Restoring Entire System

My four-year-old hard drive (250gig) crashed. I have purchased and installed a Seagate Momentus Hybrid (750gig). I have partitioned it for the "Macintosh HD." I have booted from a USB flash drive with OSX Lion on it.
My question is, do I need to reinstall the OSX on the drive before I restore from my Time Machine backup, or do I simply select my backup for restoring? In other words, will the restore also restore the OSX operating system?
Thanks for your input.

Unless you told Time Machine not to back up the Mac OS X system, it'll be restored.
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Restoring Entire System with Time Capsule

Hello,
I configured my Time Capsule with custom user accounts (AirPort Utility -> Disks -> File Sharing -> Secure Shared Disks: with Accounts). I think this may be causing a problem with selecting a backup source for an entire system restore to a re-formatted disk.
I am trying to follow the steps detailed in item #14 of this forum's FAQ but not having luck. I get to step "e" and on the "Select a Backup Source" dialog I am presented with the correct ("volume" on network "time_capsule") option. The "Continue" button is disabled and the "Connect to remote disk" button brings up a logon dialog with "System Administrator" pre-populated as the user. It does not accept the password I assigned to the Time Capsule, so I type the custom user name and password and it seems to authenticate successfully but then drops me back to the "Select a Backup Source" with the "Continue" button still disabled.
So my problem is that I can't locate the Time Machine backup. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Mickey
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OscrDGrch wrote:
Hello,
I configured my Time Capsule with custom user accounts (AirPort Utility -> Disks -> File Sharing -> Secure Shared Disks: with Accounts). I think this may be causing a problem with selecting a backup source for an entire system restore to a re-formatted disk.
That's probably right. You're more likely to find someone who knows how to deal with that in the +Time Capsule+ forum, hiding in the +Digital Life+ section, at: http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1253

Restoring entire system from a backup

For future use, I am interested in restoring my entire system, but I am confused with the following directions:
"With your backup drive connected, start up your Mac from the Recovery system (Command-R at startup) or Mac OS X v10.6 installation disc. Then use the "Restore From Time Machine Backup" utility"
My mac book pro did not come with a Mac OS X v10.6 installation disc, so I'm not sure how to go about restoring my entire system. What is a Mac OS X v10.6 installation disc?

Banaple wrote:
My mac book pro did not come with a Mac OS X v10.6 installation disc, so I'm not sure how to go about restoring my entire system. What is a Mac OS X v10.6 installation disc?
That is the Snow Leopard installation disk used on older MBPs. It does not apply to a MBP that came with Mt. Lion installed such as yours.
Ciao.

Restore entire system from a Time Capsule backup?

Can anyone help me restore my entire system (MacBook Pro, os x 10.5.8) from a set date in time using Time Machine. I use a Time Capsule wifi for back-ups. I have found lots of tutorials and how to's that say it can be done, but none which actually spell out how to do it step by step if you're not changing Macs or using a more modern operating system. I've been to two Apple stores with all of my equipment and the instructions from the Genius Bar haven't worked when I get home to start the back-up. One Apple store wiped my iPhone and restored and synched it to a store laptop when I had my own with me, so now those don't synch or recognize each other and I've lost all my iTunes settings. The second store said I needed to restore my Mac with a snapshot from my HD, which seems like the place I'm restoring to, not restoring from.
I want to first ensure TM is backing up to the Time Capsule and not to my Mac before I do a complete restore. The store seemed to indicate that TM was backing up to the Mac. Every Apple tutorial reads that the Time Machine recognizes it is connected to a Time Capsule and after initial setup "just takes care of itself," so this is a surprise to me and I want to triple-check my files and the snapshots in time are on an external Time Capsule. The settings in Time Capsule all look fine, but I can't tell if it's the actual back-up drive. When I go into TM I see the dates on the right hand side, but none are pink as some tutorials read they should be? Is that a new addition with later operating systems.
The problem started when I was trying to synch and charge my iPhone routinely. During the synch I received a software update window that read I should update the latest iWork software updates. So I clicked yes. Then a window popped up reading I needed to download the latest iPhone software updates, so I said yes. After two hours of downloading and installing my iPhone screen went black, read I needed to plug into iTunes, which it was. And when I unplugged and plugged it back in to the Mac and iTunes it read my only option was to Restore to factory settings. I immediately shut everything down and went to the Apple store and when I got back home iTunes doesn't open on the Mac. The phone is on a different system than the Mac. My iCal and Address book files are corrupted, missing information, some records are duplicated. And all of my photos in iPhoto are all dated with the same date from 9 months ago. The photos from recently are in the Library, but the date informaton is corrupt.
From what I'm reading I can restore the computer to what it looked like in a point in time when I know everything looked and synched correctly, a few days before the problem without losing too much data? Can anybody shed some light on this? Thanks so much.

