Backup ibook to macbook pro

i am needing to do a total reformat and reinstall of os x on my wifes ibook. she is the only user account on her puter, so, if i boot her ibook in target disk mode and connect it to my macbook pro, dragging and droping her user folder should get everything, right?

"dragging and droping her user folder should get everything, right? "
Yes

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My Time machine won't back up. Recently updated to OS x 10.7.5. Error message is as follows: "The backup disk image "/Volumes/Time Machine Backup/Scott's MacBook Pro.sparsebundle" is already in use." What is wrong and how do I fix it? Thanks.

My Time machine won't back up. Recently updated to OS x 10.7.5. Error message is as follows: "The backup disk image “/Volumes/Time Machine Backup/Scott’s MacBook Pro.sparsebundle” is already in use." What is wrong and how do I fix it? Thanks.

Have you tried restarting the computer? Also, see Time Machine Error from this pages sidebar under More Like This.

How can I make a backup from my Macbook Pro?

How can I make a backup from my Macbook Pro?

Basic Backup
For some people Time Machine will be more than adequate. Time Machine is part of OS X. There are two components:
1. A Time Machine preferences panel as part of System Preferences;
2. A Time Machine application located in the Applications folder. It is
     used to manage backups and to restore backups. Time Machine
     requires a backup drive that is at least twice the capacity of the
     drive being backed up.
See Mac Basics- Time Machine. Please visit Pondini's Time Machine FAQ for help with all things Time Machine.
Alternatively, get an external drive at least equal in size to the internal hard drive and make (and maintain) a bootable clone/backup. You can make a bootable clone using the Restore option of Disk Utility. You can also make and maintain clones with good backup software. My personal recommendations are (order is not significant):
1. Carbon Copy Cloner
2. Get Backup
3. Deja Vu
4. SuperDuper!
5. Synk Pro
6. Tri-Backup
Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on backup and restore. Also read How to Back Up and Restore Your Files. For help with using Time Machine visit Pondini's Time Machine FAQ for help with all things Time Machine.
Although you can buy a complete external drive system, you can also put one together if you are so inclined. It's relatively easy and only requires a Phillips head screwdriver (typically.) You can purchase hard drives separately. This gives you an opportunity to shop for the best prices on a hard drive of your choice. Reliable brands include Seagate, Hitachi, Western Digital, Toshiba, and Fujitsu. You can find reviews and benchmarks on many drives at Storage Review.
Enclosures for FireWire and USB are readily available. You can find only FireWire enclosures, only USB enclosures, and enclosures that feature multiple ports. I would stress getting enclosures that use the Oxford chipsets especially for Firewire drives (911, 921, 922, for example.) You can find enclosures at places such as;
1. Cool Drives
2. OWC
3. WiebeTech
4. Firewire Direct
5. California Drives
6. NewEgg
All you need do is remove a case cover, mount the hard drive in the enclosure and connect the cables, then re-attach the case cover. Usually the only tool required is a small or medium Phillips screwdriver.

I want to create a backup of my Macbook Pro

I want to create a backup of my Macbook Pro, but I don't have an external drive! I want a backup for updating OSX purposes. Simple version please!

You need to have an external drive for a backup of your entire hard drive contents. Putting a back up on the same drive as the original defeats the purpose of having one in case your hard drive malfunctions.

HT5287 Using WD My Passport as backup in my MacBook Pro

I am trying to use a WD My Passport Essential P/N WDBACx0010BBL-01, already formatted for Windows.
I have to reformatt for MAC. Has anybody had an experience with this problem?
I want to use this disc as a backup for my MacBook Pro Retina.

To use Time Machine, you have to format it in "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)". Use Disk Utility > http://pondini.org/OSX/DU1.html Copy your files on your external disk to the internal one before formatting the external drive.
Then, open System Preferences > Time Machine > Select Disk, and choose your external drive. The first backup will start, and Time Machine will make automatic, hourly backups. See > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1427
If you don't like Time Machine, you can use applications like SuperDuper or Carbon Copy Cloner, or Disk Utility's Restore feature to make backups of the Mac. The advantage of them is that you can start up your Mac from them

HT4059 can you use ibook on macbook pro

can you use ibook on macbook pro? If so, how do i read the free books from itune?

"if you can use the Kindle app from iPad to Macbook, shouldn't you be able to do the same with an apple product?"
No.
The kndle app provides this feature.
Ibooks does not.
" I would rather buy books from iBooks"
You can buy form whomever you like.
" but not being able to go from device to device like in Kindle is a problem."
You can read iboks on ipod touch/ipad/iphone, just not your computer.

