Hi Ronni & Rod, I¹m not 100% sure on this so please forgive me if I¹ve got hold of the wrong end of the stick!
>From Rod¹s email he wants to restore all a students accounts & info from the Time machine backup of the students old macbook (which is dead) to a new macbook. I would have thought that the instructions Ronni has given are more appropriate for restoring to the same computer (say if the hard disc died and was replaced) My concerns: * The original machine was older hardware and ran OSX 10.5 * The new machine came with OSX 10.6 * The restore procedure given will restore the hard drive to the OSX 10.5 configuration of the old machine. * This configuration may not suit the new hardware. For example, my new iMac27, delivered with SL 10.6, will not boot from a clone of my old 24² iMac running Leopard 10.5. Also, I note that the article that Ronni references <http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1964018> does say: > But do not try this full system restore from a different Mac's backups. If it > boots at all, many things will likely go wrong, as the new Mac won't have the > correct hardware drivers, among other things. I would have thought a better approach might be: 1. Perform a Time Machine restore of the old system (as per Ronni¹s instructions) to either a separate hard drive or a separate partition (to the SL 10.6 system) on the new machine. 2. Then use Migration assistant to copy the accounts (and applications if wished and compatible) from the restored Leopard drive/partition to the new SL drive/partition. 3. After successful migration, testing and back-up of the new set-up, the original restored Leopard drive/partion can be erased. This may take longer to do, but I would have thought it would ensure that the appropriate system software was installed on the new machine. Forgive me if I have misunderstood the situation/set-up, but I would hate to see the new macbook SL system get overwritten with the 10.5 system of an older hardware machine. Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 4/2/10 12:02 PM, Ronda Brown at ro...@mac.com wrote: > > On 04/02/2010, at 11:54 AM, rb...@iinet.net.au wrote: > >> >> >> Hi >> I'm trying to restore a students account ontonew macbook using the students >> external HD time machine backup (that backed up the old macbook which is >> kaput). >> Both Migration Assistant and the original mac setup program fail to recognise >> the time machine backup. I get to the point where you have to select the time >> machine backup volume, the usb drive is plugged in, but I just get a spinning >> wheel that continues to spin. >> Although i can see the volume on the desktop. >> Could it be because the student was using 10.5 and the new macbook is 10.6?? >> Or is what i'm trying to do not possible? >> Any ideas appreciated please >> ta >> Blitto > > Restore a Disk Using Time Machine: > > If you¹ve experienced a major disk crash or other catastrophe that requires > you to restore an entire disk, rather than merely individual files or folders, > follow these steps: > > 1. Make sure the drive containing your Time Machine backup is attached to your > Mac. > > 2. Locate your Mac OS X Install DVD and insert it in your Mac¹s optical drive. > > 3. Restart (or turn on) your Mac. Immediately after you hear the startup > chime, press and hold the C key until you see the grey Apple logo on the > screen. > > 4. Click through the language selection screen. > > 5. When the Welcome screen appears, choose Utilities > Disk Utility. > > 6. Select your computer¹s internal disk in the list on the left. > > 7. On the Erase view, click Erase, and confirm that you really want to do > that. > Disk Utility erases the disk. > Quit Disk Utility. > > 8. If you¹re restoring from a directly connected drive or from a Time Capsule > connected via Ethernet: > > 9. Choose Utilities > Restore System from Backup and click Continue. > > 10. Select your Time Machine backup volume and click Continue again. > > 11. If the Time Machine disk contains backups for more than one Mac, select > the one you want from the Restore From pop-up menu. > Then select the particular backup you want to restorelikely the most recent > one (the first one in the list). Click Continue. > > 12. On the Select a Destination screen, select your internal disk. Click > Restore. > If prompted, confirm that you really do want to restore your data. > > Time Machine restores your data. When it finishes, follow the instructions to > restart your computer. > > NOTE WELL: > Once you¹ve restarted after restoring your data, Time Machine will run again, > but starting from scratch with a new, full backup. > That is to say, Time Machine essentially ignores all your previous backups. > Apple claims this is ³normal² behaviour > (<http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1338>), though it may not be what you expect > or want. > > > On Snow Leopard, it's not supposed to happen, according to Apple, but it > sometimes does. > > Also READ this before Restoring your system: It was written before Snow > Leopard, but information is similar. > <http://blog.duncandavidson.com/2008/01/restoring-from-time-machine.html > <http://blog.duncandavidson.com/2008/01/restoring-from-time-machine.html> > <http://blog.duncandavidson.com/2008/01/restoring-from-time-machine.html > > > > Also this: > You can restore your entire boot volume using the Install disk (see #14 in the > Frequently Asked Questions User Tip at the top of this forum). > <http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1964018 > <http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1964018> > <http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1964018 > > > > Cheers, > Ronni > > 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo > 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB > OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard > Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
