The reverse procedure of backup, to restore is to put information from a backup back onto the computer system.
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Restore a backup without restoring OS
iTunes makes automatic backups each time I want to sync in a different day (if I recall correctly) - what if I want to restore to a backup WITHOUT having to restore the whole operating system? Can it ...
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iCloud Restore — WiFi only?
If I enable the iCloud Backup feature, can I later restore from an iCloud backup, but while tethered to iTunes?
So if my phone ever dies, is the only way to restore from iCloud to do it over WiFi, ...
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Uninstalling OS Lion, and transferring photos to MacBook if full restore needed
I have, stupidly, upgraded to OS Lion on both my desktop and laptop.
I've now done a hard restore on my laptop, back to Snow Leopard, and reinstalled my photo software, which wouldn't work with Lion.
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What do I do if I lost my restore DVDs and have a corrupted HD in my Macbook Pro 2010?
I have a Macbook Pro 2010 (Core2Duo), and I lost my original software and OS restore DVD. The one that came with the laptop. Now my HD volume is corrupted (many programs quit randomly now -- like ...
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Backup and restore application preferences
I already have a backup of my system on Time Machine, but will it restore my application preferences too when I migrate to a new system? Even if it is Lion? (I come from Snow Leopard)
And what about ...
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restore MacBook from sparse image
I recently wiped my MBP hard drive as well as installing a new SSD.
I have a sparseimage backup of my old drive (created with Carbon Copy Cloner) that I want to restore onto the SSD.
I've tried to ...
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Where are my Pages documents?
Recently replaced iMac hard drive through recall program. Used Time Machine/Seagate Backup Drive. Everything seems to be restored but my Pages documents. How do I find them?
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iPhone 4 needs to restored, but I am concerned about losing photos
My iPhone 4 suddenly turned off and won't turn back on. I've tried charging it, holding the home and top button and plugging it into my computer. Nothing is working. When I plugged it into my ...
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iPhone backup error. What does this mean?
The iOS was upgraded from 6.1.2 to 6.1.3 and the ADSL disconnected part way through the upgrade and I lost all my contacts, photos, settings etc. Below is the error message that occurs every time I ...
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Restoring OS X Server Data from Time Machine
How does one restore OS X Server data from time machine on another server?
I had a Mac mini with OS X Server (Mountain Lion). It had Time Machine backups and this weekend the server experienced a ...
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Password not working on time machine restore after clean install
So I recently wiped my computer clean because it had some problems, and did a clean install of Lion from a flash drive. I then restored my user from a time machine back up originally made from my ...
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Restore user data, settings and apps from hard-drive copy
Here's the situation:
My GF's MacBook Pro broke, OS would not start at all
I inserted Knoppix Live CD, booted and just copied all of the files from her HD to folder on external HD
I've reinstalled ...
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How to restore iPhone 5 from iOS 5 backup?
I had an iPhone 4 with iOS 5 which I regularly backed up using iTunes. Then I used a Android device for a little over a year. Now I'm back on iOS with an iPhone 5. So I'm trying to setup it with the ...
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How to restore a late 2009 iMac after disk replacement
My late-2009 iMac will get a new hard drive this week (thanks to Apple's replacement offer. Backup is on Time Machine so I'm not worried about data loss right now.
The system I get back from Apple ...
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Download 4 apps at a time during restore from iCloud backup?
I noticed that usually when you download multiple apps on iOS 6, it will download 4 at a time. I had to restore my phone from an iCloud backup twice in the past week. The first time it was only ...
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why is my ipod stilll using so much of the “other” catergory after it was restored?
The keyboard on my iPod malfunctioned, and I couldn't get onto it. I then backed it up and restored it. After it was restored, I tried to put my previous files back on it, but only got my pictures and ...
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Can't restore image to USB stick
When I try to restore, I get message:
Could not validate source - Operation not supported
haven't seen anything like this on the web
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iTunes refuses to Restore home screen arrangement from Backup
I backed-up my device to my MacBook Pro at the Apple Store right before I got my replacement iPhone. I did it with an empty iTunes, as my library was on an external drive that I didn't have with me. ...
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iOS restore causes downloading issues
I restored my iPad today. The first, say, 30 apps redownloaded fine after the restore, but now my screens are filled with "Waiting..." icons. I've tried downloading something else and entering my ...
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1st gen iPad stuck in setup
I can't get pass the license screen after a restore on an iPad. After a restore in iTunes, i didn't backup, we don't have a backup so just a wipe and restore to factory settings is all she wanted. ...
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Track when an iPod Touch was restored
I suspect that someone is restoring my daughters iPod Touch to get around the password she has on it, and then setting a new password on it. Is there anyway to track when a restore was done? (i.e. ...
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Error 1601 in iTunes when trying to restore a custom firmware
What is the solution if you get Error 1601 in iTunes when trying to restore a custom firmware (shift+restore) and device in DFU mode.
In case it matters, Windows x64, iTunes 10.1, firmware created ...
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Is TimeMachine Apple's System Restore?
I have recently moved to Mac from Windows. Rarely I find that I may have to use System Restore to fix an issue that the OS has incurred. What I would like to know is whether Time Machine is the Mac ...
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Setting up new iphone 5
I've restored the iphone 5 from my old iphone 4 using iTunes. ITunes is showing complete, but it still shows on the phone that it is connected to iTunes and won't let me access it to use it. How do ...
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Move of time machine backup: unable to “restore”
I want to use a new hard drive for time machine. I try to restore the old backup into the new disk using disk utility. It fails with the following error :
source volume is read-write and cannot be ...
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restore Mac OS Mountain Lion to factory settings without discs or time machine backups
I installed XCode 3 on Mac OS Mountain Lion 10.8 and now I am getting the Apple BSODs.
