Correction and update! There is probably no missing data or folders. I forgot that ~/Music is excluded from TM backups. Also I don’t use Mail on this iMac so the Contacts app would have no cards. Sorry for this. I assume Recovery Mode looked at the total history data of Time Machine to calculate the remaining restoration time.
I will proceed with normal testing of apps and data - and will wait for Ronni’s advice before I attempt a new download of High Sierra. Alan > On 28 Apr 2018, at 6:23 am, Alan Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Ronni > > I did a restore from Time Machine via Recovery mode for data at 25 April, but > got a strange outcome. > > After about 20 minutes with around 15% restore and estimated 2 hours > remaining, I got the “Restore Succeeded” window with a “Restart to Continue" > banner. This proceeded normally to login and then to prompts similar to a > new OS installation. > > The desktop display looked normal superficially. The Dock showed some apps > that had been removed some time ago. The Finder sidebar showed the default > options, not my preferences. > > I opened a few apps. Some seemed OK but Contacts only has 2 cards (Apple > inc and Me) and iTunes gave a “no library found” message. The “Music” folder > in the Home directory is empty - no iTunes folders! Finder shows 975GB > available on the 1TB hard drive. I was expecting around 850GB free. iTunes > would probably account for most of the missing data - say 65GB music plus > some movies and videos. > > I have not attempted any data recovery or conducted detailed tests of apps. > I will wait for your comments before I proceed. > > Cheers > Alan > > >> On 27 Apr 2018, at 8:13 pm, Ronni Brown <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Hi Alan, >> >>> On 27 Apr 2018, at 6:21 pm, Alan Smith <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> It might be best to go back and install the backup you did in Mavericks >>>> 10.9.5 before you commenced trying to upgrade to High Sierra. >>> >>> Do you mean reinstall the OS via the Recovery utility or a complete copy of >>> OS and data from Time Machine (or Super Super)? >>> >> >> >> Restore the complete contents of your hard drive from the Time Machine >> backup you did before you commenced trying to upgrade to High Sierra. >> Or Restore from the SuperDuper you did before you commenced trying to >> upgrade to High Sierra. >> >> The SuperDuper Manual will show you How To Restore from SD Backup. >> If you need more details I did a PDF Tutorial for a client some time back … >> "How to Restore from a SuperDuper! Backup.pdf” >> If you need details how to "Restore the complete contents of your hard drive >> from a Time Machine backup” I’ll post details to the list. >> >> I have been doing support work since 5:30am this morning, so I’m now signing >> off for tonight. >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> >> 13-inch MacBook Air (April 2014) >> 1.7GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost to 3.3GHz >> 8GB 1600MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM >> 512GB PCIe-based Flash Storage >> >> macOS High Sierra 10.13.4 >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml >> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml >> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
-- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