smnolmagic wrote:
Can anyone help me restore my entire system (MacBook Pro, os x 10.5.8) from a set date in time using Time Machine.
See Time Machine - Frequently Asked Question #14 for all the gory details.
The second store said I needed to restore my Mac with a snapshot from my HD, which seems like the place I'm restoring to, not restoring from.
There may be a misunderstanding there -- effective with Lion, Time Machine does make "Local snapshots" on the internal HD of laptop Macs, so they're available when your regular TM backups aren't. But you can't do a full restore from them.
And since you're still on Leopard, the only way to have backups on your internal HD would be if you'd created a separate partition on it and directed TM to back up there, instead of to your Time Capsule.
Since Lion has been out for about 18 months, the AppleStore folks may have forgotten (or never known) the differences from Leopard and Snow Leopard.
I want to first ensure TM is backing up to the Time Capsule and not to my Mac before I do a complete restore.
Use the Time Machine Browser (the "Star Wars" display) to see your backups. You might want to review the Time Machine Tutorial, and perhaps browse Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions.
When I go into TM I see the dates on the right hand side, but none are pink as some tutorials read they should be? Is that a new addition with later operating systems.
Yes, that's a change effective with Lion. The "Local Snapshots" are shown in white, backups on an external HD, Time Capsule, etc., in pink. But on Leopard, all you'll see is white. See Time Machine - Frequently Asked Question #15A for details.
From what I'm reading I can restore the computer to what it looked like in a point in time when I know everything looked and synched correctly, a few days before the problem without losing too much data?
Yes, per #14 in the FAQ as above. Once that's done, you can then selectively restore more-current items from subsequent backups, if you want.
However, note that, on Leopard, doing a full system restore makes your internal HD look like it's an entirely different disk to OSX and Time Machine. Once you're running on the restored version, you'll need the procedure in #E3 of Time Machine - Troubleshooting to see the backups from the "old" disk.
Also, when you do the next backup, it will be a full one -- everything you just put back on the disk will be backed-up in full. That will take a long time and probably a lot of space on the TM drive.

HT201250 Will restoring entire system revert to previous OS?

I recently took my Mac Book Pro to be fixed since it wasn't starting up correctly. They solved the problem by re-installing the OS. The only downside is they were able to back up all of my documents, but none of my applications.
I keep an updated Time Machine backup and I would like to attempt to restore my applications that way.
My question is: If I restore my entire system using Time Machine, will this cause it to revert to the previous OS (which caused the problems in the first place)? (Note: If I rememeber correctly, the OS version from the back up was v10.5.8 and the one they installed is v10.6.8)

See Pondini's TM FAQs for starters.

Need help restoring entire system

Last night I decided to upgrade the harddrive in my iMac and then use Time Machine to restore my system. However, I ran into a bit of a snag. When I go to restore I have to select the file I want to restore from. Time Machine states that it only shows "complete backups", however I find this very inaccurate as the list showed every single backup for each hour they were created. If I selected the last backup it wouldn't copy anything, reboot and hang until it loaded the cd again. I then selected the first backup since I know it contained the entire system. That worked fine, however, obviously I had made several changes since the first backup. Most of my apps are missing as well as all file changes that were made. I can't find a way to simply restore my system to the last state it was in. If I reboot and tell it to restore the last backup it erases the drive and ofcourse there are no files for it to copy over. How do I get my system to look exactly like it did prior to changing the hard drive? There has to be a way to do this using Time Machine since they claim you can restore your system after a hard drive failure.

