How to restore mac book pro

how to restore mac book pro

That depends on what you mean by "restore," what system your MacBook Pro came with when it was new, and/or what backups you have taken.

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I transferred data from my external hard drive to my restored Mac Book Pro via migration assistant and now my external hard drive in time capsule has red minus signs. How do I get rid of that without getting rid of any of my data?

I used Migration Assistant to transfer my data from my external hard drive via Time Capsule to my restored Mac Book Pro. When I now go into Time Capsule I there are red minus signs in the corner of all the folders that are contained in my back up. How do I get rid of this and access my previous back-ups?

Select the drive and Finder > Get info and at the bottom "ignore permissions on this volume"
You can copy the files, but the ownership on the files still belongs to the other user account, once your done copying, then perform a #6 Reset Users Permissions and that will set all the ownership to that account.
..Step by Step to fix your Mac
Another method is to copy the entire folder, then change it's permissions.

How to speed MAC BOOK PRO

starting Mac book pro become very slow about 4 minutes. How can I speed it?

For disk repairs use Disk Utility. For situations DU cannot handle the best third-party utility is: Disk Warrior; DW only fixes problems with the disk directory, but most disk problems are caused by directory corruption. Drive Genius provides additional tools not found in Disk Warrior for defragmentation of older drives, disk repair, disk scans, formatting, partitioning, disk copy, and benchmarking.
Four outstanding sources of information on Mac maintenance are:
1. OS X Maintenance - MacAttorney.
2. Mac maintenance Quick Assist
3. Maintaining Mac OS X
4. Mac Maintenance Guide
Periodic Maintenance
OS X performs certain maintenance functions that are scheduled to occur on a daily, weekly, or monthly period. The maintenance scripts run in the early AM only if the computer is turned on 24/7 (no sleep.) SeeMac OS X- About background maintenance tasks. If you are running Leopard or later these tasks are run automatically, so there is no need to use any third-party software to force running these tasks.
If you are using a pre-Leopard version of OS X, then an excellent solution is to download and install a shareware utility such as Macaroni, JAW PseudoAnacron, or Anacron that will automate the maintenance activity regardless of whether the computer is turned off or asleep. Dependence upon third-party utilities to run the periodic maintenance scripts was significantly reduced after Tiger. (These utilities have limited or no functionality with Snow Leopard, Lion, or Mountain Lion and should not be installed.)
Defragmentation
OS X automatically defragments files less than 20 MBs in size, so unless you have a disk full of very large files there's little need for defragmenting the hard drive except when trying to install Boot Camp on a fragmented drive. But you don't need to buy third-party software. All you need is a spare external hard drive and Carbon Copy Cloner.
Cheap and Easy Defragmentation
You will have to backup your OS X partition to an external drive, boot from the external drive, use Disk Utility to repartition and reformat your hard drive back to a single volume, then restore your backup to the internal hard drive. You will use Carbon Copy Cloner to create the backup and to restore it.
1. Get an empty external hard drive and clone your internal drive to the
       external one.
2. Boot from the external hard drive.
3. Erase the internal hard drive.
4. Restore the external clone to the internal hard drive.
Clone the internal drive to the external drive
1. Open Carbon Copy Cloner.
2. Select the Source volume from the left side dropdown menu.
3. Select the Destination volume from the left side dropdown menu.
4. Be sure the Block Copy button is not depressed or is ghosted.
5. Click on the Clone button.
Destination means the external backup drive. Source means the internal startup drive.
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager appears. Select the icon for the external drive and click on the upward pointing arrow button.
After startup do the following:
Erase internal hard drive
1. Open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder.
2. After DU loads select your internal hard drive (this is the entry with the
       mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the
       drive in DU's status area. If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is
       failing or has failed and will need replacing. SMART info will not be
       reported on external drives. Otherwise, click on the Partition tab in the
       DU main window.
3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the
       drop down menu to one. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended
       (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to
       GUID then click on the OK button. Click on the Partition button and wait
       until the process has completed.
Restore the clone to the internal hard drive
1. Open Carbon Copy Cloner.
2. Select the Source volume from the left side dropdown menu.
3. Select the Destination volume from the left side dropdown menu.
4. Be sure the Block Copy button is not selected or is ghosted.
5. Click on the Clone button.
Destination means the internal hard drive. Source means the external startup drive.
Note that the Source and Destination drives are swapped for this last procedure.
Malware Protection
As for malware protection there are few if any such animals affecting OS X. Starting with Lion Apple has included built-in malware protection that is automatically updated as necessary.
Helpful Links Regarding Malware Protection:
1. Mac Malware Guide.
2. Detecting and avoiding malware and spyware
3. Macintosh Virus Guide
For general anti-virus protection I recommend only using ClamXav, but it is not necessary if you are keeping your computer's operating system software up to date. You should avoid any other third-party software advertised as providing anti-malware/virus protection. They are not required and could cause the performance of your computer to drop.
Cache Clearing
I recommend downloading a utility such as TinkerTool System, OnyX 2.4.3, or Cocktail 5.1.1 that you can use for periodic maintenance such as removing old log files and archives, clearing caches, etc. Corrupted cache files can cause slowness, kernel panics, and other issues. Although this is not a frequent nor a recurring problem, when it does happen there are tools such as those above to fix the problem.
For emergency cleaning install the freeware utility Applejack. If you cannot start up in OS X, you may be able to start in single-user mode from which you can run Applejack to do a whole set of repair and maintenance routines from the command line. Note that AppleJack 1.5 is required for Leopard. AppleJack 1.6 is compatible with Snow Leopard. (AppleJack works with Snow Leopard or earlier.)
Installing System Updates or Upgrades
When you install any new system software or updates be sure to repair the hard drive and permissions beforehand. I also recommend booting into safe mode before doing system software updates.
Backup and Restore
Having a backup and restore strategy is one of the most important things you can do to maintain your computer. Get an external Firewire 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. Deja Vu
3. SuperDuper!
4. Synk Pro
5. Tri-Backup
Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQs on maintenance and backup and restore.
Always have a current backup before performing any system updates or upgrades.
Be sure you have an adequate amount of RAM installed for the number of applications you run concurrently. Be sure you leave a minimum of 10% of the hard drive's capacity or 20 GBs, whichever is greater, as free space. Avoid installing utilities that rely on Haxies, SIMBL, or that alter the OS appearance, add features you will rarely if ever need, etc. The more extras you install the greater the probability of having problems. If you install software be sure you know how to uninstall it. Avoid installing multiple new software at the same time. Install one at a time and use it for a while to be sure it's compatible.
Additional suggestions will be found in:
1. Mac OS X speed FAQ
2. Speeding up Macs
3. Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
4. Essential Mac Maintenance: Get set up
5. Essential Mac Maintenance: Rev up your routines
6. Five Mac maintenance myths
7. How to Speed up Macs
8. Myths of required versus not required maintenance for Mac OS X

