If I erase and install Lion, will my exisiting Time Machine Back-up be overwritten?

Since upgrading to Lion, I have experienced problems with permissions and having to repair the disk.
I have decided to do an erase and install of Lion, but would like to clarify a few things about the time machine back up.
Firstly, once the operating system has been re-installed (I do not intend to restore from backup), will my current time machine back up continue to operate or will a new back up need to take its place?
Secondly, rather than restoring from the back up (as I have alot of redundant apps), am I able to select certain apps/app data to restore? (If the answer to the above is 'Yes' then i assume that this could be done by entering time machine once I am up and running).
Thanks

First, it's unlikely that reinstalling Lion will solve your problems. But that's not the question.
If you do erase and restore, you won't lose your TM backups, but TM will need to back up all your files, even if they were previously backed up. That may result in the deletion of many snapshots to free up space.

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Erased and installed - How do I get to my back up?

Had some problems with my mac and, after discussing with AppleCare, was advised to do an Archive and Install. Did this, and it made things worse (don't ask me why, cause I don't know and neither did the AppleCare guys). So, AppleCare then advised that I erase and install, do a software update and then restore my backed up stuff (photos, files, emails, etc, etc). They specifically said not to copy the whole backed up account over because I might transfer whatever was causing the initial problems. The thing is, I cannot for the life of me figure out how to do this?? I've got a TimeCapsule acting as my router and backup. Before I blew things away, the TimeCapsule was set-up via TimeMachine. I naively thought that I would just be able to go back into TM and reconnect to my TC. TM can see the TC when I select choose backup disk, but I am worried that it will wipe out the backup if I select "Use for backup" i.e. It backs up the newly reinstalled stuff. I've looked at migration assistant, but this looks like it will only copy over Apps, Files and Library settings and not let me grab the things I want. Hoping that someone can help ?

shelfkit wrote:
but I am worried that it will wipe out the backup if I select "Use for backup" i.e. It backs up the newly reinstalled stuff.
Yes, TM's next backup will back-up all the newly reinstalled stuff (so don't turn it on until you've got your Mac back the way you want it), but it won't wipe out anything, unless it runs out of room and has to delete your oldest backups to make room for the new one.
I've looked at migration assistant, but this looks like it will only copy over Apps, Files and Library settings and not let me grab the things I want.
Migration Assistant lets you "migrate" anything except your top-level System and Library folders. What other things do you want?
You can also use TM to restore any selected files/folders from your backups.
You can choose any or all of User accounts, Applications, etc. What else do you want?

How can I erase my iMac and replace with a different MacBooks time machine back up ?

I have a 2008 iMac and it's contents are backed up on my time capsule. I want to lend the iMac to my sister. She has a 2007 MacBook that is giving her problems. Her MacBook is backed up I
On a time machine file on an external. My question is
How can I replace all the data on my iMac with her time machine back up?

Is it possible to create a new user log in on my iMac and have all the info from my sisters time machine file transfer? Then the iMac would have two users me and her?
Thanks

Set up and migration assistant can't see time machine back ups

Hi. Trying to cut this short.
I Tried installing osx 10.8. Halfway through the installation it told me I didn't have enough free space. Helpful.
i tried to restore from time machine, the back ups were viewable, but it said i couldn't as the disk was in use or couldn't be un mounted.
Ive now deleted the hard drive and reinstalled 10.7.5.
Set up couldn't restore from time machine back ups as it couldn't find them.
Ive started osx and tried to use migration assistant. It can't see the time machine back ups.
However, if I open the time machine app it can see the back ups.
I've rebooted in recovery and

Seems my text has vanished. This site is terrible on my iphone. Would expect better.
I've rebooted in recovery and tried to restore from time machine but again it won't find the back ups.

Lion Kernel Panics - will an erase and install help?

Since upgrading to Lion and iCloud I have been experiencing kernel panics on my Macmini. I'm currently troubleshooting and believe I have concluded that the my USB or Firewire attached drives (a WD My Book 2TB and a Drobo 2G respectively) are not the cause (because the kernal panics still happen when these are disconnected and not powered on). I am discounting that RAM is issue for now, because this hasn't changed since I bought the Mini in 2010.
So my investigations are focusing on software - I've already uninstalled several apps which I have read may cause issues (Logmein and WD RAID manager). I have also tried using Lion Cache Cleaner (LCC) but this in itself seems to be causing kernel panics, particulalry when using Clam AV to virus check the home and download directories. I've experienced 2 kernal panics using LCC (always at the Clam AV step) so I've given up on that.
I've tried looking at the panic logs but I can't interpret them, so I'm thinking my last option is to completely wipe my Mini hard drive and do a fresh install of Lion and rebuild my system from the ground up. Given the lack of success with my troubleshooting, and the fact that I installed Lion on top of Snow Leopard in the first instance, leads me to believe this is the safest option.
Is this the best approach or is there anything else I should try first? I have a clone and my data is backed up.