Just to clarify what I did. I booted using the DVD and can successfully restore my system from a Time Machine backup, however, I can only restore using the first backup Time Machine makes (where it backs up the entire system). What I can't get it to do is restore from the last backup point. So basically I can restore my system to look like it did on October 26th, but I can't restore it to look like it did yesterday. The problem with that is not only am I not able to see applications I have installed since the first backup, but all the file changes I have made are gone. If I try to reboot from DVD and restore from backup and select the last backup that was made on Nov 7th, it says it is "copying files" but within 10 seconds the system reboots and loads from the DVD again because the Nov 7th backup didn't contain anything (although the Backup process says it only shows "complete backups" I assume it shows more than that. I will try again tonight and select the last backup to see if it works properly the second time around.

Restoring Entire System to Earlier Backup with Leopard CPU Drop-in DVD

After some programs failed in a pernicious manner, I decided to return the entire system to a Time Machine backup made earlier today. Time Machine Help "Recovering your Entire system" seems to be the only relevant help. It says to choose Utilities > Restore System from my Mac OS X Install disc. But I was shipped two Tiger Mac OS X Install Discs and a Leopard CPU Drop-in DVD (updates to Leopard). The Leopard Drop-in does not have Utilities > Restore System and I am reluctant to use either Tiger disc to restore my Leopard system.
What should I be doing? I hope the answer provides a restore process that is relatively quick because the changes are relatively small.
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Butterflie14,
The term "delta" doesn't really apply to Time Machine backups. Each backup is a complete "snapshot" of the entire installation. In order to do this without copying over huge amounts of data, Time Machine uses "multi-linked" files in the various backups, all pointing to the same data. That is, with the exception of any new/changed files; these represent the only real data that is transferred during each backup. Only in this sense does "delta" apply.
Restoring from a backup, at least in the context of "going back to a previous state," is an all-or-nothing proposition. That doesn't mean it has to take a long time. First, the process of erasing a drive takes mere seconds. Second, a Time Machine "Restore" doesn't include a new installation of OS X from the installer disk (which would take a long time), but rather a restoration of the entire system from the backup. As such, it is dependent entirely on the speed of the drive and connecting bus (FW 400, 800, USB, etc.). In the case of my FW 800 drive, a complete "Restore" of a 50 GB system took about 30 minutes.
I agree, to take this step seems like a waste just to recover from some "pernicious" action of a particular application. If you were a bit more specific about what application we're talking about, and just what it did, perhaps I could offer better advice. You can restore anything that has been backed up by Time Machine, but may have been deleted from your internal disk in the meantime, but you cannot really "un-modify" OS X, if that is what has happened. To do so, you must perform a complete "Restore."
Scott

System image/snapshot for restoring entire system.

1- I want to make "system images"/"snapshots" of my computer for a later restore.
2- Also i would like to learn more about how to restore "system images" of my system.
note: since time machine works incremental i dont want that because i cannot isolate a system image.
thank you,
Paulo

PauloGuedes wrote:
1- I want to make "system images"/"snapshots" of my computer for a later restore.
2- Also i would like to learn more about how to restore "system images" of my system.
note: since time machine works incremental i dont want that because i cannot isolate a system image.
Time machine does do just that. you just misunderstand how it works. you can do a full system restore from Time machine to any time point you have a backup for and it will give you an exact copy of your system (minus some temp files) at that time. to do a full system restore from TM you boot from the leopard install DVD and select "restore system from backup" from the utilities menu.
thank you,
Paulo
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Restore entire system?

I am new to Macs, but how do you restore the whole system? There were objects put on my computer at work and I am wanting to delete everything back to the way it was when I bought it. Is there a way to do that?
Thanks
Stacey

There really is no way to mess it up, so proceed with confidence.
One thing that you may want to do is a selective reinstall of the bundled apps. You probably have a few in there that you do not use, so leave them off to free up space on the HD. I did just that when I got mine and saved several GB by leaving off Garage Band and the sample loops as well as things like Quicken, and other apps.

Restoring entire system from time machine

The internal hard drive on our imac had to be replace because it died on us. The guy at the store said that I could restore using our time machine backup which is on an external drive. He said that we could do this when we turned the computer on for the first time. I tried to do this but when I went to select our external hard drive to restore from it did not show up on the "select your disk" window rather the only disk showing was our internal hard drive. Assuming I could do this later I skipped the restore option and finished the setup process. I am now trying to restore our mac from the last time machine backup. What I have read on Pondini's site is that I can do this using Migration Assistant. I tried this but I am having the same problem. When I get to the "select your disk" window my external hard drive is not showing - only my internal HD is listed. This is strange because my external hard drive is on and connected and appears in the list of devices on the Finder. Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong?
Thanks very much in advance!

