The reverse procedure of backup, to restore is to put information from a backup back onto the computer system.
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Restore system from DMG (original source disk bigger than destination)
I'm running Lion and trying to restore a Snow Leopard system archived in a DMG file.
The restore destination is an external Firewire disk (160GB) and the original system was installed in a 250GB ...
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restore from time machine without a mac
I want to restore a couple files from a time machine chronicle of backups, but I don't have the mac to restore them to.
How do I search for files within just using the folder structure
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I synced my iPhone to my laptop. Can I safely wipe it clean now?
I'm planning to buy a new iPhone. I'm going to exchange my current one for the new one. Before I give the old phone to Sprint, I'd like to wipe it clean (by going to Settings > General > Reset, etc).
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Error while connecting to computer
I restarted my ipad becasue cannot access to my email accounts, went off showing a no stop wheel and connect to my computer a message comes "unknown error QxE8000065
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How do I reset the software Mac OS X Update Server
I somehow managed to miss configured my mac osx update-server and would like to reset it, the problem is that there is no reset button to put the update-server into it's original inactivated state.
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Having trouble deleting old Time Machine back-ups after a restore
Due to migrating several computers over time, my MacBook Pro was bogged down with lots (and lots!) of old apps, files, etc. that I wanted to get rid of. So, I backed up to Time Machine as usual, then ...
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Factory Settings to Speed Up Mac?
My iMac (2010, i3, 3.06 GHz, 4GB RAM) has been getting a little slower. My research shows memory can cause a slow performance, so I looked and most of the time, my RAM is allocated like this:
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My OS X Mac Mini server crashed - How can I restore it?
I have a 2011 Mac Mini Server. It is the unibody model that has two hard drives and no optical drive. I got this second hand so I don't have anything other than the machine itself.
The way I ...
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Can I restore individual iCal appointments using Time Machine?
I use Time Machine to backup my Mac. While it is very easy to restore files and folders, I can't do the same with appointments in iCal. I am trying to recover an entire calendar that was accidentally ...
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My iPhone 4S has been destroyed… can I backup from the cloud at a later time?
My iPhone 4s is giving me the option to set up as new phone or restore via iTunes or iCloud. I have pictures on my previous phone that is now destroyed. I am unable to maintain a stable wireless ...
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I've lost everything on my iphone4, how do I put my library back? Syncing doesn't work
First my phone said "No wi-fi" so I reset everything on the phone, the phone now has nothing on it & asked me to set it up again. I opted for 'restore from back-up' instead of 'new phone', now it ...
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How can I solve an iPhone 4S restore failure loop?
My iPhone crashed while it was connected to the computer. I performed synchronization and left the phone so it can recharge. When I looked it after some time I saw Apple logo. I have tried multiple ...
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Will I lose my game saves when I downgrade to iOS 4 from iOS 5?
I have just recently upgraded from iOS 4.3.5 to iOS 5.1.1 on my 3rd generation iPod touch, but it seems that my iPod is slower and a little unresponsive, so I want to downgrade back to 4.3.5.
I want ...
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If my timemachine was done with lion, but my host is snow leopard, how will it restore?
What I want is for my Mac to go back to exactly as it was, which was with lion.
Of course, there's no lion disk, so I've done a clean reinstall with snow leopard (new drive).
Should I restore from a ...
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How to restore time machine backup to a new machine running a different version of the Mac OS?
The hard disk in my wife's iMac, which was running Leopard, just died. She has an up to date Time Machine backup. I want to restore the backup to her new MacBook Pro, which is running Lion.
I ...
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Please help me recover my ringtones after an iPhone restore
I downloaded ringtones from iTunes a couple weeks ago. I don't think I ever synced my iPhone since, but I did have to reset my iPhone due to an application crash.
When I got my iPhone restored from ...
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Will iCloud backups of iOS devices restore the iOS Keychain?
