Hi Dan,
This is great to know. I did my install several months ago
when I upgraded my Mac Books' HD to a 250 GB model. So, it was long
before 10.5.6.
On Mar 21, 2009, at 2:47 PM, Dan wrote:
>
> Hello,
> While I had some problems with restoring Time-Machine backups in
> earlier 10.5 releases, I have never had problems with this in OS X
> 10.5.6.
> I start the install DVD. Start VO. Go to the first of the install
> screens. Go to the menu bar and to the utilities menu and pick
> restore.
> then, I just follow the prompts. When I get to selecting the backup I
> want, they are always available. All the way from my original backup
> to the latest backup. I just arrow to the one I want and hit the next
> option.
> Again, it works just fine. I have done this on several machines.
> HTH
> Dan
> key...@comcast.net
>
>
>
> On Mar 21, 2009, at 11:02 AM, John Panarese wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi Cara,
>> Just as a follow up and to help others, I stand corrected. In
>> speaking to my sighted friend who assisted me with my install and
>> restoration from a time machine backup, according to him, when you
>> select the restore from a time machine backup option during the setup
>> process, you Only have the latest backup as an option or the most
>> recent one that can be found. If you want to install from a specific
>> backup, you have to do this manually through disk utilities.
>> However,
>> when we tried this using the install DVD for Leopard, we could not
>> get
>> this particular option to work.
>>
>> Take Care
>> John Panarese
>>
>> On Mar 18, 2009, at 7:37 PM, Cara Quinn wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Wow, this is interesting, as I have many backups but only saw one
>>> relevant one for the partition I was needing to backup.
>>> Incidentally,
>>> this is my main partition and as I said, there are many backup
>>> points,
>>> so go figure. <smile>
>>>
>>> I'm honestly not about to do this again right this minute, as I
>>> kind of needed to baby sit the Mac last night / today between the
>>> install / restore / software updates, so it's just too time-
>>> consuming
>>> for the moment. However, any other info you might have would sure
>>> be
>>> appreciated, as I will definitely be doing this again by next week,
>>> and I also think this topic may be helpful to new users as well.
>>>
>>> Have a great day / evening!… -You rock!…
>>>
>>>
>>> Smiles,
>>>
>>> Cara :)
>>> ---
>>> View my Online Portfolio at:
>>> http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn
>>>
>>> On Mar 18, 2009, at 4:16 PM, John Panarese wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Cara,
>>> When you are going through the setup process and you have the
>>> radio buttons to select a new Mac, restoring from a time machine
>>> backup or from another volume, I chose the time machine optino.
>>> Note
>>> that I could not get the restore to work from the Utilities menu of
>>> the install DVD. I did have sighted help looking over my shoulder,
>>> but when you restore from the time machine backup, you should have
>>> the
>>> ability to go back. Mine was easy because I only wanted the last
>>> backup. Honestly, I didn't spend a lot of time poking around, but
>>> I'll ask my friend who was there if he remembers what all the
>>> options
>>> were if you need me to.
>>>
>>> Take Care
>>>
>>> On Mar 18, 2009, at 6:57 PM, Cara Quinn wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> John, where were you offered the choice of dates from which to
>>>> restore?… I didn't see this at all. I chose restore from a Time
>>>> Machine backup, but didn't see any place to enter or choose a date.
>>>>
>>>> Smiles,
>>>>
>>>> Cara :)
>>>> ---
>>>> View my Online Portfolio at:
>>>> http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn
>>>>
>>>> On Mar 18, 2009, at 1:57 PM, John Panarese wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi Cara,
>>>> From experience, I did a wipe and install with Leopard and then
>>>> used time machine to pull a backup from wich to restore. This
>>>> worked
>>>> like a charm for me. I just chose the latest date and I got
>>>> everything back. As a note, I did this after the install during
>>>> the
>>>> setup when you are offered choices of choosing to restore from
>>>> another
>>>> volume or from a time machine backup.
>>>>
>>>> On Mar 18, 2009, at 4:49 PM, Cara Quinn wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hey All, happy Wednesday to you!…
>>>>>
>>>>> Okay, I have an issue going on that I can't seem to solve.
>>>>> Somehow, whether inadvertently by me, or a bit of software I've
>>>>> installed, a system framework has been installed that I really
>>>>> need
>>>>> to
>>>>> get rid of.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm wondering if anyone has any tips on how to simply restore my
>>>>> entire system from a backup?…
>>>>>
>>>>> I wiped my main partition last night and reinstalled Leopard, but
>>>>> wasn't offered a choice of backups from Migration assistant.
>>>>> I.E. I
>>>>> wasn't able to choose the date I'd like to restore from. Since
>>>>> the
>>>>> latest restore point also has the new framework, it seems to have
>>>>> come
>>>>> over with everything else, so again, I'm in the situation of
>>>>> needing
>>>>> to restore. aaarrrggg! Sorry, but this is feeling a bit
>>>>> Microsoft
>>>>> to
>>>>> me! lol!
>>>>>
>>>>> So, at this point, I'm simply wanting to go into Time Machine, and
>>>>> pick a date before the possible install, and restore from it. Is
>>>>> this
>>>>> possible?…
>>>>>
>>>>> Otherwise, what in the heck am I supposed to do to get a clean
>>>>> system install yet still retain all of my user data?…
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for any help anyone can offer!… You guys rock!…
>>>>>
>>>>> Have a terrific day!…
>>>>>
>>>>> Smiles,
>>>>>
>>>>> Cara :)
>>>>> ---
>>>>> View my Online Portfolio at:
>>>>> http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Take Care
>>>>
>>>> John Panarese
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Take Care
>>
>> John Panarese
>>
>>
>>>
>
>
> >
Take Care
John Panarese
--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
"MacVisionaries" group.
To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
For more options, visit this group at
http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en
-~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