How to improve mac book pro performance

How can i improve the performance of my mac book pro? I hate the rainbow.
Some times it gets very slow! Can anyone help with some tips.
Ps I already ordered an extra memory ram.

You need to provide more information. When do you see the rainbow? Applications you have running? What OS is the system running? Open Activity Monitor from teh Utilities folder, do you have any application using a lot of CPU?

How to upgrade MAC Book Pro with OS X 10.5.8 to OS X 10.6

I have a MAC book Pro (Intel core 2 Duo based) HW Rev 3.1. I am trying to upgrade to OS X 10.6.
When i tried inplace upgrade it errored out with a message that I cannot upgrade. I wiped the disk clean using Disk utility and tried booting with the 10.6 DVD. I start the installation and errors out with the same error "cannnot upgrade". I did not get any further information on why it is not letting me install. I am using the CD from another MAC Book Pro I got few months back. Any help is highly appreciated.

The install DVD from the new model MacBook Pro will not run on your older MacBook Pro. The 10.6 install DVD is machine-specific.
You need to purchase the retail version of Snow Leopard to install OSX10.6 on your older Macbook Pro.

How to reformat mac book pro

I'm having issues trying to reformat my mac book pro. I looked and followed the info on the steps shown in a prior thread. but the selections are shaded and does not allow me to select anything but repair or make a copy to a disc.
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Install or Reinstall Mavericks, Mountain Lion, or Lion from Scratch
Be sure you backup your files to an external drive or second internal drive because the following procedure will remove everything from the hard drive.
OS X Mavericks- Erase and reinstall OS X
OS X Mountain Lion- Erase and reinstall OS X
OS X Lion- Erase and reinstall Mac OS X
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible
because it is three times faster than wireless.

How to register mac book pro to my wife

We purchased a 13 in mac book pro about three months ago and everything was set up in my name and to my accounts. Well the wife loves it so much that she tool it and I got a new 15 inch. She would like to register the 13 in to herself and I was wounderin if there is a way to do this myself or do I need to get some help to do this. Any help would be great.

Never had to do this but your pest bet, IMHO, is to wipe the drive and reinstall with her as the main users and all admin rights.
But it seems funny that if she is logged on using her own account, and that account has admin rights, that your name is coming up when she is trying to do very simple things like add address to her contact list.

How to configure mac book pro with Logic 9?

