there a way to connect as read-only so the temporary computer will not start to edit the backup?

As a side note, the backup is from a Catalina MacOS (on MBP2017 15") and the temp laptop is running High Sierra (on MBP2017 13"), if that makes a difference.