Is it possible to reinstall Snow Leopard without a Time Machine backup?

I have Lion but I absolutely loathe everything about it and want Snow Leopard back; I have my SL install disk but everything I've read says I'll need a Time Machine backup which I don't have. If I try to downgrade, will I lose all my programs and things? Is there a way around that at all?

Unfortunately, Time Machine will not backup a NAS (e.g. AirDisk). AirDisk can be used as a TM backup drive as you have already discovered. The only way to backup the iTunes library on your HDD is to connected directly to your Mac. TM will be able to back up to your 1TB HDD connected to your Extreme. If you are dead set with keeping your iTunes connected to your Extreme, I believe CarbonCopyCloner (donateware) or SuperDuper! (purchase) may support backup of a NAS to a NAS.
P.S. I've notified the moderator to remove your second post.

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Restore data (iTunes Library, Photo's, files etc.) to Snow Leopard from a Time Machine backup made on OSX Lion?

Hi,
I have OSX Lion and have been backing up to Time Machine, I now want to do a clean install of Snow Leopard (not from backup), but can I restore my data (iTunes Library, Photo's, files etc.) to Snow Leopard from a Time Machine backup made on OSX Lion?
Thanks.

You should be able to restore iTunes and iPhoto files if the Lion system was running the same version of those applications that you'll have on the Snow Leopard system. However, you won't be able to restore files for applications like Mail, Address Book, or Safari, as the versions of those won't match.

Issue installing Snow Leopard thru the Time Machine backup.

Might be a beginners Q, but I will ask because it's not being solved somehow.
I've tried installing the 10.6 Snow Leopard a few times but am confused. First time I installed without restoring the whole Mac HD from a backup few days ago (which I want to do because it is having trouble with my current Mac HD settings. I did this for the 2nd attempt)
When I did this, though I probably had every file there, I had major problems with my permissions(some files don't let me access says I have no permission) Also it was like the whole setting I had in 10.5.8 was gone.... What I thought is if I did a upgrade, everything will stay the same and all that will happen is it will become 10.6 snow leopard.
So next I restarted with inserting SL disk, and restarted the computer to install the SL and also restore my system from few days ago from time machine backup. This started and it did the restoration, and when everything is done, it is back to my 10.5.8 setting I want....but no 10.6 upgrade done(ie still 10.5.8) I am so confused. I did all this with my snow leopard disk but no upgrade happened!!
Am I missing some step? If someone can point out something that will be great.
Thank you,
n

Glenn Carter wrote:
First, what OS version were you running before you attempted the first restore? Approximately, what was the date and time of the last Time Machine backup before you attempted the first restore? That is the backup snapshot you want to aim for if you attempt another restore. However...
...have you permitted Time Machine to resume backups since the first restore attempt? If "No", then good. Do the following:
a. Wipe the drive again.
b. Install SL from the DVD (Do Not perform a "Restore..."), just a simple install of SL.
c. At the end, when given the opportunity to migrate your user accounts & apps from your Time Machine backup do it. If the most recent TM backups contained your most up-to-date user account, then it should migrate the most recent data & apps.
d. Then use Software Update to bring the system up-to-date.
If, however, you have permitted Time Machine to resume backups since your first restore attempt (described in your original post) then the user account you are after is no longer available for migration. You will need to do the following:
a. Using the SL DVD, perform a "Restore System form Backup...". Make sure you go back and pick the correct date and time that represented your user account before you performed the first restore (described in your original post). It should bring your system back to what it was before but only if you choose the correct date and time.
Any further questions?
Glenn Carter wrote:
First, what OS version were you running before you attempted the first restore? Approximately, what was the date and time of the last Time Machine backup before you attempted the first restore? That is the backup snapshot you want to aim for if you attempt another restore. However...
...have you permitted Time Machine to resume backups since the first restore attempt? If "No", then good. Do the following:
a. Wipe the drive again.
b. Install SL from the DVD (Do Not perform a "Restore..."), just a simple install of SL.
c. At the end, when given the opportunity to migrate your user accounts & apps from your Time Machine backup do it. If the most recent TM backups contained your most up-to-date user account, then it should migrate the most recent data & apps.
d. Then use Software Update to bring the system up-to-date.
If, however, you have permitted Time Machine to resume backups since your first restore attempt (described in your original post) then the user account you are after is no longer available for migration. You will need to do the following:
a. Using the SL DVD, perform a "Restore System form Backup...". Make sure you go back and pick the correct date and time that represented your user account before you performed the first restore (described in your original post). It should bring your system back to what it was before but only if you choose the correct date and time.
Any further questions?
<<<<First, what OS version were you running before you attempted the first restore?
It was 10.5.8
And the rest it was confusing and before I read your post I have gone to the apple store late afternoon today.
I explained the above and I was suspecting the permissions deal was causing the problem. What the mac guy did was went to some option to repair my user account permissions and everything worked out!!
When the guy did this I had the 10.6 system with lotta files having permission problems and also lotta small settings gone. But when repairing the user account permissions, all the settings came back and the os was 10.6!
Bottom line I think I screwed up account settings bad, and that was causing the problem.
thanks again glenn for all your help. If all goes wrong again, I will definitely follow some of the advice you mentioned here(^^)
cheers,
n

