Hi Alan, Why would you exclude your ~/Music folder from TM backups when you wanted to use the 2009 iMac to listen to music? Why didn’t you do a complete system restore using your SuperDuper! backup that has your complete system backed up - that you did just before you commenced trying to upgrade the iMac to High Sierra?
1. I would do a full system restore from the SuperDuper! backup first as it has the whole computer system (including ~/Music folder) backed up. 2.Then if you received my tutorial ‘PREPARE TO UPGRADE TO HIGH SIERRA 10.13 I sent to you “OffList” last night. Follow that, before attempting to download and install High Sierra! > The full SuperDuper backup is 142.9 GB. The ~/Music folder is 118.7 GB. > Therefore OS and data is 23.2 GB. My calculation is 24.2GB but it’s not really important. Cheers, Ronni Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB > On 28 Apr 2018, at 10:34 am, Alan Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Ronni > > The whole system was restored from Time Machine except for the ~/Music > folder which is excluded in backup options. > > The newly restored 2009 iMac with OSX 10.9.5 Mavericks is 23.99 GB. > The full SuperDuper backup is 142.9 GB. The ~/Music folder is 118.7 GB. > Therefore OS and data is 23.2 GB. > > How is this so? I have three Macs. > > The 27 inch late 2012 iMac (High Sierra) is my workhorse. This was bought > to replace the 21.5 inch late 2009 iMac (Mavericks) which had an argument > with lightning and lost its ethernet port. The “new" computer developed a > problem during 2017 - it shuts itself down after being active for around 5 > days and requires an SMC reset before restarting. Not very useful for EyeTV > recording and AppleTV etc. I eventually took it to the Apple Genius Bar for > repair. Not happy about that experience. Suffice to say they didn’t fix it. > Hence - - > > I bought an SSD Mac mini as my media machine. Stays powered on 24/7 for EyeTV > recording and processing, and for Apple TV. Most data (movies etc) are on an > external high capacity hard drive. Hence - - > > The 2009 Mavericks machine became my kitchen computer which I use it for > Safari, playing music and occasional Zoom video meetings. I only > occasionally shut it down even 'tho it is a gas guzzler compared to the later > model Macs. > > Yes, Ronni, I did Restore (almost) the whole system! > > I will restore the Music folder from the SuperDuper backup. I will check out > the computer and prepare it for High Sierra. May take a few days. > > What is your advice for the next step? Try a new App Store download? > > Cheers > Alan > > >> On 28 Apr 2018, at 7:58 am, Ronda Brown <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Alan, >> >> I asked you to Restore the whole system! It will take much longer than >> 20mins. >> >>>>> 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. >> >> Time Machine automatically backs up your entire Mac, including system files, >> applications, accounts, preferences, email messages, music, photos, movies, >> and documents. >> >> Restore From Time Machine Backup: Restore your Mac from an external hard >> drive or Time Capsule that contains a Time Machine backup of your Mac. >> >> How to restore your hard drive from a Time Machine backup >> Whether you're having major problems with your current hard drive or >> upgrading to a new Mac, Time Machine can help you get back to business. >> >> Power up your Mac and hold down the Command and R keys to enter the macOS >> Recovery Partition. Your Mac should boot to a screen that says macOS >> Utilities. >> Select Restore from Time Machine Backup and click Continue. >> Read the info on the Restore Your System page and click Continue. >> Select your Time Machine backup and click Continue. >> Select the most recent backup of your hard disk and click Continue. >> Your Mac will then restore the Time Machine backup; once it's done it will >> restart. >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> >> Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB >> >> >>> On 28 Apr 2018, at 7:07 am, Alan Smith <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> 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]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi Alan, >>>>> >>>>>>> On 27 Apr 2018, at 6:21 pm, Alan Smith <[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 >>>>>
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