restore backup from mac to new samsung

[AC Question]

for the life of me I cannot seem to figure out how to get my Samsung backups onto a new samsung. my old Samsung is gone and I need to transfer my backups to this other Samsung I have. all instructions I'm finding online is how to backup and restore. all I need is to restore my old backups from my mac onto this new phone I have. my backups are in smartswitch (on my mac). when I connect this samsung s6 it's not finding it. please help I need my texts for court.