Can I do a system restore without having the discs as I seem to have nothing to use, also I have no Time Machine ...
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Restoring iPhone
I need to restore my iPhone (I use iTunes on Windows 7). I backed-up the backup in MobileSync/Backup to an external drive (thankfully).
Now I have a long, nonsensically named folder containing the ...
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Make iTunes Match “recognize” that I have restored music files that had been deleted?
When I first matched my library with iTunes Match, I wanted the extra space on my SSD, so made a duplicate of my C:\Users\username\Music\iTunes\iTunes Media\ folder and backed it up to an external ...
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I need to restore my data from a non time machine manual backup
My machine crashed and I made a manual backup to an external drive...how can i restore all my user data including mailbox data...am I screwed. I did not use time machine backup to back up my data just ...
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Restoring user data to os10.7
My computer crashed and I made a copy of the entire hard disk by drag and drop on an external hard drive in target mode. Can I restore everything from this drive to the computer now that is 10.7 has ...
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How can I access my photos in iCloud after my iPhone4 has been restored (in other words, erased)?
My iPhone was recently restored. I had nearly full iCloud storage before the crash. How can I get my Photos back? I had approximately 1466 pics.
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How do I get my iPod touch (1st gen) out of a recovery mode boot loop?
I restored my iPod touch 1G and when it rebooted after completing restore, it got stuck showing the iTunes logo.
I tried two different methods of exiting the recovery mode as explained at
How To Fix ...
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Restore 10.8.2 to original developer settings
So I am at a point in a rabbit hole of troubleshooting programming problems (a lot of it seems to involve my gcc and fortran compilers, but I have long lists of libraries interfering with one another) ...
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Lost everything when adding Itunes to Iphone 4
I have only had my iphone for a few weeks. Wanted to sync it with Itunes so that I could have my music. When I went into itunes, it said that it could not sync (i did not have it on my phone at all ...
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iPhone 5 Restored - No iTunes Backup - Anyway to get data back?
I recently was resetting my passcode right after the i06 update and the phone went to sleep during the reset. When I turned it back on the only 2 passcodes I have ever used didn't work! The phone ...
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Restore all Notes from iCloud
I deleted numerous Notes from my phone that I want to get back from iCloud. My phone has not updated to iCloud so the Notes are still good on the cloud. How do I get all files from cloud back onto ...
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What to backup and restore from IOS using rsync?
I am backing up my jailbroken iphone using full filesystem rsync clone.
The backup command is:
rsync -axvPH --numeric-ids --delete -e 'ssh -i /root/.ssh/ifone' \
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Restoring a jailbroken iPhone
I'm trying to restore a iPhone 3g I got that was jailbroken. I plugged it into itunes and hit restore and received the error 1015 that it could not be restored. I've tried using the tinyumbrella ...
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iPad: Using iTunes to restore causes automatic sync?
I had a iPad mini(miniA) several months ago, and I got a new iPad mini(miniB) recently. On miniB's first run, when I was asked whether to set it up as a new device or restore from a backup, I chose to ...
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How can I backup and restore only the “Dashboard” (do a 3 finger up swipe to see it)
I have several notes I saved on my dashboard that I would like to retrieve. I have them saved on a time machine backup, but due to a virus I re formatted my system.
How do I restore my Dashboard?
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iPhone 3GS restarts and goes into the iOS 6 “Slide to Set Up” screen
My iPhone 3gs has been misbehaving lately:
Randomly drops signal to "No Service"
"No SIM" issues
Restarts itself
Says it needs to be restored
I have already tried restoring it, cleaning the SIM ...
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Vectorworks crashed and deleted my file
According to the Console app vectorworks crashed because of an unhandled NSImageCacheException. For some reason, the file I was working on disappeared with the crash! Any ideas on how to restore it?
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iCloud nuances and specifics when backing up or restoring?
Backstory
I upgraded from the iPhone 4 to the iPhone 5.
This is the processed I used in order to migrate my data over.
Plug-in and Sync completely the iPhone 4 -- Making sure to backup to the ...
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How do I restore a new iPhone from backup without the missing backup password? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
I forgot my Encrypt Local Backup password. How can I start over?
I just backed up my iPhone 3GS and I wanna restore from backup on my new iPhone 4. Well, it asks for a ...
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How to troubleshoot Migration Assistant & Time Machine restore issues?
I just made a full backup with Time Machine. Ran it yesterday, and then again today. I have two hard drives installed in my Mac. The primary drive has the OS, Applications, data, etc. The secondary ...
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Restore iPhone 3GS backup on iPhone 4S
I backed up my iPhone 3GS using iTunes. I'm trying to restore the data into my new iPhone 4S. However, my new iPhone 4S does not appear in iTunes. How do I restore the data?
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Restoring iPhone's state from a dd hard drive image
This article, Recover Lost Data From Your iPhone, in its "Method 1" suggests a promising method to backup iPhone's entire state, that is iOS settings, apps, email settings, media files, that is ...
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Facebook deleted email addresses from Contacts, how to restore?
Most of my contacts that I'm also connected with on Facebook, no longer have any email address in Contacts. Sigh!
The problem is described here:
http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=13197
I ...
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iPod starting apps up in the top left corner [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why do apps only display in top left quarter of screen after installing Winterboard?
I just jailbroke yesterday and after installing many Cydia apps, it ran out of ...
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Clean Install Snow Leopard without Disk — Build 10K549
I have a MacBook Pro (13-inch, Early 2011) -- shipped with Snow Leopard (Lion hadn't come out yet) -- that I need to wipe and reinstall. This is for security/privacy/performance purposes, so the goal ...
