Every time I buy a new computer, I go through extraordinary levels of hassle copying files from the old computer to the new one, and this time I am determined to do something smarter. I heard from a friend that since I use Time Machine (actually, I have a Time Capsule for network backups) that when I get my new MacBook I can just tap the Time Machine backup of my existing system and have it restore every single file and config onto the new system and have it a perfect clone. Rockin'. How do I do that??

I just completely reformatted and restored my laptop and am now hitting the error "This backup is too large for the backup volume. The backup requires 95.9 GB but only 63.2 are available" when I try to use Time Machine to back up to my Apple Time Capsule network backup device. This stinks: I need to be able to keep backing things up!

I talked with a few people and they suggest that the easiest solution is to wipe the Time Capsule drive and start over. How do I do that?