Comments on: Doing a Time Machine full restore even if it doesn’t want to http://blog.fallingsnow.net/2009/06/02/doing-a-time-machine-full-restore-even-if-it-doesnt-want-to/ life and tech stuff by Evan Phoenix Tue, 24 Aug 2010 02:53:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: PK http://blog.fallingsnow.net/2009/06/02/doing-a-time-machine-full-restore-even-if-it-doesnt-want-to/#comment-22796 PK Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:29:55 +0000 http://blog.fallingsnow.net/?p=85#comment-22796 dude you are the man. dude you are the man.

]]> By: johnesutton http://blog.fallingsnow.net/2009/06/02/doing-a-time-machine-full-restore-even-if-it-doesnt-want-to/#comment-22396 johnesutton Thu, 24 Jun 2010 09:29:25 +0000 http://blog.fallingsnow.net/?p=85#comment-22396 Thanks Evan, that was very helpful. But am I the only one left wondering why Apple would ship a DVD which includes a bug fix for the buggy installer instead of shipping the bug-fixed installer? And why does this issue not merit a mention on "Mac OS X 10.5 Help : Recovering your entire system" here: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.5/en/15638.html Any ideas anyone? Thanks Evan, that was very helpful. But am I the only one left wondering why Apple would ship a DVD which includes a bug fix for the buggy installer instead of shipping the bug-fixed installer? And why does this issue not merit a mention on “Mac OS X 10.5 Help : Recovering your entire system” here:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.5/en/15638.html

Any ideas anyone?

]]> By: Jordan http://blog.fallingsnow.net/2009/06/02/doing-a-time-machine-full-restore-even-if-it-doesnt-want-to/#comment-22368 Jordan Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:33:33 +0000 http://blog.fallingsnow.net/?p=85#comment-22368 It seemed to work until the restart after the restore... Then I got the "you need to restart your computer" message and don't what to do... It seemed to work until the restart after the restore… Then I got the “you need to restart your computer” message and don’t what to do…

]]> By: Honza http://blog.fallingsnow.net/2009/06/02/doing-a-time-machine-full-restore-even-if-it-doesnt-want-to/#comment-21720 Honza Mon, 12 Apr 2010 19:05:37 +0000 http://blog.fallingsnow.net/?p=85#comment-21720 Thanks Evan. I can't say that it saved my day, but it definitely saved about 4-6 hours of my time, which, ok is maybe about a days work :-). My wife's G4 iBook's HD died yesterday, and having a TM backup I assumed everything would be OK. So I stripped the iBook down and replaced the HD (which is not a trivial matter) and buttoned it all back up. To my horror after booting the original Leopard retail disc that I installed the system with (you know leopard won't officially install on a 800mhz iBook right? :P) the TM restore facility refused to start - just because I'm not allowed to have 10.5 that I purchased, installed on an iBook. Damn you apple. Thanks Evan. I can’t say that it saved my day, but it definitely saved about 4-6 hours of my time, which, ok is maybe about a days work :-) . My wife’s G4 iBook’s HD died yesterday, and having a TM backup I assumed everything would be OK. So I stripped the iBook down and replaced the HD (which is not a trivial matter) and buttoned it all back up. To my horror after booting the original Leopard retail disc that I installed the system with (you know leopard won’t officially install on a 800mhz iBook right? :P ) the TM restore facility refused to start – just because I’m not allowed to have 10.5 that I purchased, installed on an iBook. Damn you apple.

]]> By: Joe White http://blog.fallingsnow.net/2009/06/02/doing-a-time-machine-full-restore-even-if-it-doesnt-want-to/#comment-21692 Joe White Thu, 08 Apr 2010 18:01:47 +0000 http://blog.fallingsnow.net/?p=85#comment-21692 Evan, thank you for this! I am currently at a client replacing a failing drive on a G5 that had been upgraded to 10.5 by his school, so he had no Leopard disk, but am currently using the restore DVD from his MBA and your work to restore from his Time Capsule (and I managed to leave my disk binder at home). Thanks for saving me a trip! Evan, thank you for this! I am currently at a client replacing a failing drive on a G5 that had been upgraded to 10.5 by his school, so he had no Leopard disk, but am currently using the restore DVD from his MBA and your work to restore from his Time Capsule (and I managed to leave my disk binder at home). Thanks for saving me a trip!