Prior to iCloud, it was necessary to explicitly encrypt iOS device backups in order to include passwords stored in the iOS Keychain. Indeed, this was an important and recommended use of encryption, ...
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How can I keep restore for apps in Lion without having session restore when I log in?
I want to have my apps start with their previous state (windows/tabs/documents), but I do not want to have all the apps I was running before logging out/rebooting/shutting down restart automatically. ...
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My iPhone 4 running on 4.2.1 and I was wondering if I could restore the phone?
My iPhone 4 running on 4.2.1 and I was wondering if I could restore the phone to the same firmware by dowloading the original firmware and holding SHIFT in iTunes and clicking restore???
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How to convert iOS backup from 4.0 to 3.x
Is there a way to convert an iOS 4 backup to format that was used in iOS 3.
I have an iPhone 3G and iOS 4 runs really slow on it. I have succesfuly downgraded the firmware back to 3.1.3 but now I ...
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Cannot Upgrade jailbroken iPod touch 4.3.3 to iOS 6.1.2
I got a jailbroken iPod from a friend and I want to update to iOS 6 so I can restore my backed up data on it.
I tried SHIFT + Restore / Upgrade to iOS 6 but the first error I got was this
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Timemachine encryption restore/backup?
I'm trying to automate the creation of an encrypted sparsebundle and configure backup for a 10.7 machine using a TimeCapsule. I've created the script below
http://pastebin.com/D2nQk1j1
#!/bin/bash
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how to reinstall mountain lion after restoring my macbook pro to the factory setting
I just recently bought my macbook pro early 2011 and it was freezing all the time for whatever reason. So, I decided to restore the computer. I erase the disk using the recovery method, but I'm having ...
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Restore failed iphone 5 from iPhone 3G
I've just got iphone 5 and I wanted to restore it with my iPhone 3G information (mainly SMS). I try to restore it with iTunes by clicking the backup I had from my iPhone 3G but it says gives me an ...
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Error 2009 when restoring iPhone
I have a jailbreaked iPhone 4 and I updated from version 5 to v6 in wifi.
The screen shows only the recovery mode, but when I connect it to iTunes, it detects the iPhone but needs to update it.
When ...
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How to keep all contacts on both devices when syncing?
I have some contacts on my iphone and some on my computer. How do I sync my phone and my computer so that each has all contacts?
The first question I see when opening ITunes is "Do you want to set up ...
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How can i get back information wiped off my Iphone by accidental restore?
I plugged in my iPhone to attempt to sync so that I could update my software. The sync was not working. I looked up problem on internet and they suggested that I restore the settings on the iPhone. ...
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How to jailbreak iPod Touch 2g without losing data?
I have an iPod Touch 2nd Generation, 8GB that runs firmware version 4.2.1, and currently it is not jailbroken.
I want to jailbreak it using redsn0w version 0.9.6b4. I have found these instructions. ...
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Is it easy to mount my Time Capsule after a clean install (without any restore) so that I can copy individual files from it?
People say it is possible but I am suspicious. I want to clean install and start fresh with nothing. Then I can access my Time Capsule that has my backup and copy any files I want. How easy or ...
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How to reset iMac to factory defaults?
I want to sell my iMac (2011) and I want to reset the system and remove all my data. I tried the Command-R method. It wants me to enter my Apple ID and password but I don't want to do this! I want to ...
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Restoring a new Mac Mini from TM Backup on a Pegasus R4 Drive
Trying to restore a new Mac Mini which just crashed from its Time Machine backup which is on a Promise Pegasus R4 drive. On first boot up the repaired Mac Mini does not see the Pegasus drive, so ...
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Many apps missing after restoring iPad backup to migrate to iPad 2
Needing to migrate an original iPad user to an iPad 2, I used the backup and restore mechanism in iTunes (on a PC)
However, the following steps resulted in many of the apps being missing on the ...
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iPad update/restore fail with one machine, success on another
Interesting problem I can't find anything about: I have my iPad synced with my personal MacBook. Backups work, as far as I can tell (list of backups in Preferences window), and apps update, etc.
