How to start over after migration mess

I recently used migration assistant to transfer my data from my old iMac and operating system to my new iMac operating 10.7.3.
The results are mess, mostly it seems from transferring 2 users over. Now I want to remove everything and start over. This time I will only transfer my account. How do I remove the mess and start over?

Use one of the options in the green box of Problems after using Migration Assistant.

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Migration assistant problem - how to start over

Bought a new iMac to replace an old Power PC running Leopard. Tied to use Migration Assistant last night and in the last minute while transferring time zone settings, it stopped working and said it lost the connection. Checked to make sure everything was still connected, but it wouldn't work and I had to cancel, at which point it stopped responding (I gave up, went to bed, and eight hours later when I woke up it was still trying to cancel). I shut everything off, turned on the new computer, and it appears as though most of the applications did in fact transfer. However, it says that 120 gigs are being used, which isn't possible because the old hard drive was only 60 gigs, and it wasn't full.
I think the easiest thing might be to just start over. I have reformatted in windows before, but have never had to do so on a Mac. This is a stupid question, but how do I erase what I have and start from scratch?

Hi cbbjr
Welcome to the Intel iMac section of the forum.
To start over see > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3910
Also see > http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=435350
Personally I would only transfer my music, photos and doc's, so that I could start enjoying it and then as Kappy suggest's closely check the compatibility of any other old applications that I had before installing them.

HT2371 I started to set up new ipad, I accidentally selected portuguese although I want the ticked default english that showed on first screen. Localisation screen came up (in portuguese) but don't want to continue in portuguese. How to start over? Helpes

Started set up on ipad. When I went to second screen, showing list of more language preferences I accidentally touched portuguese and this must have replaced the default, ticked, English option. Next screen, localisation, came up (in Portuguese) but I don't want to proceed in this language. how can I start over again. The ipad therefore is not set up with normal screen of apps etc. therefore I cannot change language back using this screen.
I also tried to Restore my Ipad to factory settings via itunes. You must update to latest version of Ipad software as part of this. The download is about 1 GB and takes 3 hours. Unfortunately when I try this on my PC it installs half the download then drops it - I have tried 3 times and it drops it after an hour and a half each time. I am hoping therefore there might be some simple way of setting up ipad that does not involve 'Restore and Update'. Very frustrated. Please help. Stuck.

If you press the home button it should come up with some options. One of them will be start over. Those options will be in the different language but you can try each one and via process of elimination eventually will get back tot the default screen.

Play Queue Starting Over After The First 5 Songs

I've been having this issue since using Spotify connect where I'll take a playlist with about 100 songs on it, shuffle it, then after it plays about the first 5 it starts over again at the first one it shuffled. This only ever happens on my andriod device. I noticed that the app does a lot of weird stuff when it's constantly being disconnected and reconnected to wifi whenever the device is in transit from point A to B. I don't get how this is an issue because I'm a Premium member so I have all my usual playlists downloaded for offline use. This is another issue I brought up a few weeks ago regarding more of the app's bizzare behavior when it losses wifi:https://community.spotify.com/t5/Help-Android/Spotify-Lock-Screen-Controls-Disappearing/m-p/1162609This problem hasn't been asnwered yet either.

Okay, here's what I mean about the play queue starting over. Today I pused music using the in-line controls on my earphones, then 2 hours later I plugged them back in and resumed my music with the in-line controls (I never unlocked the screen during this process) and started flipping through tracks using the in-line controls while walking to the bus stop, and after I had flipped through about 7 tracks, the play queue repeated the first track it had resumed playback from. This screen shots shows a duplicate track in the play queue afer it had started over from the last resumed track. Note that I do not have duplicate tracks on this playlist.

Lost a hard drive with all photos, how to start over?