How do I transfer "backups" from my macbook pro hard-drive to an external hard-drive

how do I transfer "backups" from my macbook pro hard-drive to an external hard-drive

Are these the 'backups' you see in the storage display?
If, so ignore them. Please read this:
http://pondini.org/OSX/LionStorage.html
If not, please provide more information.
Ciao.

Issues with restoring a Time Machine backup onto new Macbook Pro Retina

I recently got a new Macbook Pro Retina and I've been trying to restore a Time Machine backup made today from my old Macbook Pro laptop. I didn't restore from the first start up (foolishly, seemingly) simply because of the trivial reason of wanting to see the system all clean and new.
I've tried the Migration Assistant but it gets stuck on "looking for source..", despite having the ex.HD plugged in and double checking the existance of the backup itself on the ex.HD.
I've also tried booting the laptop up in the 'restore' mode (cmd R) and restoring from there but it sends me in a constant loop of 'this backup was from a previous model of laptop' or something to that affect. It also doesn't display the recent backups at all, only displaying those from the beginning of this year for some reason. All backups are in the same place on the ex.HD so its not an issue with locating the backups.
Really stuck on this one! Would really appreciate some help!
Thanks a lot, and merry Christmas

Yes, you can restore to another machine if needs be.

Cannot access Time Machine backups on new MacBook Pro

Hey, I'm new to the forums, just wanting to throw it out there.
But to the point- Yesterday, I purchased a new MacBook Pro. I upgraded from a regular MacBook. I want to keep my Music, Pictures, and other Documents, so I used Time Machine to make an image of the old machine. I want to copy those specific folders over individually, so I didn't use the option to restore from the Time Machine backup. When I copied my Music folder into the location I wanted it, I tried to open the folder, and received an error message saying:
"The folder "Music" could not be opened because you do not have sufficient access privileges."
I went through Get Info and changed Permissions to Read and Write for Everyone. I don't really know what to do from here... It also does this when I try to access the backups on my external hard drive. Please help me!

Hi, and welcome to the forums.
You need to Restore the files from the backups, not copy them via the Finder. Time Machine, as you now know, uses special "deny everybody everything" permissions on it's backups to keep us mere mortals from moving, changing, or deleting them, which can hopelessly corrupt them. Restoring one Mac's backups to another one takes a few extra steps.
TM keeps the backups for each Mac separate, and normally only shows the ones for the Mac it's running on, even if there are other Macs' backups on the same disk/partition.
Since you're on a different Mac, you need the (badly named) +Browse Other Time Machine Disks+ option to see the old backups. Start with a normal Finder window, then hold down the Option key while selecting the TM icon in your Menubar, or by control-clicking (right-clicking) the TM icon in your Dock.
You'll see a selection screen showing all the disks/partitions that have TM backups on them. Select the one you want, and you'll be taken to the normal TM "Star Wars" interface, where you should see all the backups on that disk/partition.
You can then navigate to a backup (presumably the most recent one), in the "cascade" in the center of the display (the first, lowest one, represents "now"). Navigate to the folder you want to restore, select it, click the "gear" icon in the Finder window's toolbar and select the +Restore to ...+ option. Then you'll get a prompt for the destination.

"Reconnecting" Time Machine Backups on New Macbook Pro

I recently got a new macbook pro and used Time Machine to set it up. Unfortunately, when I attempt to continue to use time machine backups, I get the warning that I don't have enough space.
I next attempted to use the Pondini B6 troubleshoot to reconnect my backups via the terminal (http://pondini.org/TM/B6.html), however upon attempting to execute the "sudo tmutil inheritbackup" command I received the following error message:
The backup "I***Mac" can't be inherited because it would conflict with "I***’s MacBook Pro" (with I***Mac being the name of my old laptop and I***'s MacBook Pro being my new one).
Does anyone have any suggestions? Should I just wipe my backup HD?
Thanks so much

It helps!
After this:
sudo tmutil delete "/Volumes/Time Machine/Backups.backupdb/Computername 2/"
sudo tmutil associatedisk -a /Volumes/Mac\ HD /Volumes/Time\ Machine/Backups.backupdb/Computername/Latest/Mac\ HD
I was able to go into Time Machine and see the backups that were in Computername that I hadn't been able to see via Time Machine (but could see from the command line).
And then I deleted a folder in TIme Machine (a profile inside ~/Library/Application Support/Firefox and the entire old backup in /Volumes/Time\ Machine/Backups.backupdb/Computername/ was deleted. Perhaps fat fingers? I dunno. I have a volume copy of the Time Machine volume, so I'll try again...