The internal hard drive on our imac had to be replace because it died on us. The guy at the store said that I could restore using our time machine backup which is on an external drive. He said that we could do this when we turned the computer on for the first time. I tried to do this but when I went to select our external hard drive to restore from it did not show up on the "select your disk" window rather the only disk showing was our internal hard drive. Assuming I could do this later I skipped the restore option and finished the setup process. I am now trying to restore our mac from the last time machine backup. What I have read on Pondini's site is that I can do this using Migration Assistant. I tried this but I am having the same problem. When I get to the "select your disk" window my external hard drive is not showing - only my internal HD is listed. This is strange because my external hard drive is on and connected and appears in the list of devices on the Finder. Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong?
Thanks very much in advance!

Restore entire System using Time machie

Hi
I am new to Mac so I need to know how I can restore my data I backedup using Time Machine.
The backed up data is on an external Hard drive and I am going ro restore on the same Mac I backed up my data.
Thank you

See #14 in Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions.

How to restore entire system with time machine

I downloaded an anti-virus program and decided to zap it. Removed all files in my Download Folder, and also in Applications.
I still have some items I can't locate to delete; such as an icon in tool-bar and annoying dialog boxes telling me "no cookies found."
How can I use Time Machine to go back to the prior day before I downloaded?
If I can't do this where would I search for "Barrier 6 Anti-Virus?
thanks, brian

Boot from your Install Disc first off, then follow Pondini's directions freom here on...
On LEOPARD or SNOW LEOPARD, start up from your Install disc (or Software Reinstall drive on a MacBook Air). Insert it and either wait for the Mac OS X Install DVD window and double-click the Install icon; or power down, then start up normally while holding down the "C" key. That takes a few minutes.
Select your language, then on the next screen, select Utilities from the top menubar:
http://pondini.org/TM/14.html