]]> By: Denn:x http://blog.fallingsnow.net/2009/06/02/doing-a-time-machine-full-restore-even-if-it-doesnt-want-to/#comment-21599 Denn:x Tue, 23 Mar 2010 07:51:51 +0000 http://blog.fallingsnow.net/?p=85#comment-21599 Lifesaver! Much appreciated :) Lifesaver! Much appreciated :)

]]> By: evanphx http://blog.fallingsnow.net/2009/06/02/doing-a-time-machine-full-restore-even-if-it-doesnt-want-to/#comment-21469 evanphx Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:37:19 +0000 http://blog.fallingsnow.net/?p=85#comment-21469 Duncan: Glad to hear I worked! The terminal stuff is second nature to me, I'm an old Linux guy. Started with OS X in the 10.0 days, when you'd still have to do a lot with the Terminal. I knew that Apple frequently leaves stuff pretty open, so I just had to spend a little time poking around and some trial and error. Duncan: Glad to hear I worked! The terminal stuff is second nature to me, I’m an old Linux guy. Started with OS X in the 10.0 days, when you’d still have to do a lot with the Terminal.

I knew that Apple frequently leaves stuff pretty open, so I just had to spend a little time poking around and some trial and error.

]]> By: Duncan Anderson http://blog.fallingsnow.net/2009/06/02/doing-a-time-machine-full-restore-even-if-it-doesnt-want-to/#comment-21468 Duncan Anderson Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:12:01 +0000 http://blog.fallingsnow.net/?p=85#comment-21468 Caught my mistake, restoring now. I can't thank you enough man. I'm in DC for the semester, without my orig. Install disk of course and with a computer that just basically died on me. I erased the HD, but then it wouldn't let me restore from time machine! If I hadn't found your site idk what I would have done. Where did you learn to use terminal commands and stuff? Did you just figure this out by trial and error? Caught my mistake, restoring now. I can’t thank you enough man. I’m in DC for the semester, without my orig. Install disk of course and with a computer that just basically died on me. I erased the HD, but then it wouldn’t let me restore from time machine! If I hadn’t found your site idk what I would have done. Where did you learn to use terminal commands and stuff? Did you just figure this out by trial and error?

]]> By: Duncan Anderson http://blog.fallingsnow.net/2009/06/02/doing-a-time-machine-full-restore-even-if-it-doesnt-want-to/#comment-21467 Duncan Anderson Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:35:52 +0000 http://blog.fallingsnow.net/?p=85#comment-21467 Hi Evan, I'm mid restore now so only time will tell if you are a lifesaver. Everything showed up just as you said it would until the very end. I didn't have the opportunity to restore from backup, it simply asked me to begin installation of the os x upgrade. Did I miss a step somewhere? Will I have the opportunity to restore from backup later? Its currently "checking the dvd I'm using for the install for 'consistency'". Thanks in advance for the help Hi Evan,
I’m mid restore now so only time will tell if you are a lifesaver. Everything showed up just as you said it would until the very end. I didn’t have the opportunity to restore from backup, it simply asked me to begin installation of the os x upgrade. Did I miss a step somewhere? Will I have the opportunity to restore from backup later? Its currently “checking the dvd I’m using for the install for ‘consistency’”. Thanks in advance for the help

]]> By: Daniel http://blog.fallingsnow.net/2009/06/02/doing-a-time-machine-full-restore-even-if-it-doesnt-want-to/#comment-21329 Daniel Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:16:48 +0000 http://blog.fallingsnow.net/?p=85#comment-21329 Thank you so much, worked perfectly :) Thank you so much, worked perfectly :)

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