How do I restore the system from an older computer

I've seriously messed up the permissions on my 2010 MacBook Pro and need to revert to the older Mac which I recently replaced. All the important data files are backed up but the system is not working correctly. The Time Machine drive is messed up too, so I can't use that.
How do I do this? It's basically a system install.

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Unfortunately, the backup utilty portion of Recovery is not optimal solution for restoring many files.Unless you know exactly where they go you are stuck. Most of the important stuff such as photos,music,etc will be in the 'Users' folder under your user name. You will have to manually move them to correct location.
A better option in the future is Windows 7's backup app in Control Panel.
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How do I restore a system from an older time machine backup?

How can I restore my full system from a time machine backup using a "snapshot in time" older than the most recent time machine backup?
For context: I am doing work on my machine that required making a full backup (in time machine), working on the computer, then doing a full restore. Unfortunately, when I briefly connected the my external disk during step 2, time machine started and added a "newer" backup than the one I need to restore. Any advice?
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Hello, I have an iPod touch 4 generation. I have a problem that my PC is broken and I later forgot my password. How can I restore the system without a PC. Because I have receipts from the rest because I POD and

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I have an iPod touch 4 generation. I have a problem that my PC is broken and I later forgot my password. How can I restore the system without a PC. Because I have receipts from the rest because I POD and

You need a computer with iTunes installed to regain use of your iPod. Unless you have the iPod backup file from the syncing computer all you can do is to restore the iPod to factoery defaults/new iPod. You will also need to place the iPod in recovery mode is you restore the iPod on other than on its syncing computer. For reoverymode see:
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In technical support, sometimes you have to make educated guesses. I'm sorry that you were offended.
iTunes does prompt when it is going to erase a device, and the message is clear.
She said in her message that she was able to successfully sync the old ipad. This indicated to me that itunes wiping the data was not an issue, because either it had been setup at the apple store (in which case it doesn't actually wipe the ipad despite saying it will*) (*based on a single case I saw), or because the itunes media folder was migrated.
Furthermore, my solution was to tell her how to backup her ipad (by either doing it manually, or as a last resort, by deleting the corrupt backup -- that she couldn't access anyway.)
I got that last part of the instructions from the "Taking Control of your iphone" book which I found samples of when I did a google search for "corrupted backup itunes".
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Clicking on Microsoft Update opened Firefox, but Microsoft Update couldn't run from Firefox; when I closed Firefox I lost all my tabs and couldn't restore anything but the Microsoft page; how can I restore the tabs from an earlier session?

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Make sure that you do not use [http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Clear%20Recent%20History Clear Recent History] to clear the 'Browsing History' when you close Firefox.
Also please make sure that you not run Firefox in (permanent) Private Browsing mode.
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To see all History and Cookie settings, choose: Preferences > Privacy > History: Firefox will: Use custome settings for history. Uncheck "Always use permanent Private Browsing mode"
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Pages. Every time I add new information to the program I get an e-mail asking me if I was the one logging on. It is an annoyance.

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Unfortunately you cannot selectively restore from a backup, it's either all or nothing.

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I am replacing an old computer. I need to transfer the sync of my i phone to the new computer. wheni connect the phone to the new computer it telss me it would have to reset it. I would rather not start over with the phone. How can I transfer the information from the old computer to the new and maintain the phone as is?

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Hi there,
Recently, my iPhone 4 was restored by Apple. When I plugged my iPhone in to iTunes it automatically synced and did a back-up. It then restored my phone with the apps and music that were on my phone at the time of the last back-up, however not with the contacts or photos.
Is there any possible way to restore my iPhone with the photos and contacts that were on my phone at the time of the last back-up? Is there a way to restore your iPhone from an older back-up (not the latest one)? Please help!! PLEASE!!

Hi AnaMusic,
Thanks for your reply. I don't really understand your answer though. I plugged my iPhone into iTunes with the intention of restoring from my latest back-up as I have lost all my photos and contacts on my phone. However, when I plugged it in it automatically did a sync and a back-up. Now when I click restore from back-up it just restores to what I have on my iPhone now, because that was the latest back-up (it did it automatically). Do you understand what I mean?
What I am wondering is whether or not I am able to restore my contacts and photos from my last iTunes back-up (before today's one)?
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P.S - My photos and contacts did not save to Address Book and iPhoto if that helps.

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Melissa,
By not using Time Machine, you dispense with the only native means for the system to offer any help in restoring your lost/deleted files. ( I am guessing you don't have an alternative regimen for backups either) There are services that offer data recovery, at some expense. However, to raise the odds that the job may be possible, you have to stop the moment you realize your mistake, so as not to overwrite the disk space that the deleted files may, or may not still occupy.
There are also deleted data recovery software apps that may help. But their usage requires advanced expertise, and is not something you want learn-while-doing. These utilities are also not necessarily inexpensive.

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I am using a MacBook Pro version 10.7.5.
Ive just noticed my entire iPhoto library is missing except for tonights last sync.
I have never activated Time Machine. I am worried if i activate it now, i would have no chance of retrieving my iPhoto library.
Can i restore the iPhoto library from the laptops memory? Or have i clicked the wrong thing while syncing, with no chance of seeing my life again?

I was distracted at the time and have forgotten but I thought it was something like "are you sure you would like to replace all photos on this divise for the ones in your iPhoto library" I was confident as both the comp and my phone have been together for years now.
Im questioning wether the iPhoto program had its own problem before tonights sync. Syncing photos is something i would do regularly without problems, but I've had about a six month break.
Luckily i have made some folders and copied photos out of the iPhoto program. iPhoto was my default photo program and had so many photos from my travelling.
Also I remembered Facebook syncs photos privately, I trying to go way back in time to see if there are any i can save there.
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Itunes update trashed my iphone, itunes and windows 7. Then after I managed to restore my Iphone, it deleted all of the apps on my phone and trashed Itunes on the same computer. Itunes and any backups on that computer are no longer available.
I have a backup of my apps on another computer with Itunes installed, but... surprise!!!! I do not trust Itunes a whole lot anymore and am afraid to try to restore those apps to my iphone. I am afraid that it will simply do what it did before, and delete my apps in computer backup instead of putting them back on my phone. Apparently the only sync control I know syncs my blank Iphone to Itunes and deletes my backed up apps.
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I took the leap and tried to restore the backup of my apps from my second computer with Home XP to my Iphone but after the sync nothing shows up on my iphone.
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Can't say I am very impressed with iphone or Apple software either.
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