HT4889 Time machine migration issues.

I migrated info from my old mac to my new mac via time machine.  It took about 5 hours to move all of my files, but since then the "thank you, your mac is set up" screen has been on for over 10 hours.  The wheel has been spinning the WHOLE time.  What can I do?

Force a restart by holding down the power button.

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  • Restore from Time Machine / Migration Assistance Utility

    Sorry if this is obvious, but just want to restore wo further user complications.
    _Back story:_ 2006 iMac running Snow Leopard won't boot. Genius Bar determines HD needs reformatting. Reformats and installs OS v10.5.7, not Snow Leopard. Explained to follow new setup and when prompted select from Time Machine (external HD) and restore. At home I do, it won't. Everything is recognized (External HD, Time Machine, File), but tells me OS on machine older than Time Machine files and to upgrade iMac (and can try again from Migration Assistant Utility).
    Continue with prompted new setup and created User Account. iMac now ready and like new. Installed Snow Leopard. Run Migration Assistant Utility and select restore from Time Machine.
    Issue: External HD recognized by iMac but not by Migration Assistant Utility. Only selection choice is internal HD. Additionally when connecting external, always get prompted (separate prompt from Migration Assistance) if I want to setup Time Machine and I've been declining. Do I have to set up Time Machine before? It didn't require that when doing new user setup.
    Thanks for any and all assistance.

    Chad Krukowski wrote:
    Than you! that is what I wanted to do, a full restore. Unfortunately was following the direction of the genius bar.
    Yup. The Geniuses (like most Apple folks) don't actually use Time Machine on their work computers, and aren't real familiar with it, so this sort of thing isn't all that unusual, unfortunately. You could even have gotten similar advice from AppleCare, depending on the expertise of whoever you happened to get. Sigh.

  • Error "The Connection Failed" in Time Machine, Migration Assistant and Restore From DVD

    I am receiving this error when trying to connect to my Time Machine Backup in my Time capsule. I input the proper password to access my Time Capsule and It returns me to the screen with the caption "The connection failed" under the Time Capsule name in the "Select your Disk" screen. What would cause this error. I am connecting via WIFI (AirPort) and have full signal. I am using Mac OSX 10.6.8
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    You are correct TM is not at all easy to do a full restore.
    To answer your question: Yes TM disk does show up in finder.
    After my initial startup setup I was able to start TM and access all my previous backups. I migrated some files and was able grab the data from finder. Not satisfied with that I tried to do a restore to that previous date, to no success. I then erased the HD and reinstalled OSx and tried again from the setup screen. That didn't work, sulked over some beers. I then tired with Migration assistant...same result (more beer).
    In starting TM after trying MA, only one backup was showing in the Star screen (today). None of my previous backups were showing. Since exiting TM it has been "Making Backup Disk Available" ( xGB of 6.29GB). Considering the size, I can only assume that these are my previous backups.
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  • Read only access issue after time machine migrate

    Having a small issues on my new rMBP. I recently switched from my MBA to this newer rMBP and I previously had a Time Machine backup that I migrated over. For some reason though..when accessing my external hard drive it keeps asking to authenticate the user and I have to put in a password anytime I edit or add files to this external drive. I was also having issues running some commands in Terminal where it said I didn't have access..my current user shows up as being admin but I'm not entirely sure how to get past all these restrictions and have read/write access  to everything.

    So I looked at the above images and noticed that the disk labeled "HD-PATU3" is almost entirely full - only 5GB of 1TB is available - so it's essentially "full".
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             stuff on the internal drive? There are performance penalties for having your data and TM backups on the same disk. You
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         3. Depending on the answers we can get more specific to solve your issue(s)
    later......

