You are supposed to be able to copy things back in like that, but I can’t get it to work for me, so will be interested in what others say.
Cheers Dave On 13 Jan 2014, at 09:11 pm, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > No, I don't want to restore everything. I just wondered if I could restore > certain parts of the system, such as mail accounts or YoruFukurou preferences > and logins. I can redo everything if I have to, but the more I can simply > copy back in the better. Thanks. > On Jan 13, 2014, at 1:43 PM, David Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > >> If you do a time machine restore, you are likely to also restore whatever is >> causing your problems. If you possible can, do a clean install and take the >> time it take to set things back up again from scratch, provided you know how >> to get your data from Time Machine without doing a restore. I think our >> issues might be similar. Apparently all my hardware is fine and my SSD is >> fine, but the system won’t boot from that drive. This started happening from >> time to time when I upgraded to Mavericks. >> >> Cheers >> Dave >> >> On 13 Jan 2014, at 06:31 pm, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I really hoped you wouldn't say that, as it points to my install being bad. >>> I've reset the SMC and PRAM, repaired permissions in Mavericks and in >>> Recover Mode, and have 8gb of ram which used to work more than fine. Is >>> there anything else at all i can try that isn't a clean install? Related: >>> if I do a clean install, and I have a Time Machine backup made just before >>> that install, can I restore all my apps, including settings, through Time >>> Machine? I know some preferences will be lost, and I know I can get my >>> documents and other files back easily enough, but what about things like >>> mail accounts, Twitter logins, or my Mac's Keychain? Can any of that be >>> recovered? >>> On Jan 12, 2014, at 1:14 AM, Nicholas Parsons >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I have issues with Mavericks, but sluggishness isn't one of them. >>>> Launching apps, switching apps, opening emails and playing audio and video >>>> files all work very snappily for me. I'm using a 2011 MacBook Air with 4GB >>>> RAM and a 1.7GHz i5 processor. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >>> >>> Have a great day, >>> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >>> [email protected] >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > Have a great day, > Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) > [email protected] > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