Restoring Your Entire System / Time Machine

Disclaimer: Apple does not necessarily endorse any suggestions, solutions, or third-party software products that may be mentioned in the topic below. Apple encourages you to first seek a solution at Apple Support. The following links are provided as is, with no guarantee of the effectiveness or reliability of the information. Apple does not guarantee that these links will be maintained or functional at any given time. Use the information below at your own discretion.
Q: Can I restore my Macs’ entire system, and how is Time Machine involved?
A: Yes, you have several options, each involving increasing degrees of severity. In all cases Mac OS 10.5 (Leopard) will be required as previous OS X versions do not work with Time Machine backups. Naturally, all of these methods will require a significant amount of time, so plan accordingly.
*Archive & Install*
An Archive and Install is the least invasive of the 3 methods. This approach results in a fresh copy of the Mac OS system software while at the same time preserving all current user accounts on your Mac. Additionally, this method will permit Time Machine to continue backing up to the same set of backups it did prior to the installation.
Procedure:
Verify that your Mac has uninterrupted AC power.
Turn “OFF” Time Machine in the Preferences.
Insert your original Mac OS 10.5 Leopard DVD and reboot while holding down the “C” key.
At the “Welcome” screen click “Continue”.
At “Select a Destination” choose your Macs’ hard disk.
Click “Options” in the lower left.
Choose “Archive and Install”.
Ensure that “Preserve Users and Network Settings” is checked.
Click “OK”.
Back at the “Select a Destination” screen click “Continue”.
At “Install Summary” click “Install”.
Once the installation is complete, use Software Update to bring your Mac up to date.
Next, Launch Disk Utility, select your Macs’ internal disk on the left, and click “Repair Disk Permissions”.
During this initial period, Spotlight is going to re-index your Mac’ hard disk. This can take up to several of hours depending upon the volume of data. Allow it to complete before resuming Time Machine backups. You can monitor its’ progress by clicking on the Spotlight icon in the menu bar.
During the installation a new folder was created at the root level of your hard disk labeled “Previous Systems”. These are all the system files that were just replaced with fresh copies. If you are comfortable, you can delete this folder right away. Otherwise, wait a week or so incase there is something you wish to retrieve, then delete it.
Finally, turn Time Machine back “ON” in the Preferences. Time Machine should continue to backup to the same set of backups that it did prior to the Archive & Install. However, due to the extensive changes to the systems’ directories, the first backup will require a lengthy session of “Preparing...” as Time Machine performs a “deep traversal”. Allow this to proceed uninterrupted. Naturally, this first backup may be a significant one, perhaps involving several GB of data, so attempting this wirelessly will require time and patience.
*”Restore System From Backup...”*
If however, your system has experienced a serious malfunction, or a Mac OS software update has produced undesirable behavior, you can perform a full system restore from your Time Machine backups. This will result in a system virtually identical to the OS environment that existed on the date of the backup you choose to restore from. All system software, applications, and user accounts will be replaced with copies as they existed when that backup took place. The advantage here is that, generally, no further installation of 3rd-party software is required and all of your personal & system settings a preserved. The disadvantage is that because you retain your personal settings and system files, you run the risk of reintroducing any problems you experienced with the previous installation, including issues that necessitated the full restore in the first place.
Naturally, the time and date you choose to restore from can make a significant difference in the state of your resulting OS environment. Choosing the most recent date from which to restore is most desirable. If, however, one or more Time Machine backups occurred after you began experiencing issues with your system, then going farther back in time to restore from will be more advantageous. Files created or modified after you began experiencing system issues may later be recovered via Time Machines’ “time travel” interface (“Browse other Time Machine disk...”).
Unfortunately, restoring your system by this means will result in Time Machine abandoning previous backup sets and beginning a new set. So verify ahead of time that you have enough space on your backup drive for another full backup. Alternatively, once the full restore is complete, you can delete the old backups to free space on the drive. Or you can begin backups on a different hard disk while retaining the older backups until you are satisfied that the current set have accumulated enough history.
Procedure:
Verify that your Mac has uninterrupted AC power.
For faster installation, Time Capsule/AirDisk users should connect their Macs directly to their Airport device via ethernet.
Insert your original Mac OS 10.5 Leopard DVD and reboot while holding down the “C” key.
At the “Welcome” screen go up to the “Utilities” menu and select “Restore System From Backup…”.
The “Restore Your System” window reminds you that this procedure will erase all data on your Macs internal hard disk. Click “Continue”.
At “Select a Backup Source” choose your Time Machine backup disk and click “Continue”. (If the backup disk you are restoring from is a network drive then click “Connect to Remote Disk”. Next, choose the disk image from which the restore will be drawn from and click “Continue”.)
At “Select a Backup” choose from which set of backups you would like to “Restore From” in the drop-down menu. (If your backup drive only has one set, this will be grayed out.)
Next, highlight the date and Mac OS X version from which you would like to restore.
Click “Continue”.
At “Select a Destination” choose your Macs’ internal hard disk. Give the installer time while it calculates the space required for the restore. When ready click “Restore”.