So out of the three issues I did the following:
com.DataRobotics.driver.iSCSIInitiator - I followed a procedure provided by Drobo support to completely erase and then reinstall the latest Lion Drobo Dashboard
com.Logitech.Control Centre.HID Driver - I ugraded to the latest Lion version
com.iospirit.driver.rbiokithelper - I couldn't actually find this in the location expected (~/Library/Preferences/) or anywhere else in my library for that matter. I think it was an app I must have deleted some time ago (Remote Buddy). So I downloaded the latest version of Remote Buddy for Lion, thinking that I could install and then unistall that to remove the driver. However, I did find the following kext which I removed (/System/Library/Extensions/RBIOKitHelper.kext)
I decided this was enough so I retested everything by running a complete TimeMachine backup. Unfortunately I got another kernel panic this morning. From the log below it looks like the Logitech driver has updated. The datarobitics (Drobo) driver looks the same but I'm assuming this is ok for now as I completely reinstalled it, so that leaves me with com.iospirit.driver.rbiokithelper as the culprit. I've just got to find the d*mn thing to delete it!! When I do I'll try a backup again, and failing that, erase and install Lion.
Obviously I can't really interpret the error log, but is there anything else which may be causing the issue?
Thu Nov 3 06:29:38 2011
panic(cpu 1 caller 0xffffff80002c266d): Kernel trap at 0xffffff800028fff0, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x0000000080010033, CR2: 0x0000000040000028, CR3: 0x0000000022ab1000, CR4: 0x0000000000000660
RAX: 0x0000000000000001, RBX: 0x0000000000262000, RCX: 0xffffff800c9c0740, RDX: 0x000000000004e163
RSP: 0xffffff8078c63640, RBP: 0xffffff8078c63660, RSI: 0x00000000258f96a0, RDI: 0xffffff80042010b0
R8: 0xffffff800de3a858, R9: 0x0000000000000000, R10: 0xffffff8078c63eb8, R11: 0xffffff80002d8220
R12: 0xffffff80042010b0, R13: 0xffffff800cce9808, R14: 0xffffff8013c97720, R15: 0x0000000040000000
RFL: 0x0000000000010206, RIP: 0xffffff800028fff0, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010
CR2: 0x0000000040000028, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Faulting CPU: 0x1
Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff8078c63300 : 0xffffff8000220702
0xffffff8078c63380 : 0xffffff80002c266d
0xffffff8078c63520 : 0xffffff80002d7a1d
0xffffff8078c63540 : 0xffffff800028fff0
0xffffff8078c63660 : 0xffffff800028bcb5
0xffffff8078c63970 : 0xffffff800056e62b
0xffffff8078c639b0 : 0xffffff80002ee08d
0xffffff8078c63b20 : 0xffffff80002eed4f
0xffffff8078c63d50 : 0xffffff80004eac99
0xffffff8078c63dc0 : 0xffffff8000318e4d
0xffffff8078c63e10 : 0xffffff800031066b
0xffffff8078c63e60 : 0xffffff8000561711
0xffffff8078c63ef0 : 0xffffff8000561cf7
0xffffff8078c63f50 : 0xffffff80005caa9b
0xffffff8078c63fb0 : 0xffffff80002d8363
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: backupd
Mac OS version:
11C74
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 11.2.0: Tue Aug 9 20:54:00 PDT 2011; root:xnu-1699.24.8~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 59275DFA-10C0-30B3-9E26-F7B5DFB1A432
System model name: Macmini3,1 (Mac-F22C86C8)
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Trouble with Time Machine (runs constantly). Erase and install?