Does OS X Server 10.6 Snow Leopard support client Time-Machine backups

Hello,
Does OS X Server 10.6 Snow Leopard support multiple clients(20+) Time-Machine backups via LAN?
Thanks,
-Mike

mausimo wrote:
If the 20 users had 500GB hard drives and were planning on filling them, wouldn't i theoretically only need double the space to backup their computers?
I'm not quite sure what you mean by this. If your 20 users had 500GB hard drives, then your total HD capacity would be 10,000GB, or 10TB. Double would be 20TB, which is more than I recommended. The 15TB (1.5 x the amount of data you would theoretically be backing up) would be plenty.
That said, the DroboPro has a maximum of 16TB using currently available 2TB drives, so I would feel confident in recommending that to you. Realistically, your users probably aren't all going to fill their hard drives to capacity, so you might find you need even less.
If I were you, I would look at how much data is on each hard drive right now, add it all up, multiply it by 1.5, then throw in an extra TB for good measure. I would only purchase enough drives to handle that capacity. As your users take up more space, you can order more drives and add them to the DroboPro.
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I hope this helps!

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I upgraded from Snow Leopard (OSX 10.6.8) and upgraded to Mavericks but the Time Machine was not turned on. Is there anyway to downgrade back to Snow Leopard?
I contacted Apple Support and was told that it is not advisable to format the drive and do a clean install using Snow Leopard installation Cd's since Mavericks made changes to the hardware on the iMac. They advise using time Machine to downgrade, but this option is not available to me. Is this true?? Or can I re-install Snow Leopard with no issues?
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Is it possible to reinstall Snow Leopard, removing Lion, without reformatting the hard drive or losing data?

Since I've installed Lion on my early 2009 model iMac, it runs really slow and sometimes is unresponsive. I'm thinking of reinstalling Snow Leopard, removing Lion, but want to know if anyone has done this and experienced any problems or data loss.

samberl wrote:
Reinstalling your OSX is a very simple exercise. I just would not do it from a TM backup.
He already has Time Machine backups.
Reformat, reinstall OSX Snow Leopard and then restore your applications, settings and user directories
You can do most of that, but "complex" 3rd-party applications (typically, ones that came with their own installers) must be reinstalled from the original discs. See Transferring Applications for details.
And don't restore the default Apple apps -- most (or all) of the Lion versions won't work on Snow Leopard.
Other apps (iLife, iWork, 3rd-party) that were updated or purchased after the Lion installation also may not work on Snow Leoaprd.
In addition, there will be problems with some Snow Leopard apps that won't work with the different file/folder structure used on Lion. Mail is one, for sure.
Much faster than TM machine,
Should take about the same time as from a clone.
you should be up and running in an hour or two.
Depending on how much there is, and especially how many complex apps, that may be rather optimistic.
Save yourself a bundle by not buying a new iMac.
Absolutely (although that didn't seem serious).

Restore to Snow Leopard from Lion Time Machine

Hello,
I want to downgrade from OS X Lion to Snow Leopard (due to numerou reasons being discussed all around). Problem is, after upgrading to Lion, I erased my Snow Leopard Time Machine backup, and created a new one while running Lion (I edited a lot of files and stuff). My question is once I downgrade to SL, using the method of erasing the HDD completely and doing a fresh install, can I restore my backup from the Time Machine created in Lion? If no, then how can I access my files and folders in Snow Leopard then.
Sorry if this has ben posted in the wrong section, but I would appreciate some help on this.
Cheers
~n~

Downgrade Lion to Snow Leopard
1. Boot from your Snow Leopard Installer Disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu.
2. After DU loads select your 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.
4. Quit DU and return to the installer. Install Snow Leopard.
This will erase the whole drive so be sure to backup your files if you don't have a backup already. If you have performed a TM backup using Lion be aware that you cannot restore from that backup in Snow Leopard. I suggest you make a separate backup using Carbon Copy Cloner 3.4.1.