  • Time Machine/Migration Assistant issues

    I just bought a MacBook Pro, and my old computer is a PowerBook G4. I did a Time Machine backup of my old computer onto an external hard drive, then used Migration Assistant to transfer the Time Machine backup from the external drive to my new computer. I had a few files saved on the new computer before I transfered from my old computer, and those seem to be gone now. My question is: when a Time Machine backup is 'migrated,' does it delete everything first?

    horseymichelle wrote:
    I just bought a MacBook Pro, and my old computer is a PowerBook G4. I did a Time Machine backup of my old computer onto an external hard drive, then used Migration Assistant to transfer the Time Machine backup from the external drive to my new computer. I had a few files saved on the new computer before I transfered from my old computer, and those seem to be gone now. My question is: when a Time Machine backup is 'migrated,' does it delete everything first?
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  • Mac air with external hard drive - not being found on Finder, Time Machine, Migration Assistant

    I have been using an external drive (Imation Apollo) to access only, old files from previous computer (PC) on a new Mac Air.  I had not transferred them across to new computer (didn't want to do that)  just accessing them from the HD.  It had been working fine until recently.  Each time the external drive had been connected Time Machine would come up and ask if i wanted to use this drive for back ups, and I always chose 'Decide later'.  So, as yetI hadn't as yet configured Time Machine to do back ups.
    Recently I noticed that the extrnal HD was no longer showing up on Finder.  Slight panic as i have 5 or 6 yrs of work saved on that HD
    Further investigations - it's also not showing up either on on Disk Utility, or on Migration Assistant.
    I've done the following: 
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    Tested different Hubs in each port with HD attached - no difference HD not showing up
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    Tried the HD on other comptuters (a PC though, don't have access to another mac to do this test)- working fine, the HD is showing up and is accessable
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    I also think that my husband may have disconnected the hard drive from my computer to access some stuff and he just yanked it out rather than use the safe eject method.  Could this create an issue?  The Hard drive works fine on his PC.
    Why is my Mac Air now rejecting this HD and what can I do to access my historical files now. 
    Any assistance anyone can provide would be very greatly appreciated!
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    Anna

    I can't answer why it isn't accessing it, but I have a slightly related issue w my back up drive starting to get noisy.
    Realizing that redundancy is safety for critical data.  I talked to my brother about my situation the other day & he said he has 3 small Western Digital portable HDs that he rotates for backup. He even keeps 1 in the safe deposit box.
    I have read for some time that we should have multiple back ups & also have our critical stuff backed up off site. Amazon HD reviews had a woman telling about how she was very backed up on multiple computers & hard drives, but they were robbed or burgeled & all of them were stolen including her thesis that was on the computers.
    Hard drives aren't that expensive. I just bought a new Western Digital 1 TB drive for $89.99. I plan to use it to back up the Seagate that is getting noisy & then maybe alternate them.
    Also, when I came back to Mac, I moved practially all of my documents to Mac. I think I just dragged & dropped or something. Photos, Office, & pdfs do fine that way. & then you could back them up to a couple of different external drives & remove from your MacBookAir.
    Unfortunately I think most of us do not back up until crisis & then it may be too late.
    Also use Time Machine. For the 1st time in my computer life, my computer is well backed up--although now realizing the need for redundancy so will start backing up to at least 2 different HDs alternatly.
    So, not sure why it isn't working & hopefully you have come up w a solution by now.
    I think what I would do in a situation like this, since you can access it on the Windows machine would be to transfer the data to the Windows machine & then transfer it back to a different back up.
    I'm looking into backing up what I still have in Windows using a thumb flash drive. I think it should all fit ok now that they have the larger drives & I don't have very much left in Windows format.

  • Uninstall problem in cc applications after time machine migration to new mac

    Newbie to cc. Having problems with cc programs that were migrated across to new iMac via Time Machine back up when setting up new mac.
    Attempting to open PS cc results in error message 86. I have now uninstalled Creative Cloud program and a PS cc program in Utilities via Adobe Installer in Ulilities however, (other copies?) of the programs PS cc and Bridge cc, the only 2 cc programs I have so far, are listed in my Applications folder.
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    Should I send them to trash? And then perhaps I can start afresh with new installs of Creative Cloud and required cc programs.
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  • What to miss out in partial Time Machine migration?

    I have a Mac Book early 2009 machine, running 10.7.5 which had become increasingly slow, with endless spining wheel syndrome, finder windows taking ages to respond etc. Sometimes it will not restart - getting as far as a blank desktop, then giving a spinning wheel instead of loading the desktop icons.
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    Going through the initialisation process, I first opted to restore the new machine from my Time Machine backup. This completed fine, but the new machine is then as sluggish as the old one. Clearly something is locking things up. I tried investigating the old machine for a software problem, used spring cleaning etc and never solved it.
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    I'm thinking to bring over the files and system settings, then install programmes piece meal as I need them.
    But could issues such as the slow running be due to system settings?
    Suggestions welcome.