Hi. Please help if you can.
A while back, I plugged my external hard drive into my ibook and uploaded all my photos. A few months ago, that hard drive died. It no longer exists. But now, whenever I ope n Iphoto, I get a message that says, "could not mount drive [x]." I click OK, but it still won't do anything.
I have tried to import all my photos again, and it will import a few but then gives me the same message: "could not mount drive [X]." I have to click OK after every couple of photos. Since I have a couple of thousand photos, this is impossible. And even when I try to mount just a few, it gives me that same message, and just freezes up. I have to force quit to make anything happen.
Any ideas on what I should do next? I am open to uninstalling and starting from scratch, but I am not sure how to do that.

mattcamera:
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. Was your first library a referenced library, i.e. you didn't have the photos copied to the library when importing, or was it a managed library where the photos were copied into the library? It sounds like it might have been a referenced library.
If it was a referenced library and you're starting over and importing your photos all over again, you should trash the old library and start with a new one so you're not trying to us a damaged database file.
You don't have to uninstall iPhoto, just delete the old library package, create a new one and start importing again.
Happy New Year
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've created an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. It's compatible with iPhoto 08 libraries and Leopard. iPhoto does not have to be closed to run the application, just idle. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.

Bought LR post trial; how to 'start over'? (reset collections, presets etc.)

I got the trial version of LR a few months ago & now just got around to purchasing it. But since I was a noob back then (still am, really), I made choices of catalogues and presets that I don't fully recall and probably weren't optimal anyways so I'd like to 'start over' and setup LR with a view to long term use. I'm basically following suggestions of Scott Kelby but how do I revert LR to a beginning state so old choices are removed?
Point me to older discussions of this if they are out there (I didn't find them!) or make some new suggestions please.
(I realize workflow patterns vary greatly; I just don't want to be constrained by poor choices made when I was fooling around in the beginning)
Thanks.

When I entered the WEB module in LR, the old messy unsaved web gallery I had tried to create (my first try at one...) would always reload and pop up, blocking any possible other work on a better webgallery for me. I wanted to start over ... but could do nothing really ... Never got to export anything as i did not want to do export my garbage ...
I finally did understand an earlier comment on another query (similar topic) that suggested one go to the Adobe folder in Applications and delete the subfolder on "web galleries".
This miraculously worked even as my 'unsaved' web gallery never showed up in my Applications/Adobe/webgalleries, not even after re-starts of LR. Miracles happen.
Another work-around I discovered is to make such busted unsaved web galleries "saved" and then delete them inside the Library module of LR where they now appear and can be killed, finally.
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How to start over with a backup hardrive

I have a backup hardrive that i set up with time machine. now I need to use it on another computer. How do I clear the old drive out and start over?

Drive Preparation
1. Open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder.
2. After DU loads select your old Time Machine drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. 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. Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.

How to start over while keeping all documents in tact..

Hi everybody,
I made a separate admin user account because everyone seems to say its good for security. Anyway, whenever I'm in it my computer runs a whole lot faster than on my main account. I assume this is because it's folders aren't filled with junk and probably a lot of other factors too. I was wondering if it was possible to easily start over again with a new account and keep all my documents in tact to speed things up. I use CleanMyMac often and that seems to speed it up but not as much as using the admin account. I have a Time Machine if that helps.
Thanks. Happy new year!

No, you don't want a new catalog each time you import.
May I suggest:
Lightroom 5 - Free Quick Start Guide PDF eBook | The Lightroom Queen
Adobe Lightroom 5 - The Missing FAQ | The Lightroom Queen
How To Get Started With Lightroom 5 - 10 Things Beginners Want To Know How To Do | Adobe Creative Cloud TV: Photographer…
Adobe TV--excellent video tutorials:
http://tv.adobe.com/product/lightroom/
Spend a little time viewing the tutorials and you will get the hang of how LR works. It's worth the effort!
Hope this helps.
John

How to start over in lightroom?

I really have never learned how to maximize this program and normally use Adobe Bridge and Photoshop for my workflow. I have imported over 100,000 photos in lightroom over time. I would like to know how to wipe the slate clean so I can start over. I am planning on taking some work flow courses online so I can learn how to use this program better and hopefully streamline my work flow. So, how do I clear out all photos that have been imported?

No, you don't want a new catalog each time you import.
May I suggest:
Lightroom 5 - Free Quick Start Guide PDF eBook | The Lightroom Queen
Adobe Lightroom 5 - The Missing FAQ | The Lightroom Queen
How To Get Started With Lightroom 5 - 10 Things Beginners Want To Know How To Do | Adobe Creative Cloud TV: Photographer…
Adobe TV--excellent video tutorials:
http://tv.adobe.com/product/lightroom/
Spend a little time viewing the tutorials and you will get the hang of how LR works. It's worth the effort!
Hope this helps.
John

What is the best way I should restore or start over after a complete meltdown and loss of files?

