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geordiejohn
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 Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 2:35 pm Post subject: (SOLVED) time machine restore not working ? |
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hello i did a fresh install of snow leopard 10.6.8 on my apple mac mini 80 gb and i have used a cyclone 1 tb external hard drive for my time machine backup,on the cyclone i can the backups i have done,when i go to time machine and go to the day i want and click on say applications the restore does not highlight so i can not use it,if i open applications to have a look some of the applications like iphoto are grey,any ideas how i can restore please as i have got a lot of photos on iphoto ?
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g5g5
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Have you tried booting to the Snow Leopard DVD and restoring from there?
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geordiejohn
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| Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 7:08 am Post subject: |
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i did see something that said put in the dvd and go to utilities and restore but when i put in the dvd i cannot see utilities?
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geordiejohn
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| Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 8:48 am Post subject: |
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i found utility and restored but when the system comes up it says do a restart and when i do it just keeps saying do a restore,any ideas what to do to bring the system back up please?
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geordiejohn
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| Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 8:16 am Post subject: |
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| all ok i rebooted with disk in and holding the alt key and the reinstalled the system. |
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