I can not restore folders from time machine

installed a new HD per apple tech and email from apple. now i can not restore any folders from time machine to the new HD. i have been working on this for hours and hours. Please help

See Pondini's TM FAQs for starters.

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Hello guys,
after upgrading to Lion 10.7.1 I can't seem able to restore some old folders from Time Machine
Here's what happens: I log in TM, I can scroll through my old backups, I can choose the folders I want to restore, I can click on the folder, but when the systems tries to restore it, it stops saying that I don't have the privileges to access file A in the folder (and then all the procedure is stopped).
Oddly (at least for me) if I try to restore just that same file A (and not the whole folder) that I should have no privileges for, from the same old backup, I can do it, but I have to give the system my password: It pops up a window saying something "Finder is willing to make some modification, can you authorize?" (forgive i'm translating the alert from another language) and then I can restore it.
Has anybody else this problem and how can be solved?
Many thanks
Ps: I did a simple upgrade on Lion, no partition, no blank disk, and never changed anything in my user preferences, it's always the same, administrator
Pps: Before Lion I could restore easily exactly the same folders and files I tried to restore with Lion

wrongusername wrote:
But if I transfer everything with the Setup Assistant, won't I once again be experiencing the problems I had?
If the problems were caused by your data. But that's extremely unlikely. It may have been an app, or, much more likely from your description, something corrupted in the Leopard OS. That's one of the problems with upgrading a sick system without knowing what or where the causes are. It's a bit like a brain surgeon operating on himself: if he isn't in tip-top shape to start with, his condition is likely to change, and not for the better.
Most of us would have recommended first simply doing a +*Repair Disk+* on your internal HD; if that didn't help, installing the "combo" Leopard update; if that didn't work, doing an +Archive and Install+ and re-installing the "combo."
After a clean re-install of Snow Leopard, my Mac worked fine again (except for the TM trouble). So it probably had something to do with my old files.
Probably not. Much more likely OSX was somehow damaged. And you got a whole new one.
How come I could read the files on my external HD and yet not be able to copy the files?
Time Machine uses special "deny everybody everything" permissions on it's backups, among other things, in an attempt to keep us mere mortals from moving, changing, or deleting things and corrupting them.

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Apparently I allowed iCloud to delete all of my calendar and reminder information from my Mac.
Can I restore it from iCloud, if not can I restore it from Time Machine?

It sounds as though it's not in iCloud anymore.
You may find that restoring from Time Machine results in the information simply disappearing again. You might try this: disable iCloud syncing, restore from Time Machine, re-enable syncing and choose the merge option when presented.

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I am running 10.7.2. When I try to restore emails from Time Machine by making Mail the active application and entering Time Machine, nothing happens. I do get a message that Finder is not responding.
I don't have this problem if I am trying to restore contacts from Address Book or files from Finder.
I have checked the TM disk, and there are no problems. I have also repaired permissions.
Any suggestions? Thanks.