I would like to run Logic 9 on a Mac Book Pro (13", 2.9 GHz, 8 GB RAM, 750 GB HD) as a secondary development platform (for composing while away from my primary system), and do it on the cheap. So I would like to do this without having to buy an audio interface or sound card. I need to do only the following:
1. Direct Logic output (both software instrument tracks and audio tracks) to the audio-out jack (NOT built-in speakers), and
2. Record with a USB (or firewire) microphone to an audio track on the same project which is playing software instruments and possibly other audio tracks thru the audio-out jack.
Is it possible to configure mac/logic this way without an additional interface?
Thanks.

1) When you plug speakers into the audio out jack, all audio is automatically routed from the internal speakers to the Audio Out jack...
2) Most USB mics are class compliant and so you just plug them in and they work in Logic without any config in Logic needed.
So, to answer you question, for your needs, you don't need an audio interface.

Restoring Mac book Pro to Lion

I am trying to restore my macbook pro to the Factory default.. I go through the process to restore Lyon and when i enter the apple ID I get the message that says that I need to use an apple ID that was used to purchase Lion. Is it possible to restore with a different apple ID? Thanks

Siggersh,
if you look at the left-hand “side” of your grey Mac OS X Install DVD, does it say
13-inch
MacBook Pro
in large type? If it doesn’t, what does it have there? If you look at the lower-left “corner” of that DVD, you’ll see a few lines of small type with this pattern:
Mac OS version Mac_OS_X_version
Disc version disc_version
2Z691-digits-A
What are its values for Mac_OS_X_version, disc_version, and digits? The kernel version in your photo suggests that that disc is for Leopard rather than for Snow Leopard; if that’s the case, then that disc does not go with an Early 2011 MacBook Pro, and those values will help to identify which model Mac it does go with.

Restoring Mac Book Pro

Im restoring my Macbook pro retina after i backup the hardrive to timemachine, but i was wondering if i have to reinstall Mountain lion before i can reistall the time machine data?

Now you don't need to reinstall Mountain Lion! Though I would recommend you to reinstall it! I'm not quite sure which files Time Machine uses from the old installation if there is one!

HT6114 How to connect mac book pro to hdmi

My macbook pro has no hdmi port. What adaptor is needed to connect hdmi to macbook pro

Macbook Pros have mini-Displayport connections, so you need a mini-Displayport to HDMI adaptor.
Matt

Fundamental Question...How does my Mac book pro choose an AP?

Hi all,
Setup: I have an n-type Airport extreme connected to my cable modem. I have it set to allow it to be extended and be b/g compatible. I then have 3 additional airport devices, all n-type, extending the network. These devices are ....
Airport express
Airport Extreme (second base station)
Time Capsule
Ok, so here comes my question. I can identify on my laptop which airpot mac address I am connected to. When I am sitting right on top of the time capsule, the laptop chooses one of the base stations half way across the house, with a fairly low RSSI. I have renewed the DHCP lease on the computer but it will not choose the Time Capsule..any one know why? Maybe there is a setting that I am missing specific to the Time Capsule?
Thanks in advance
Darnelld
Message was edited by: darnelld

Ok, so here comes my question. I can identify on my laptop which airpot mac address I am connected to. When I am sitting right on top of the time capsule, the laptop chooses one of the base stations half way across the house, with a fairly low RSSI. I have renewed the DHCP lease on the computer but it will not choose the Time Capsule..any one know why? Maybe there is a setting that I am missing specific to the Time Capsule?
No, you're not missing any specific settings on your Time Capsule. The algorithm that Apple employs for a wireless client to "decide" which base station to connect to, as far as I know, has never been published to the general public so it would be hard to offer you any explanations to the rhyme or reason that they connect as they do. Logic would lead you to believe that the client would try to connect to either the nearest or the station with the strongest signal ... but as you can see, it doesn't always work that way.

Restore mac book pro

i need to restore my labtop to original condition. nothing seems to work. i have updated th os from snow leopard

It would help if you provide the OS that was original to your MBP. In any case you need to boot from the original OS installer disk and do an Erase & Install. Why does nothing seem to work? What have you done?

How to unlock Mac book pro

After my computer doing an update, iCloud asked for me to join, I entered my apple I'd and password then the screen went blank and is now asking for a lock pin code, which I dont have.b

Try entering your login code 4 digits to unlock the phone. Then connect it.

How much does it cost to upgrade a mac book pro 2010 mid range?

I want to find how much upgrading Mac book pro mid range? Ideally a list of what can be upgraded and how much.....and i know apple can upgrade, i do not care about the cost or if it is worth it.... just want to know how much and what can be upgraded...

The performance bottleneck for your MBP is the hard drive.
You will see significant improvements in overal performance by upgrading the HD to a SSD.
Btw, Apple is not in the business of upgrading your existing MBP. Apple rather you buy a new MacBook Pro.
In all fairness to Apple, the 2011 MBP quad-core is almost twice as fast as the 2010 MBP dual-core for multi-core aware applications.
Here are Mac benchmarks.

How to restore mac book pro

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