    Time Machine will (should) restore your old accounts. If you used a different user and password to set up your new MBP, try using one of your old accounts to log in. If that doesn't work, call back. You might also want to research your problem on Pondoni's Time Machine FAQ pages -  http://pondini.org/TM/FAQ.html.
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  • Mail 5.3 crash after Time Machine migration

    All,
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    Please check the snapshot herein attached.
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  • Can't log in after time machine migration.

    I just bought the latest model running Lion today, used time machine to migrate my data from my old MBP running 10.5. After the migration done I couldn't log in and stuck at the start up page. Is there any way to solve this problem (I'm pretty sure that's not the password issue)?
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    Time Machine will (should) restore your old accounts. If you used a different user and password to set up your new MBP, try using one of your old accounts to log in. If that doesn't work, call back. You might also want to research your problem on Pondoni's Time Machine FAQ pages -  http://pondini.org/TM/FAQ.html.
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  • Trouble Accessing Virtual Machine After Time Machine Migration

    I am hoping that someone else has run up against this problem and is able to help.
    I recently purchased a new iMac.  I upgraded to 8 GB of ram specifically because I have VMware Fusion and want to use it on my new machine.
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    Captfred,
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  • Snow Leopard Time machine migration to Lion problem?

    I have a time machine backup of a mac with snow leopard that I made back in June. I want to put it on my new mac with Lion but it won't have this update - http://www.cultofmac.com/105225/if-you-want-to-migrate-from-snow-leopard-to-lion -tomorrow-you-need-this-update/ -
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    Thanks Pondini, I was concerned that my Snow Leopard backups may not be compatible with Time Machine on Lion and I was going to use the Migration Assistant instead of the Setup Assistant. I have the WD NAS which I'm aware currently has AFP issues like many other NAS drives. I'm holding thumbs that by the time I get my new iMac WD would have released the firmware update so I don't have any issues.
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  • Clarification on Time Machine migration

    I am about to upgrade my trusty PowerBook G4 to a shiny new MacBook Pro and would just like some clarification on accessing my Time Machine files from my new computer. After reading some similar posts it sounds like some users have been able to access their files from their old system on new computers while others have had issues. If I transfer all of the contents of my old system to the new one via Migration Assistant, will Time Machine recognize the new computer as the old one? Should I do the transfer via Time Machine instead? Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

    Before you start migrating, be sure to deactivate/deauthorize the software on your PowerBook. If you'll have both computers in place, it is faster I think to put the PowerBook into firewire target disk mode then to use TimeMachine. Further, regardless of which method you use, because this is a PPC to Intel upgrade, I'd recommend that you only transfer the contents of your personal drive space and reinstall your software.
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  • Does Time Machine/Migration Assistant successfully transfer software licenses for Microsoft Office and Adobe?

    I have a MacBook that I purchased in late 2007.  It's been very good to me over the years.  However, I'm been having various minor issues, and tonight I noticed that the screen goes to black at about 45° as I'm closing my laptop.  In other situations I'd try to fix this myself, but right now I'm a Peace Corps Volunteer in rural South America and have limited access to the right tools, much less replacement parts.  So instead I'm taking it as a sign that my trustworthy companion is about to give up the ghost and I should get a new computer now, instead of completely running this one into the ground and potentially losing important documents, photos, &c.
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    Try the combo update on the old machine.
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  • Time machine migration when apps on new computer are later versions

    I have a time machine backup of my old macbook, just got a new one and it comes with iLife 11 preinstalled. I don't want these apps to be overwritten with my older (iLife 09) apps.
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    Pete Thomas wrote:
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    You didn't mention any of that.
    so the FAQ was telling me to reinstall or create a temporary account, time consuming and not very helpful when all I needed to be told was "you can run migration assistant and it will be fine", which was the very helpful and speedy advice I got elsewhere.
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