Here is the output:
Marker - Dec 6, 2011 10:16:19 AM
Dec 6 10:16:49 MarvinsNewiMac Mail[564]: *** Assertion failure in -[MailToolbar _forceInsertItem:atIndex:], /SourceCache/AppKit/AppKit-1138.23/Toolbar.subproj/NSToolbar.m:1309
          Invalid parameter not satisfying: index>=0 && index<=[self _numberOfItems]
                    0   Message                             0x00007fff86991a93 -[MFAssertionHandler _handleFailureWithPreamble:description:arguments:] + 116
                    1   Message                             0x00007fff86991c29 -[MFAssertionHandler handleFailureInMethod:object:file:lineNumber:description:] + 185
                    2   AppKit                              0x00007fff895bfabe -[NSToolbar _forceInsertItem:atIndex:] + 163
                    3   AppKit                              0x00007fff895bf895 -[NSToolbar _insertItem:atIndex:notifyDelegate:notifyView:notifyFamilyAndUpdateDefaults:] + 121
                    4   AppKit                              0x00007fff895bf5d0 -[NSToolbar _insertNewItemWithItemIdentifier:atIndex:propertyListRepresentation:notifyFlags :] + 118
                    5   Mail                                0x00000001074cde2e Mail + 2309678
                    6   UnsubMailPluginMailAppOSX           0x000000010ad5ce9f -[UnsubscribeBundle usurpToolbarDelegate:] + 642
                    7   UnsubMailPluginMailAppOSX           0x000000010ad5c66b -[UnsubscribeBundle anyToolbarWillAddItem:] + 84
                    8   Foundation                          0x00007fff8d478de2 __-[NSNotificationCenter addObserver:selector:name:object:]_block_invoke_1 + 47
                    9   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff85153e0a _CFXNotificationPost + 2634
                    10 Mail                                0x00000001072a06c5 Mail + 26309
                    11 AppKit                              0x00007fff895c32a5 postNotificationAndNotifyDelegate + 227
                    12 AppKit                              0x00007fff895bf9fe -[NSToolbar _notifyDelegate_WillAddItem:atIndex:] + 217
                    13 AppKit                              0x00007fff895bf880 -[NSToolbar _insertItem:atIndex:notifyDelegate:notifyView:notifyFamilyAndUpdateDefaults:] + 100
                    14 AppKit                              0x00007fff895bf5d0 -[NSToolbar _insertNewItemWithItemIdentifier:atIndex:propertyListRepresentation:notifyFlags :] + 118
                    15 AppKit                              0x00007fff8998493a -[NSToolbar _setCurrentItemsToItemIdentifiers:itemIndexToPlistDictionary:notifyDelegate:not ifyView:notifyFamilyAndUpdateDefaults:] + 350
                    16 AppKit                              0x00007fff895be799 -[NSToolbar _setConfigurationFromDictionary:notifyFamilyAndUpdateDefaults:upgradedConfigura tion:] + 431
                    17 Mail                                0x00000001074bf01c Mail + 2248732
                    18 Mail                                0x00000001074be94b Mail + 2246987
                    19 Mail                                0x00000001074b2b9e Mail + 2198430
                    20 Mail                                0x00000001074f696b Mail + 2476395
                    21 Mail                                0x00000001074f6ef8 Mail + 2477816
                    22 Mail                                0x0000000107463301 Mail + 1872641
                    23 Mail                                0x0000000107464324 Mail + 1876772
                    24 Backup                              0x00007fff8ca937a4 _Z22HandleStartTimeMachinePK6AEDescPS_Pv + 413
                    25 AE                                  0x00007fff8e783c25 _Z20aeDispatchAppleEventPK6AEDescPS_jPh + 200
                    26 AE                                  0x00007fff8e783b03 _ZL25dispatchEventAndSendReplyPK6AEDescPS_ + 38
                    27 AE                                  0x00007fff8e7839f7 aeProcessAppleEvent + 250
                    28 HIToolbox                           0x00007fff86c20b6d AEProcessAppleEvent + 102
                    29 AppKit                              0x00007fff8933963d _DPSNextEvent + 1247
                    30 AppKit                              0x00007fff89338cf5 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 135
                    31 AppKit                              0x00007fff8933562d -[NSApplication run] + 470
                    32 AppKit                              0x00007fff895b480c NSApplicationMain + 867
                    33 Mail                                0x0000000107372d88 Mail + 888200
                    34 ???                                 0x0000000000000002 0x0 + 2
Dec 6 10:16:49 MarvinsNewiMac Mail[564]: *** -[__NSArrayM insertObject:atIndex:]: index 3 beyond bounds [0 .. 0]
Dec 6 10:16:49 MarvinsNewiMac Mail[564]: (
                    0   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff851ab286 __exceptionPreprocess + 198
                    1   libobjc.A.dylib                     0x00007fff8b8bad5e objc_exception_throw + 43
                    2   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff85152108 -[__NSArrayM insertObject:atIndex:] + 296
                    3   AppKit                              0x00007fff895bfb31 -[NSToolbar _forceInsertItem:atIndex:] + 278
                    4   AppKit                              0x00007fff895bf895 -[NSToolbar _insertItem:atIndex:notifyDelegate:notifyView:notifyFamilyAndUpdateDefaults:] + 121
