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 > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