I need to restore an external backup on my macbook pro but the "command R" function isn't working at startup. What do I do now?

I've had a bunch of things replaced on my macbook pro, which meant that the hard drive was wiped. I did a full backup on an external hard-drive but now I can't restore it. Apparently I need to press Command and R upon startup (when the grey screen appears) but I've tried this numerous times and nothing happens. Any help would be g

Try restarting holding the option key for the startup manager
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Transfer iPhone backup to new macbook pro from old macbook pro

I bought a new macbook pro last week, but, I need to transfer my iTunes library (music, apps, podcast, photos, other) from my old macbook pro to my new macbook pro and the iPhone backup, off course, please, I have read entire hours on google but I can´t found anything, I don´t know what I can do

As roaming gnome noted, to copy iTunes , simply copy the entire iTunes folder.
Just backup your iPhone to the new computer (after you copy the iTunes folder).

Time Capsule Backup to NEW MacBook Pro

I'm selling my MacBook Pro and will get a new one soon. I have been backing up this MacBook Pro using my 1TB Time Capsule.
Can I restore my NEW MacBook Pro using the backup from my OLD MacBook Pro from my Time Capsule? and if so, will I lose anything (music, photos, videos, files, programs, etc.)?

heyyrosario wrote:
Can I restore my NEW MacBook Pro using the backup from my OLD MacBook Pro from my Time Capsule?
yep. see this: http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/19.html
and if so, will I lose anything (music, photos, videos, files, programs, etc.)?
you shouldn't lose anything at all.
JGG

Migration from G3 iBook to Macbook Pro 2.16

I bought a Macbook Pro Core2Duo 2.16 when I was in the States in January. Used Migration Assistant to transfer system from the iBook G3 (10.3.9) when I got home in February. No real problems (& the Pro is perfect -- and the great iBook is still in use) but there is a system confusion I caused and then ignored.
On login I have 2 user accounts where there should be one (me). One is in the name of the old system, Howard Dratch, and opens with the PW for the Pro and Tiger. The other is hfdratch which should have been the name for the new machine. It shakes off the PW for the MBP. I have been worried about logging in with it on iBook's PW wondering if I will enter some Panther ghost-system.
Also, in HD/Users(the folder with an icon)/Deleted Users there is a dmg file labeled hfdratch with 4.4GB. I haven't mounted it to see what comes out. Should it be there taking up 4+gigs?
Obviously I did something wrong when I migrated. Any suggestions as to whether to delete one of the user options on startup and what, if anything, to do to the dmg file would be appreciated.
ibook 900mhz,640mb,40GB ice dual USB(10.3.9)/Macbook Pro 2.16, 120gb Mac OS X (10.4.10) Mercury 80GB HD

An ethernet cable should go faster. That's how I did it yesterday. However, even so the Migration Assistant said it would take 5 hours. So I drilled down into the options and de-selected my music and my photos and just moved apps and account settings. After about 90 minutes I was up and running. At that point I enabled File Sharing on my old computer, then logged into it using Finder on the new one. I manually copied over my music and photos into the appropriate directories while I continued to work. Despite what Migration Assistant said, it only took about 90 more minutes to do that while I was actually writing a document in MS Word on the new one.

Carbonite backup for my MacBook Pro?

Do I need to subscribe to Carbonite or is there a better way to backup my Macbook Pro?

Adding to or extending what Allan may use, there are a number of backup approaches. First off, note that you will need to acquire one or more external hard disk drives in where you will store your backups. The bigger you get, the more successive backups you will be able to put in them before they fill up. The faster you get, the sooner the backup process will conclude and you can return to using the Mac; it is unwise to use the computer for anything else while a backup is being performed.
MacOS X already includes Time Machine, that can carry out automated backups onto a backup device. Apple even sells you their expensive hardware to do so; the Time Capsule. TM can be set to do the backups when you're away, as long as the computer is powered up. These backups are of incremental type; the first one backs up the whole drive, the next one just the files that changed since the first, and so forth.
Another kind of backup is a clone. This creates an exact copy of the disk and is even bootable. You can use Disk Utility as a rudimentary clone creator; the clones produced work fine, but there is scant control of what's going on. The Restore tab in DU creates clones by specifying the Macintosh HD boot volume as the source and the external drive as the destination.
Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper! are cloning utilities that offer much finer controls. They can be used for free or activated when purchased to get more features.
Lastly, you can always back up files by dragging them from one drive to another.
If you purchase a very large external drive for backups, you can always partition it and place different backups in separate partitions.

Backup ibook to macbook pro

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