Clean install - reinstall data & settings from last time machine backup

My machine is really slow, the beach ball is spinning all too often - it's time for a clean install Snow Leopard
I have already done a final time machine backup. I want to restore email and accounts, safari settings, iTunes music and Document files - nothing else.
How do I do this without reinstalling the whole backup I've just made? Can I easily cherry pick the bits I want?
Thanks in advance
Matt

MATT-MAC wrote:
My machine is really slow, the beach ball is spinning all too often - it's time for a clean install Snow Leopard
I agree with Barry; that's rarely very helpful on OSX. See below for some suggestions.
I have already done a final time machine backup. I want to restore email and accounts, safari settings, iTunes music and Document files - nothing else.
How do I do this without reinstalling the whole backup I've just made? Can I easily cherry pick the bits I want?
To a degree, yes. See #15 in [Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions|http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/FAQ.html] (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of this forum), for the procedure to restore selected items, and #28 for the location of some common data files.
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One frequent cause of performance problems is simple: not enough free space on your OSX disk. If there's less than about 15% free (perhaps less on a large drive), your Mac will probably begin to slow down noticeably.
Another is "leftovers" from applications that weren't completely deleted. One clue to that, among other possible problems, is the size of your logs. See the green box in [OSX Log Files|http://web.me.com/pondini/AppleTips/Logs.html]. If yours are large, it will show you how to find and deal with the culprits.
Another is running anti-virus software on OSX. Other than ClamXav, most of it is not only unnecessary, but more of a problem than having a virus! See Thomas Reed's [Mac Virus Guide|http://www.reedcorner.net/thomas/guides/macvirus].
If you suspect an actual problem with your installation of OSX, start by downloading and installing the 10.6.5 "combo" update. That's the cleverly-named combination of all the updates to Snow Leopard since it was first released, so installing it should fix anything that's gone wrong since then, such as with one of the normal "point" updates. Info and download available at: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1324 Be sure to do a +Repair Permissions+ via Disk Utility (in your Applications/Utilities folder) afterwards.
If that doesn't help, reinstall OSX from your Snow Leopard Install disc (that won't affect anything else), then apply the "combo" again.
Also see:
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/performance.html
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/lackofram.html

How to reinstall snow leopard without install disc

Hi guys,
I recently took my computer in to an authorised repairer (MyMac Flinders St., Melbourne Australia) to get my LCD screen replaced under warranty, as it had developed a yellow line running down the right hand side of the screen. Whilst it was in the shop I decided to have a new 1TB hard drive put in, and get the OS updated to Snow Leopard (they loaded it up, I did not get install disc). Since then, I have had massive problems with my computer. The computer sometimes would not turn on, turn off, or simply freeze. I took the computer back in and was told it was a software issue, so they did a format reinstall, and told me the problem was fixed. Within hours of getting the computer home, the same problem occurred. I took it back, was told the same thing, and with the same end result (computer not working). I then took it into the Apple store in Chadstone Melbourne, and was told it was the hard drive that was at fault, and not the software at all. I then tried to get the hard drive replaced through MyMac Flinders St., as I now thought it might be the hard drive that was the problem, and with great reluctance and many minutes on the phone they finally agreed. I had big problems getting this agreed to, because my computer was now out of warranty. So, I guess this is a two part question:
1. I've got the computer back now, with the new hard drive, and it seemed to be working fine, but i've since discovered my phone was not syncing up correctly, and was told by Apple support to check my iSync.. to which I was greeted with the error message "iSync can't be launched iSync Manager not available" to which Apple support gave me a step by step instruction download to fix:
In the Finder, choose Utilities from the Go menu.
Open Terminal.
In the Terminal window that opens, type or paste the following command on a single line:
/System/Library/Frameworks/SyncServices.framework/Versions/A/Resources/resetsync .pl full
Press Return.
When the operation is complete quit Terminal
The only problem being.. the Apple Terminal was missing. The program logo was there, but unable to launch. I figure my best bet will be to do a reinstall of Snow Leopard, but I am unsure of how to do this without the physical install disc. I have a backup on an external hard drive.
2. With my computer being now out of AppleCare warranty, I would like to know my options if this problem is unfixable, as my computer was fine before I took it into the authorised repairer, and also in warranty. I don't think I should wear the financial costs of replacing this computer.
Your help would be greatly appreciated.
Steve

I assumed it was normal to load up an OS without giving the disk..
Absolutely not.
Are you 100% sure they have acted outside the law here?
If you are absolutely sure that they didn't give you a disk, then yes, what they have done is essentially software piracy. Of course, it could simply be construed as a mistake. It is not unusual, however careless it might be, for repair folks to assume you were running SL when they reinstall your system.
However, if you specifically asked them to upgrade you to SL, as it sounds like you did, and they charged you a fee for that upgrade but didn't give you a disk, then that's theft pure and simple.
Oh, and that link you sent for AHT.. It's telling me I'd have to have the install disk to run the hardware test. Is there a way to do it without the disk?
It requires one of the gray disks that shipped with your machine, not the retail SL disk that you don't have. If you have misplaced those disks, then you're a bit hosed... Apple will replace the gray disks for a small fee, and that's the only way you're going to get AHT.
Newer machines apparently have a small hidden partition with the AHT boot system on it, but if your machine didn't ship with SL, I don't think it'll be one of those.

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