                    5   AppKit                              0x00007fff895bf5d0 -[NSToolbar _insertNewItemWithItemIdentifier:atIndex:propertyListRepresentation:notifyFlags :] + 118
                    6   Mail                                0x00000001074cde2e Mail + 2309678
                    7   UnsubMailPluginMailAppOSX           0x000000010ad5ce9f -[UnsubscribeBundle usurpToolbarDelegate:] + 642
                    8   UnsubMailPluginMailAppOSX           0x000000010ad5c66b -[UnsubscribeBundle anyToolbarWillAddItem:] + 84
                    9   Foundation                          0x00007fff8d478de2 __-[NSNotificationCenter addObserver:selector:name:object:]_block_invoke_1 + 47
                    10 CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff85153e0a _CFXNotificationPost + 2634
                    11 Mail                                0x00000001072a06c5 Mail + 26309
                    12 AppKit                              0x00007fff895c32a5 postNotificationAndNotifyDelegate + 227
                    13 AppKit                              0x00007fff895bf9fe -[NSToolbar _notifyDelegate_WillAddItem:atIndex:] + 217
                    14 AppKit                              0x00007fff895bf880 -[NSToolbar _insertItem:atIndex:notifyDelegate:notifyView:notifyFamilyAndUpdateDefaults:] + 100
                    15 AppKit                              0x00007fff895bf5d0 -[NSToolbar _insertNewItemWithItemIdentifier:atIndex:propertyListRepresentation:notifyFlags :] + 118
                    16 AppKit                              0x00007fff8998493a -[NSToolbar _setCurrentItemsToItemIdentifiers:itemIndexToPlistDictionary:notifyDelegate:not ifyView:notifyFamilyAndUpdateDefaults:] + 350
                    17 AppKit                              0x00007fff895be799 -[NSToolbar _setConfigurationFromDictionary:notifyFamilyAndUpdateDefaults:upgradedConfigura tion:] + 431
                    18 Mail                                0x00000001074bf01c Mail + 2248732
                    19 Mail                                0x00000001074be94b Mail + 2246987
                    20 Mail                                0x00000001074b2b9e Mail + 2198430
                    21 Mail                                0x00000001074f696b Mail + 2476395
                    22 Mail                                0x00000001074f6ef8 Mail + 2477816
                    23 Mail                                0x0000000107463301 Mail + 1872641
                    24 Mail                                0x0000000107464324 Mail + 1876772
                    25 Backup                              0x00007fff8ca937a4 _Z22HandleStartTimeMachinePK6AEDescPS_Pv + 413
                    26 AE                                  0x00007fff8e783c25 _Z20aeDispatchAppleEventPK6AEDescPS_jPh + 200
                    27 AE                                  0x00007fff8e783b03 _ZL25dispatchEventAndSendReplyPK6AEDescPS_ + 38
                    28 AE                                  0x00007fff8e7839f7 aeProcessAppleEvent + 250
                    29 HIToolbox                           0x00007fff86c20b6d AEProcessAppleEvent + 102
                    30 AppKit                              0x00007fff8933963d _DPSNextEvent + 1247
                    31 AppKit                              0x00007fff89338cf5 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 135
                    32 AppKit                              0x00007fff8933562d -[NSApplication run] + 470
                    33 AppKit                              0x00007fff895b480c NSApplicationMain + 867
                    34 Mail                                0x0000000107372d88 Mail + 888200
                    35 ???                                 0x0000000000000002 0x0 + 2

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Hi can I restore the data from iCal from time machine?

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wrongusername wrote:
But if I transfer everything with the Setup Assistant, won't I once again be experiencing the problems I had?
If the problems were caused by your data. But that's extremely unlikely. It may have been an app, or, much more likely from your description, something corrupted in the Leopard OS. That's one of the problems with upgrading a sick system without knowing what or where the causes are. It's a bit like a brain surgeon operating on himself: if he isn't in tip-top shape to start with, his condition is likely to change, and not for the better.
Most of us would have recommended first simply doing a +*Repair Disk+* on your internal HD; if that didn't help, installing the "combo" Leopard update; if that didn't work, doing an +Archive and Install+ and re-installing the "combo."
After a clean re-install of Snow Leopard, my Mac worked fine again (except for the TM trouble). So it probably had something to do with my old files.
Probably not. Much more likely OSX was somehow damaged. And you got a whole new one.
How come I could read the files on my external HD and yet not be able to copy the files?
Time Machine uses special "deny everybody everything" permissions on it's backups, among other things, in an attempt to keep us mere mortals from moving, changing, or deleting things and corrupting them.

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Se the blue box here:
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