In May I moved all of my itunes content (movies, music, podcasts, app, books) to a networked attached storage device. Long story short, recently I had problems with some content missing/being deleted. Lacie, the hard drive mfg, told me the public share had become corrupted and I needed to delete it and start over. Last night I appeared to have had a complete meltdown with the loss of most of my files, over 500gb of stuff.
Luckily it's backed up (but one backup is now about 2 weeks old) and it's going to take about 2 days to restore. I have it restoring to my desktop folder on my imac. I'm concerned about all of the itunes library folders and stuff that are out there. I'd ultimately like to get it restored back to the external hard drive.
What is the best method? I'm restoring just the content, not the various library files. Should I uninstall Itunes and re-install it to try to start fresh, or just re-add the content?
I've already wasted a lot of time on this and I'm just looking to avoid more problems. Any suggestions?
Thanks.

Anyone help with this?
I am restoring over 500gb to my local drive after a NAS was corrupted. I'm very hesitant about putting stuff back out on the network drive again so i guess I may keep it on my local hard drive. Currently, when I open itunes it has all of my old files remembered (just with exclamation points) and my playlists. I'd love to keep that intact but point itunes to the correct files in a new location.
Is it as simple as going to preferences and changing the location of the itunes folder once I have it in place?

How to 'start over' with music library?

Hi, Newbie here. Brand new Ipod touch 32G, 3rd gen. Yesterday i setup my itunes account and brought in my music libary, then synced to my ipod. Now i realize I have a LOT of music in my library I don't like and don't want. I want to delete the files from both my computer and my ipod. What I would like to do is delete the files from my computer and then replace the entire music library in itunes and my ipod; in essence I want to start over. I have not put anything else on my ipod yet. What is the best way for me to proceed? Thanks.

Separate out the songs you want to keep ( as well as anything else you want, videos, etc. . ) into a separate folder.
Copy it to some place safe and then nuke iTunes which will zap all the stuff you don't want, all the database files and so on (Be thorough, nothing should remain which means the iTunes Media folder goes along with everything else.).
No re-install iTunes and use the "Add Folder" command to put the stuff you've saved back into iTunes.
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Printing multiple pages starts over after half a page

I can print a single page of my real estate flyer OK.
If I ask for multiple pages, half a page prints and the printer starts over.
I copied a screen shot of the PDF to Word using OneNote, and Word prints multiple copies just fine.
OS: Windows 7 Pro 64
Printer: Brother mfc-9560 CDW
Brother support says it's an adobe issue.
Steps taken to resolve:
Uninstalled Adobe Reader.
Restarted PC
Downloaded Reader Version XI (11.0.06) from adobe.com.
Closed all windows, restarted PC, and installed the package.
Same results: first page starts printing, then only half a page prints and the printer starts over.
I get the same results no matter what PDF I try to print multiple copies of.
I tested it on a Samsung ML2510, and they print OK, although it's not a color printer.

That 'drag' resizing has only started with PSE12. I'm not sure if it's supposed to be a feature, or a bug (in my view a bug).
Copy/paste works.
You can drag the source file layer to the target image and it won't resize. If it's a many-layered image use Ctrl+Alt+Shift+E to make a new combined layer in the source and drag that across.
You can drag from the source in the Edit window to the target in the Photo Bin without resizing.
One thing to be aware of is the image resolution. When preparing your source images if they are not all the same resolution their relative dimensions will change when you create your composite. As you intend to resize them individually within the composite this is not such a big deal, but it might save you some puzzlement knowing it in advance.
For resizing within the composite turn on the info window (use the F8 key) and you can see your individual image dimensions as you resize.
Cheers,
Neale
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How to start over with Time Machine (because drive is running out of space)

I have a 500 gig drive attached to my iMac. Time Machine's been running for ages. TM has finally depleted the drive of most space. Should I throw out some of the older folders in the backup folder for TM, or chuck the entire folder and restart TM fresh. (Nothing terribly crucial to save recently.)
Thanks.

Unfotunately my time machine backup gets to near the end and says "there is not enough space to do this backup" Neither excluding files nor waiting for it to kick out old files seems to solve the problem. I am stuck it would seem unless I erase the whole backup and start over. I didn't think I would have to do this.