Trouble with Time Machine (runs constantly). Tried re-installation (equivalent of archive install) of Snow Leopard. Time Machine still unable to complete a back-up. Erase and install recommended at Genius Bar. Have backed up data to external HD using Super Duper. Should be a bootable backup. Last successful backup through Time Machine was 6/1/11. Not sure if I can access this back-up if I erase and re-install.
Computer shipped with Tiger (7/2007). Have original disks. Now running Snow Leopard. So: erase HD, install Tiger, then update to Snow Leopard? Start-up from Tiger disks does not appear to work (starting up holding "C" key). Suggestions? Want very much to transfer data to new iMac, but do not want to carry bugs forward. Very nervous about erasing HD. And have the questions above about reinstalling system software.
Advice desired! Thanks.

Well if you can hold option and boot off the Superdupes clone and it works fine then you should be set to do what you need to do to the original boot drive.
Disconnect all drives and c boot off the Snow Leopard install disk, use Disk Utility to Erase > format HFS+ journaled your internal boot drive.
Quit and reinstall OS X Snow Leopard, setup (do not use Setup/Migration Assitant!) and update to 10.6.8
When you setup the new install, use the same hard drive name and user name as you did before.
Now the free iLife that came on the Tiger disks you won't get naturally, but you can pick them off the disk with the shareware program called Pacifist.
install your programs from fresh sources, this way you don't get the "crap" from the older setup.
Once your machine is up and going. Hook up the clone and transfer your user folders over manually. With iTunes just replace the whole folder. Because you kept the same user and boot drive name as before, the playlists should be fine.
Once your all peachy, take the opportunity to clone this new setup to a external drive, label and disconnect.
Make another clone for day to day, or week to week clone updates and your just a hold option boot away for recovery.
You know Superdupes and Carbon Copy Cloner both have auto-scedualing/updating ability, so you can leave them plugged in and it will perform a update so your clone stays fresh and recent.
But you should keep a clone timed back about a couple of weeks back just in case you install something bad and don't learn about it right away.

HD not an option to erase and install on

I have been working through a problem with my 1.5 year old Powerbook over the past few weeks. I was first told I had to archive and install but when I tried that an error message told me that the disk was too damaged. I got my hands on a copy of the disk warrior boot disk and was able to retrieve all the files I wanted to save, but the program was unable to rebuild the disk.
Now I am prepared to erase and install, but when it comes time to select a volume to install to, nothing shows up. (this is the third step of the install process, before I actually choose erase and install vs. archive/install). does erasing through disk utility make it possible to install OSX again without taking up all my space? are there any other options to look into before taking my computer to a store or something and getting the hard drive replaced?

Can you start/boot the computer from your hard drive boot volume?
If so, after the startup process is complete, go to Application > Utilities > Disk Utility.
Launch Disk Utility and select the hard drive at the very top of the drives and volumes window.
Under the First Aid tab, what does the S.M.A.R.T. status indicate at the bottom of the window?
If anything other than Verified, your hard drive is failing or has failed and needs to be replaced.
If the S.M.A.R.T. status for the hard drive is shown as Verified, quit Disk Utility and boot the compute from your Tiger install disc.
Select your language and at the Installer screen/prompt, navigate to Disk Utility via the Installer menu bar.
If you are unable to boot the computer from your hard drive boot volume, select the hard drive at the very top of the drives and volumes window and under the First Aid tab, check the S.M.A.R.T. status. If shown as Verified, you need to erase the hard drive using Disk Utility. Be sure HFS+ (or extended) is selected as the format with Journaling enabled.
When completed, quit Disk Utility and the focus will return to the Installer.
Try performing an Erase & Install again.

Am I safe to Erase and Install

I did a back up with Carbon Copy Cloner 3. I think I am able to boot of it (did once though system preferences could see difference in the booted machine apart from my external harddrive buzzing like crazy good sight I gues).
If I fire up Migration assistant still in Tiger my backup volume shows up as an option. I didn't proceed.
My question is am I ready for erase and install? Will the Migration assistant transfer my Matlab installation? Cause I lost install disk. Will it transfer the rest of applications and preferences? Cause it will be a pain to reinstall. I have exams coming up.
When I boot of Leopard install cd I have yellow question mark on my harddrive saying erase will be required. Why?
ps. I have Ubuntu installed as well on other partition and I have rEFIt as well.

I would NOT trust Migration Assistant to transfer my apps successfully. Simpler apps which are completely self-contained within /Applications will be migrated without problem. However, more complex apps - particularly those which are part of a suite (e.g. Office) - place additional binary files in places like /Library/Frameworks so that all of the sub-apps can share common code. Migration Assistant knows nothing about these additional files or their locations and won't migrate these apps in their entirety. You may have to do a lot of searching & guessing to get all of the disparate parts back in the right places.
A simplistic rule of thumb: if an app or suite comes with an uninstaller, then it has scattered important pieces of itself all over your hard drive.