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Error 37 during restore
On Tuesday I've updated my (non jailbroken) iPad 1 to iOS 4.3.5. When verifying the installation of the installation an error showed up telling me (translated from German) "The iPad cannot be ...
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I backed up my iphone to move it to a new phone
all my contacts, notes and calendars are gone. when the iphone backs up does it copy everything? is there a way to get my important stuff back?
note: I didn't check 'sync contacts, notes, calendars' ...
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Apps cannot be installed anymore because of missing signature
I was working on my iPhone 4 with iOS 4.2 (the last one) for a while, when I called my phone operator to unlock the simlock. I followed the procedure, and I saved of my iPhone with iTunes, then ...
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Can I restore from a 16GB backup to an 8GB iPhone
I recently switched to Verizon. My wife's phone was a 16GB AT&T iPhone. Verizon had the 8GB version for free with the contract.
Is it possible to restore from the 16GB backup to the new 8GB ...
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iPhone backup restore SMS
I have had to restore my iPhone 4S to factory settings - wiping everything on the device. Fortunately I have frequent backups so I was able to restore most of the settings and stuff.
However, is ...
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How to backup Store Apps?
I have been searching and I didn't find an optimal solution for my problem. I have some apps purchased from the Mac App Store (Pixelmator, GarageBand), and other ones installed (Xcode).
I want to ...
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new 4th generation iPod touch doesn't have the app store
My brand new 4th generation iPod touch doesn't have the app store on it.
I think it's because I restored all the data from my old iPod touch and stored it on my new iPod, and my old one didn't have ...
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Rename iOS device without needing to restore
I have just restored my iPad but for some reason (most likely because I pressed space bar on that text field but do you not remember) my newly restored iPad is called "iPad" rather than "my name's ...
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Full restore from backup, /Applications not backed up
I recently had my hard drive replaced. I made sure my Time Machine backup was up-to-date prior to the handing it over to the Apple Store so I could simply restore, but I made one mistake: ...
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What is the rsync command to restore from a TimeMachine backup
I couldn't get my TimeMachine backup to restore, so I just used rsync. What are the flags I should use? I just used:
rsync -av /path/to/backup /path/to/restore
Can it be that simple?
My backup was ...
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How should a user of OS X verify whether backed up data comprises everything required for lossless restoration?
I'm most interested in approaches that compare both:
the original file
the backup
– after the time of backup.
I'm aware of two approaches. Others will be appreciated.
Less interested in ...
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How to make full back up of iPhone?
With iTunes popupmenu
I have just restored my iPhone from a backup from March 2012. However all my apps made with Xcode was sadly not restored.
How can I back up everything?
Besides Xcode apps, ...
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Can I restore data backed up from a newer version of iOS?
I have a 3gs with iOS 5.1. I backed up my data, and wanted to restore to my new iPhone 4, with iOS 5.0.1. Somehow, I was not given an option to restore my backup. Is it possible to restore backup ...
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Changing file permissions on 10.6.8 after restore
A friend has a Macbook Pro that had the drive crash. A new hard drive was installed in the system and the OS was reinstalled. However, when they restored from their backup (using Retrospect), the ...
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Need to restore from encrypted iPhone backup, but can’t due to missing password
I did not set a password for the restore encrypted thing. I have tried 1234 and anything else I could come up with. I have to get back in. I accidentally deleted text messages that I need for personal ...
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How can I re-setup an iPad 2?
I had one iPad2 and I got a second one. I want to sync them both to the same iTunes account from the same Macbook Pro. When I plugged in the second iPad it asked me something along the lines of
This ...
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When restoring In-App Purchases, is there any limit to how many devices I can restore my In-App purchased content?
Suppose I have multiple iOS devices, say more than 5, and I purchase a gun through In-App Purchase, after I restore my purchases, will that gun be available in all my devices, in that game?
Just want ...
