Can't restore from TM after Apple Genius erased disc and reinstalled SL
I'm traveling out of my country (and without installation discs). Because of corrupt HD (working, but slow...Disc Utility said drive was corrupt), had an Apple Genius do an erase and complete reinstallation of SL. Now attempting to restore to my previous status, but
1) when I use Time Machine with the backup disk, it has has grayed-out "Restore" for all past records. TM won't do any restore for me.
2) when I use Disc Utility to Restore, I can drag backup disc to Source box but my hard drive won't stick in the Destination box, whether I choose Erase Destination or not.
How do I get my last backup to my MacBook Pro?
You don't use Disk Utility to restore from TM. You use (preferably) setup assistant when you first startcreating your account.
Failing that, Migration Assistant after an account has been made, but that will create another account and there will be permissions problems getting at your data.
Read Pondini's TM articles; http://pondini.org/TM/Home.html for the full story.
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