Must erase and install as only option?

I've tried to install Leopard from DVD and received the message that the only install option is "Erase and Install". My mac info is
Machine Name: PowerBook G4 15"
Machine Model: PowerBook5,6
CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (1.2)
Number Of CPUs: 1
CPU Speed: 1.5 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB
Memory: 1 GB
Bus Speed: 167 MHz
Boot ROM Version: 4.9.1f1
I don't understand why I can't install. Any ideas? Hints of alternative approaches?
Thanks in advance.

octafish wrote:
I hate to be nitpicky, but I'm fairly certain erase and install is always available as an option. Erase and Install may become the only option after a "bad install" but it's always available under options as far as I know.
You are absolutely correct. After the language screen there is an Option button on the lower left.
If you select it you will see the default is "upgrade" and the A&I and E&I are there, as well. It's a matter of attention to details. Leave nothing to chance.
If the install offers only erase and install, don't believe it. Find out why and fix it. It's only a problem to be solved.
Message was edited by: nerowolfe

I am preparing to sell my 2007 intel iMac. Erase and Install

Guessing that when i do an erase and install it will go back to the OS that it came with.. Presently running OS 10.9. what disks will i need to get it back to mavericks before i sell it ? want to be on 10.9.. I can remember from other computers that you cant just go from say 10.5 to 10.9 .. thanks

Amybest222 wrote:
... what disks will i need to get it back to mavericks before i sell it ?
You cannot Sell it with Mavericks Installed... You will need to Restore the Computer to Factory Settings and Install the OS X that it Originally Shipped with.
Apple What to do before selling or giving away your Mac
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5189?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
More Info Here > Prepare a Mac For Sale

Just done the 'Erase and Install', I can't find the Hard Drive I backed up my files on?

I have just done the 'Erase and Install' process, but before I did, I backed up my files to an External Hard Drive using Time Machine. I have now restored my Mac and gone through the Erase and Install process, but now, when I plug in my external hard drive, I cant find it anywhere? I've tried quite a few things, but no luck! Also, what has happened to iMovie and iPhoto and all those Applications?! They have dissapeared!

GeorgeRollo wrote:
I have just done the 'Erase and Install' process, but before I did, I backed up my files to an External Hard Drive using Time Machine.
That should mean that all of your data on the MBP is backed up to an external HDD.
- Yes, should be. But when I plug it in the Mac, no menu or pop up comes up. Showing what to do next.
I have now restored my Mac and gone through the Erase and Install process, but now, when I plug in my external hard drive,
If you restored your internal drive with Time Machine, did you then ERASE and install? What did you erase and what were you installing? What is on the external HDD that has the Time Machine backup on it?
- I talked to the Customer Support and they said just erase the Startup Disk or something? So I did. Because I basically just wanted to restore my Mac.
I cant find it anywhere?
What is it?
- The External Hard Drive when I plug it in.
I've tried quite a few things, but no luck!
What are 'quite a few things'?
- Things that I have researched like going into 'Finder' then going into 'Preferences', 'General', then ticking 'Hard Drive' under the option of 'Show these items on the desktop:'
what has happened to iMovie and iPhoto and all those Applications?! They have dissapeared!
I would think that they should be on the Time Machine backup (assuming the external HDD has not been erased) if not the internal HDD.
- Hopefully if I can figure out this.

Lion Time Machine back up to external.

Will TM in Lion wipe out all the files in my external if I use it as a back up disk? The external HDD has Windows NT Filesystem as the format and I use Paragon NTFS write into the disk. I notice that I can select my external as a TM backup now compare to Snow Leopard which requires the disk the be reformat.
Thanks.

You can select it, but if it says "reformat required" it will erase and reformat. See #21 in Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions.