Time machine started over after a complete restore, how to get to older?

Yesterday, photoshop and parrallels started crashing and I could not get them working, So I decided to do a complete system restore from install disk time machine from the day before when everything was working fine.
so it restored the system to its previous state. parrallels was still not working correctly so I restored the folder from a week or so ago. That didn't get it back either, so I thought of maybe reloading the application from an earlier time period might help.
But, time machine has started itself over. there is only backup data from this morning in the time machine internal backup drive. How do i get to my older backups? Do they just go away after a system restore?

Sam,
No, you need to Ctrl-Click the Time Machine DOCK icon. Then choose "Browse Other Time Machine Disks...".
Here is a thought. When you did the restore, what Mac OS version did you restore. Your states say 10.5.5 but might your Mac have been restored to 10.5.4 or earlier with your restore?
I have found in my own testing, that since the 10.5.5 update, "Archive & Installs", "Erase & Installs", and "Restore System From Backup..." no longer trigger a new full backup. That is they continue to use the same backup set as before. (Note though, you will likely see a very large incremental backup, but not necessarily a new Full Backup set.) See my comments here:
[http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1771493&tstart=0]
If, however, you restored to a Mac OS version previous to 10.5.5, and then allowed Time Machine to perform a backup, then a new Full Backup would be preformed. Likely, you might be able to avoid this if you do the restore (prevent Time Machine from backing up), update to 10.5.5, then allow Time Machine to backup.
Cheers!

