Timeline for How to restore Mac OS X on a new hard-drive?
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| Oct 28, 2014 at 6:45 | comment | added | Deesbek | @konqui you should specify in your answer you mean Leopard. Agreed always, always good to have a second backup. | |
| Oct 28, 2014 at 5:53 | comment | added | konqui | @Deesbek maybe (can't validate this anymore this was on Leopard which was the First OS with TM i think) - As i can remember some of my customized Icons (Candybar) weren't there after the Restore and also some of my manually set File/Folder Rights get overwritten and last but not least it screwed up my homebrew installation (files were there but wrong Permisions) - I really can't say if it was cause TM in it early days was a little buggy or if it was my external HDD - So anyway when your TM Disk Fails it's always good to have a 2nd Backup. Just in Case you know what i mean ;-) | |
| Oct 28, 2014 at 5:22 | comment | added | Deesbek | @konqui I am sorry but your answer is not correct - you either had a corrupt TM backup, or you did something incorrectly. | |
| Jan 1, 2014 at 19:00 | comment | added | laurent | I can confirm I've just done a full restore from Time Machine and it restored everything, including the homebrew tools. | |
| Dec 31, 2013 at 9:28 | comment | added | konqui | Ok, when you say it worked/works for you thats fine, but for me it didn't work 100% as i have expect it. So i just say with a 1to1 Copy your on the right way.Shure i also do use Time Machine anyway but just for a Document/File based Backup/Restore Procedure not for the whole OS. | |
| Dec 29, 2013 at 11:52 | comment | added | user10355 | I've restored from TM many times over the years and have never had anything not restored (unless I chose not to backup those items). I'm not sure why you experienced problems but I can assure you that's not normal behavior. It also doesn't explain why you claim TM just copies over a few folders on top of a new installation. That makes little sense seeing as a user can roll back to a particular version of OS X, a feature that's been part of TM from day one. | |
| Dec 29, 2013 at 10:51 | comment | added | konqui | @cksum i haven't got this information i had to learn it the hard way on my own. I changed the disk on my MacbookPro and thought like you and many others that it would be enough to just use TM to bring back my System on the new Disk, i was horribly wrong or perhaps the Restore from TM didn't work correct (but three times in a row) ? so i think it is as i said. | |
| Dec 28, 2013 at 11:47 | comment | added | user10355 | TM doesn't lose anything. Even items installed by homebrew are restored. It also doesn't perform a "clean install" and merely copy a few folders back. I'm not sure where you're getting your information but it's horribly wrong. | |
| Dec 28, 2013 at 11:00 | history | answered | konqui | CC BY-SA 3.0 |