HD failure with neither time machine back-up or OSX install working

Hi,
I recently had the OEM HD fail on my Mac book pro resulting in the blinking folder question mark on startup. I purchased a new intel SSD to replace it and it installed it in the laptop. I then performed the command + r on boot and went through the system recovery from network. This seemed to be working fine at first and I was able to open the disk utility after load, I created a single partition on the SSD and then was able to verify successfully. I then closed this window and tried to restore from a time machine back up on an external hard drive. About 30 seconds after it started, it returned an error saying that it was unsuccessful and to restart the computer. I accepted and then it rebooted.
I power cycled the system and again tried the command + r on reboot. This time I first erased the new SSD from the disk utility and then proceeded to create the partition. This time I tried the option to load the OSX and did not plug in the external HD. It began to download from the network and looked to be working fine. However, at some point about 1.5-2 hours later it looks like the system reset itself and came up with the flashing folder with a question mark.
When I power cycled the system for a third time to check the disk again it gives a white screen and command + r does not do anything. I tried resetting the PRAM which the system responded to the option+ command+ p+r and rebooted but it still returns to this white screen. In order to check if it was the SSD that was the problem I opened the computer again and disconnected the SATA cable from the SSD. Then with the SSD disconnected at boot I was able to attempt a system recovery from network using the command + r.
Does anyone have any advice or did I just end up ruining the $200 SSD?
Thanks in advance.

Followed the directions on this page and it worked!
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1102423
Part One - Turn on SSH (in the admin panel)
[1] Go to to http://mybookworld.local
[2] login: username will be admin, password will be whatever you have setup. If you can't remember it should be in your Mac OS X keychain (Utilities > Keychain Access, search for "mybookworld"). If you have not changed if from the default the password will be admin as well.
[3] Switch to advanced mode.
[4] From the System tab, pick Advanced.
[5] Enable SSH Access, and click submit.
[6] Click on the network tab and then the LAN button
[7] Make a note of the IP address
Small, maybe obvious, but nevertheless important point: For the install to work, your NAS needs to be connected to a router with internet access.
Part Two - Install netatalk2.2
[8] Open Terminal.app (Utilities > Terminal)
[9] Enter the following command (substitute in 127.0.0.1 for the actual IP address you noted down in step 7), then hit return:
Code:
ssh [email protected]
[10] When prompted, enter the ssh password (will be welc0me).
[11] You are now going to download the installer. Enter the following command, then hit return:
Code:
wget http://mybookworld.wikidot.com/local--files/netatalk2-2-on-whitelight/install_netatalk.sh -O install_netatalk.sh
[12] Once completed, you will need to run the installer. Type:
Code:
sh install_netatalk.sh
[13] You will be asked a number of question during install, answer yes to all. When asked about the "DHX2 login process", I opted to install the modified version, so I can confirm it works.
[14] Once the box has restarted, you should be able to connect to your afp shares and continue to use Time Machine.

Does Time Machine back up my Bookmarks, Favourites, my tool bar etc and that sort of thing ?

I'm backing up my Macbook Pro on Time Machine prior to installing Snow Leopard. Does Time Machine back up things like my internet bookmarks, as well as my Toolbar ones? If not, what should I do?

It backs up everything. If you were to use it with Migration Assistant after a clean install, it should bring everything back. If you have an external drive though, a clone of the existing drive before a major upgrade is always a good idea. That way you could easily go back to exactly what you have now if you had a problem. Carbon Copy Cloner is the best solution for that.

Late 2011 MacBook Pro stuck at spinning wheel of death after a Thunderbolt issue, HD erasing and fresh Lion install from Recovery HD. Please help me!!!

So, I think the title says it all, but to give you a little more info:
I connected my late 2011 MacBook Pro to my TV using a Thunderbolt HDMI adapter, and closed the lid. When I opened it, it wouldn't show the login screen, so I restarted using power button. Got stuck at the Apple logo with the spinning wheel. So I booted the Recovery HD and found out it was a HD problem, so I (reluctantly) erased the HD and installed Lion from scratch. When it rebooted (after DOWNLOADING the Lion components) I got some terminal commands (sorry for not being more specific, still a noob when it comes to Mac) and then the screen faded and a message appeared saying I needed to reboot the computer. So I did. 3 effing times. Then I got stuck AGAIN at the spinning wheel, and I'm currently with that on my screen. I'm trying the forums before calling Apple (my computer's still within the 90 days of warranty) because it's not yet 9 A.M. where I live

can you go back to recovery mode then open disk utility.
in disk utility, higlight the disk, the one saying the brand and size then click on repair disk under first aid tab
if it repairs fine, that's okay
if repair was not successful, go to partition and change current to 1 partition then apply
install lion again
hope this helps

If I erase and install Lion, will my exisiting Time Machine Back-up be overwritten?

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