Problems starting project after migrating to JDeveloper 11

Hello,
when starting a my project via Webstart a Exception appears.
I have an application created in JDeveloper 10 using Java 1.5. Now we have to change to java version 1.6,
so i tried the following steps:
1.     install JDeveloper 11 120
2.     install Java 1.6
3.     migrate BC4J/ADF project in JDev 11 (automatically)
4.     fix some problems that occured with java 1.6 after starting the programm
5.     build two jar files, one containing the project files, one containing the libraries
6.     used tomcat 6 to start the project with a jnlp file from ROOT directory
7.     the login appears but after using submit the following problem appears
     (the problem didn't appear when starting the project in JDev):
15.12.2011 08:57:30 oracle.adf.share.config.ADFConfigFactory findOrCreateADFConfig
INFO: oracle.adf.share.config.ADFConfigFactory Reading META-INF/adf-config.xml
Parameter EnvInfoProvider is NOT instanceof 'EnvInfoProviderImpl'
JBO-30003: Der Anwendungs-Pool (com.trivadis.eis.dbmodel.DBModelModuleLocal) konnte aufgrund folgender Exception kein Anwendungsmodul auschecken:
oracle.jbo.JboException: JBO-29000: JBO-29000: JBO-29000: JBO-26061: Fehler beim Öffnen von JDBC-Verbindung.
at oracle.jbo.common.ampool.ApplicationPoolImpl.doCheckout(ApplicationPoolImpl.java:2002)
at oracle.jbo.common.ampool.ApplicationPoolImpl.useApplicationModule(ApplicationPoolImpl.java:2793)
at oracle.jbo.common.ampool.SessionCookieImpl.useApplicationModule(SessionCookieImpl.java:453)
at oracle.jbo.common.ampool.SessionCookieImpl.useApplicationModule(SessionCookieImpl.java:424)
at oracle.jbo.common.ampool.SessionCookieImpl.useApplicationModule(SessionCookieImpl.java:419)
at oracle.adf.model.bc4j.DataControlFactoryImpl.createSession(DataControlFactoryImpl.java:271)
at oracle.jbo.uicli.mom.JUMetaObjectManager.createDataControl(JUMetaObjectManager.java:668)
at oracle.jbo.uicli.mom.JUMetaObjectManager.createApplicationObject(JUMetaObjectManager.java:600)
at moenkemoeller.eis.CESIApp.setupBC4JApplication(CESIApp.java:304)
at moenkemoeller.eis.CESIApp.<init>(CESIApp.java:89)
at moenkemoeller.eis.CESIApp.main(CESIApp.java:356)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.executeApplication(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.executeMainClass(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.doLaunchApp(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
## Detail 0 ##
oracle.jbo.JboException: JBO-29000: JBO-29000: JBO-26061: Fehler beim Öffnen von JDBC-Verbindung.
at oracle.jbo.pool.ResourcePool.useResource(ResourcePool.java:336)
at oracle.jbo.server.ConnectionPool.getConnectionInternal(ConnectionPool.java:87)
at oracle.jbo.server.ConnectionPool.getConnection(ConnectionPool.java:66)
at oracle.jbo.server.ConnectionPoolManagerImpl.getConnection(ConnectionPoolManagerImpl.java:56)
at oracle.jbo.server.DBTransactionImpl.establishNewConnection(DBTransactionImpl.java:915)
at oracle.jbo.server.DBTransactionImpl.initTransaction(DBTransactionImpl.java:1160)
at oracle.jbo.server.DBTransactionImpl.initTxn(DBTransactionImpl.java:5910)
at oracle.jbo.server.DBTransactionImpl2.connect(DBTransactionImpl2.java:120)
at oracle.jbo.common.ampool.DefaultConnectionStrategy.connect(DefaultConnectionStrategy.java:194)
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at oracle.jbo.server.ApplicationPoolMessageHandler.doPoolConnect(ApplicationPoolMessageHandler.java:478)
at oracle.jbo.server.ApplicationPoolMessageHandler.doPoolMessage(ApplicationPoolMessageHandler.java:367)
at oracle.jbo.server.ApplicationModuleImpl.doPoolMessage(ApplicationModuleImpl.java:7777)
at oracle.jbo.common.ampool.ApplicationPoolImpl.sendPoolMessage(ApplicationPoolImpl.java:4074)
at oracle.jbo.common.ampool.ApplicationPoolImpl.prepareApplicationModule(ApplicationPoolImpl.java:2161)
at oracle.jbo.common.ampool.ApplicationPoolImpl.doCheckout(ApplicationPoolImpl.java:1961)
at oracle.jbo.common.ampool.ApplicationPoolImpl.useApplicationModule(ApplicationPoolImpl.java:2793)
at oracle.jbo.common.ampool.SessionCookieImpl.useApplicationModule(SessionCookieImpl.java:453)
at oracle.jbo.common.ampool.SessionCookieImpl.useApplicationModule(SessionCookieImpl.java:424)
at oracle.jbo.common.ampool.SessionCookieImpl.useApplicationModule(SessionCookieImpl.java:419)
at oracle.adf.model.bc4j.DataControlFactoryImpl.createSession(DataControlFactoryImpl.java:271)
at oracle.jbo.uicli.mom.JUMetaObjectManager.createDataControl(JUMetaObjectManager.java:668)
at oracle.jbo.uicli.mom.JUMetaObjectManager.createApplicationObject(JUMetaObjectManager.java:600)
at moenkemoeller.eis.CESIApp.setupBC4JApplication(CESIApp.java:304)
at moenkemoeller.eis.CESIApp.<init>(CESIApp.java:89)
at moenkemoeller.eis.CESIApp.main(CESIApp.java:356)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.executeApplication(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.executeMainClass(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.doLaunchApp(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
... (several more identical "oracle.jbo.JboException: JBO-29000: JBO-29000: JBO-29000: JBO-26061: Fehler beim Öffnen von JDBC-Verbindung."-Exceptions
Trace message truncated for length over 10K
#### Java Web Start Error:
#### JBO-30003: Der Anwendungs-Pool (com.trivadis.eis.dbmodel.DBModelModuleLocal) konnte aufgrund folgender Exception kein Anwendungsmodul auschecken:
15.12.2011 08:57:48 oracle.adf.share.config.ADFConfigFactory findOrCreateADFConfig
INFO: oracle.adf.share.config.ADFConfigFactory No META-INF/adf-config.xml found
We tried several solutions, found on various forums:
1. copy adf-config.xml to every META-INF-directory
2. add "-Djps.app.credential.overwrite.allowed=true" to the jnlp-file
3.
but none of this solved the problem.
Any Help or suggestion would be highly appreciated.
Thanks, Stefan.

It would seem that the AM tries to open a connection, but cannot.
Don't think that the adf-config.xml is of vital importance, our Swing application has none either.
You could enable the JBO debug output (-Djbo.debugoutput=console). That output should give you a fairly good idea of what's going on.
Sascha

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