How  do you recover an updated os on time machine

how  do you recover an updated os on time machine? ie: i just restored my imac running snow leopard but i HAD it updated to at least Mountain Lion maybe Mavericks. How do i find that through Time machine restore? i only kinda know what i'm doing..

You are welcome. You'd have to run Setup Assistant again to get more options.
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    This thread is now moot seeing as how I've recovered everything I can and am going to just move on - and back up more often.  ;-)
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  • How do I recover my files after using time machine restore?

    Hello guys! I have been using Time Machine to back up my Macintosh HD into an external disk in August this year. Considering the limited storage of my external disk, I have excluded all of my photos and musics to be backed up. Today I got some problems of my system and started using time machine to restore my computer to the state of August. After restoring, I found all of my photos and musics and other important files which have been excluded to be backed up by time machine are missing. What a disaster. Is there any way to recover all the missing files? Or is it possible to undo today's time machine recovery? Many thanks in advance!

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  • How do I recover my Bookmarks from a Time Machine Back Up

    I just upgraded from a 2 year old MacBook running Snow Leopard to a new MacBook Pro running Lion. Because of the problems Apple has between these 2 operating systems, I can not use the automated Migration Assistant to migrate over any of my old files, user info, or settings to the new machine. I'm having to manually pull over document files and applications from my Time Machine back up disk.
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    The following has instructions: OS X Mavericks: Restore items backed up with Time Machine
    The following is old but specific to iPhoto and may help: iPhoto '11: Restoring from Time Machine with iPhoto '11 (9.2 or later) and OS X Lion 10.7.2 (or later)
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    My iMac was stolen last week and I need access to emails that were only on that machine. It was 21.5", 2010 model (I think), running Maverick. I had Time Machine enabled to an external hard drive. Now I need to go in and locate some emails from those files but am not sure how to find them. Does Time Machine automatically back up everything? Will my iTunes library also be there? I lost a ton of music that I need for my job.  I don't see a folder named Library or Utilities (I know, old school) and am at a bit of a loss. I did try to "Enter Time Machine" but didn't see a lot of files and don't know how to surf through the various backups.
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    Hi how can you restore your backup files on your mac book pro from time machine? i lost all my pic and files on my phone and then restored it from the last back up which was when i lost all my files i dont know what i did? someone please help!
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  • How do you wipe the data from your Time Machine to start afresh?

    HI,
    Ive used up all my data on the time machine.
    I'd like to wipe it all and start again, but can't find instructions on how to do that.
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    How do I recover lost Entourage folders using TimeMachine?

    Open Entourage, activate Time Machine, scroll back in time until the folders (and contents) appear, press restore.

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    I use lion os I still have the bookmarks on my ipad and iphone. I stopped the auto sync.
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    I don't know why you moved the app. Move the application back into your "Applications" folder which is where it belongs and should always stay. Then drag the app down to your Dock, if the Dock icon is not there already.
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    [email protected]

  • How can I recover files on USB that time machine has erased?

    While transferring pictures from my girlfriend's MacBook to my USB drive, I received a warning message when I ejected the device, saying that Time Machine had not finished backing up. Apparently my girlfriend had enabled Time Machine to back up her system every x minutes when it detects an external device. When I checked my USB on my laptop, it was empty. All the pictures and some files of mine that I did not back up were seemingly erased. Is there any way to rcover these files? I am particularly interested in a few word documents of mine. Any suggestions are much appreciated.

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    Recently my Mac 0S X 10.6.8 was reconfigured to the original settings and I lost all my Firefox bookmarks.
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    *http://kb.mozillazine.org/Transferring_data_to_a_new_profile_-_Firefox
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    help pls

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    I don't see any options button, yet I know it exists because it is mentioned in the Time Machine help file. I went under preferences and there are no pull down menus either for this. What am I missing?

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    Back up and restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch using iCloud or iTunes - Apple Support

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