Clean install Mavericks & restore 2 users from backup?
I have an 24" iMac from Early 2008 that has been through numerous OSX upgrades and is currently at the latest 10.9.3. For the past year or more it has been experiencing random freezing and white, blue, other "screen of death". I've run Apple hardware diagnostics and nothing wrong has been reported.
After 6 years of daily use, all the upgrades, etc. I'm thinking perhaps I should just wipe it clean, reinstall Mavericks and see if that takes care of the issues. I have an external 1TB drive that is used by Time Machine. The computer has 2 users, mine and my wife's and both have Time Machine enabled.
What are the necessary steps to clean install Mavericks and restore the 2 users and data from the backup?
Thanks!
-Paul
Arthur,
Thank you for your response and for listing the steps you used. Here is the EtreCheck report for you to review:
EtreCheck version: 1.9.11 (43) - report generated May 25, 2014 at 7:36:02 PM EDT
Hardware Information:
iMac (24-inch, Early 2008)
iMac - model: iMac8,1
1 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
6 GB RAM
Video Information:
ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro - VRAM: 256 MB
System Software:
OS X 10.9.3 (13D65) - Uptime: 3 days 5:54:3
Disk Information:
WDC WD3200AAJS-40VWA1 disk0 : (320.07 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 319.21 GB (132.66 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
USB Information:
Seagate FreeAgent 1 TB
EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Time Machine Backups (disk1s2) /Volumes/Time Machine Backups: 999.86 GB (506.27 GB free)
Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub
Logitech USB Receiver
Apple, Inc Apple Keyboard
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Gatekeeper:
Mac App Store and identified developers
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[kext loaded] com.Logitech.Control Center.HID Driver (3.9.1 - SDK 10.8) Support
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Startup Items:
HP IO: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HP IO
Launch Daemons:
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[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer.plist Support
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[failed] com.apple.MobileMeSyncClientAgent.plist
[loaded] com.citrixonline.GoToMeeting.G2MUpdate.plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
[running] ws.agile.1PasswordAgent.plist Support
User Login Items:
GrowlHelperApp
SpeechSynthesisServer
Dropbox
Internet Plug-ins:
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.3.6.5 Support
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.07 - SDK 10.6 Support
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 13.0.0.214 - SDK 10.6 Support
Silverlight: Version: 4.0.50917.0 Support
PDF Browser Plugin: Version: 2.4.4 - SDK 10.6 Support
Flash Player: Version: 13.0.0.214 - SDK 10.6 Support
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iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.8
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.07 - SDK 10.6 Support
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GarminGpsControl: Version: 4.0.4.0 Release - SDK 10.6 Support
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1Password: Version: 3.9.20
Audio Plug-ins:
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
iTunes Plug-ins:
Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
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WebEx64: Version: 1.0 Support
WebEx: Version: 1.0 Support
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ATTConnectEventEntry: Version: 1.0.3 - SDK 10.8
CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin: Version: 1.0.105 Support
3rd Party Preference Panes:
BrowserPlus Support
Flash Player Support
Flip4Mac WMV Support
Growl Support
Logitech Control Center Support
Time Machine:
Skip System Files: NO
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 297.29 GB Disk used: 173.74 GB
Destinations:
Time Machine Backups [Local] (Last used)
Total size: 931.19 GB
Total number of backups: 257
Oldest backup: 2009-08-27 00:50:25 +0000
Last backup: 2014-05-25 23:35:40 +0000
Size of backup disk: Excellent
Backup size 931.19 GB > (Disk size 297.29 GB X 3)
Time Machine details may not be accurate.
All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
2% WindowServer
0% aosnotifyd
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233 MB mds_stores
184 MB Safari
147 MB Finder
129 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
117 MB softwareupdated
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1.70 GB Free RAM
2.80 GB Active RAM
884 MB Inactive RAM
651 MB Wired RAM
1.28 GB Page-ins
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If you do a full system restore (meaning boot volume), starting with your Install disc (per #14 in the Frequently Asked Questions *User Tip,* also at the top of this forum), there is no "Star Wars" display, and only the drive/partition that you select as a destination for the restore is erased. -
How to restore iphoto from backup.
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I did a clean install of Mountain Lion from a Snow Leopard system that was upgrade to Lion, and need to restore iphoto from a latest time machine backup from Lion.
Can seem to figure it out.
Thanks.For detailed TM questions the TM forum is a better place
The general answer to restoring in TM is to launch TM and go back to the time you want to restore from, select what you want to restore and click the restore button
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(I prefer the USB method, since it would take a while to download 10.9 from Apple, i.e. using Internet Recovery).
edit: Or that...
And by the way, do you recommend a specific method of doing a bootable 10.9 USB? I tend to use the way via Terminal, but I also heard of DiskMakerX as an alternative.
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