Confirm your desire to erase the drive by clicking “Continue”.
Obviously, this will take quite some time. But when the installer finally announces it has finish, click “Restart”.
After logging in, immediately go to System Preferences --> Time Machine, and turn “OFF” backups, even if a backup attempted has begun.
Next, Launch Disk Utility, select your Macs’ internal disk on the left, and click “Repair Disk Permissions”.
During this initial period, Spotlight is going to re-index your Mac’ hard disk. This can take up to several of hours depending upon the volume of data. Allow it to complete before resuming Time Machine backups. You can monitor its’ progress by clicking on the Spotlight icon in the menu bar.
Finally, turn Time Machine back “ON” in the Preferences. Time Machine should continue to backup to the same set of backups that it did prior to the restore. However, due to event logs being out of sync, the first backup will require a lengthy session of “Preparing...” as Time Machine performs a “deep traversal”. Allow this to proceed uninterrupted. Additionally, the subsequent backup may be quite substantial involving many GB of data, but don’t be alarmed.
Your system has now been restored to virtually the same state it was in on the date of the backup you chose. (See this article for a list of files that TM does not restore, http://shiftedbits.org/2007/10/31/time-machine-exclusions/)
*Erase, Install, & Migrate*
A final option, reserved for last resort, is to erase the hard disk, install a fresh copy of the Mac OS, and then use Migration Assistant during the installation to restore your user accounts. This is the Mac equivalent of ‘Slash and Burn’, and really should only be necessary if you require a completely fresh start.
Procedure:
Verify that your Mac has uninterrupted AC power.
For faster migration of user data, Time Capsule/AirDisk users should connect their Macs directly to their Airport device via ethernet.
Insert your original Mac OS 10.5 Leopard DVD and reboot while holding down the “C” key.
At the “Welcome” screen click “Continue”.
Click “Agree” to the user agreement.
Select you Macs internal hard disk and click “Options”.
Select “Erase and Install”.
Select “Mac OS Extended (Journaled)” for disk format. (Avoid selecting “Case-sensitive” unless you know what you are doing.)
Click “OK”.
Click “Continue”.
At “Install Summary” click “Customize” if you would like to eliminate certain Print Drivers, Fonts, or Language packages from being installed. Otherwise, click “Install”.
If you wish, you can click “Skip” when the DVD integrity check begins.
After the initial installation completes, your Mac will restart and you will see the video introduction.
At “Welcome” select your country and then preferred keyboard.
At “Do You Already Own a Mac?” you are asked “Would you like to transfer your information?”
+from another Mac+
+from another volume on this Mac+
+from a Time Machine backup+
+Do not transfer my information now+
Select “from a Time Machine backup” and click “Continue”.
At “Select a Backup Volume” choose your Time Machine backup disk and click “Continue”. (If you are attempting the migration wirelessly, then click “Join...” and select your network first.)
At “Transfer Your Information” check all the categories you wish to migrate over. If you wish your Mac to be in the same state as your last backup, then check everything. Give the installer time to calculate sizes.
Once that is complete, the “Transfer” button will become active and you can click it.
After the install, verify the registration information, click “Connect” and you are done.
After logging in, immediately go to System Preferences --> Time Machine, and turn “OFF” backups, even if a backup attempted has begun.
Next, Launch Disk Utility, select your Macs’ internal disk on the left, and click “Repair Disk Permissions”.
Interestingly, no Spotlight indexing appears necessary, so, once the permission repair is complete, turn Time Machine back “ON” in the Preferences. Time Machine should continue to backup to the same set of backups that it did prior to the restore. However, due to event logs being out of sync, the first backup will require a lengthy session of “Preparing...” as Time Machine performs a “deep traversal”. Allow this to proceed uninterrupted. Naturally, the first backup after a significant installation like this will be quite large so don’t be alarmed.
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Beardpapa wrote:
-I popped in a laptop hd I had lying around while waiting for the RMA replacement on the dead one, and did a remote restore in Snow Leopard Dvd utility using my latest TM backup (used mount_afp afp://user:pw@host/ etc etc etc in terminal).
Did you do a full system restore, per #14 in Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of this forum)?
If so, everything should have been restored, just like they say, unless things were excluded from Time Machine (there's some very bad advice about that on the internet).
All the things you describe are in +*<home folder>/Library/Preferences.+* If you used +Migration Assistant+ instead, you may have an extra user account, that has the restored preferences.
-I also looked over at the User Tips post by Glenn Carter on Restoring Your Entire System / Time Machine.
That applies to Leopard only.

Entire system restore fails

Everytime I tried to do an ENTIRE SYSTEM RESTORE from TM it failed after a few seconds. I have formated the TM unit with 1 GUID partition as apple recommend and chose one of my internal hard drives as Time Machine unit. I'm just checking and comparing the TM usefulness for entire system restore matters.Can you help me, please?
Thanks in advance.

Then post or tell us something, like the last couple of dozen lines, or something >with a clue.
We're pretty good at figuring things out, but it's hard to pull something out of >thin air.
here is some log's lines:
Feb 4 17:42:21 localhost LCA[65]: Folder Manager is being asked to create a folder (cach) while running as uid 0
Feb 4 17:42:21 localhost LCA[65]: Folder Manager is being asked to create a folder (asav) while running as uid 0
Feb 4 17:42:21 localhost LCA[65]: Using keyboard layout 87
Feb 4 17:42:22 localhost LCA[65]: Found primary language hint "es"
Feb 4 17:42:24 localhost configd[41]: NetBIOS name (default) = MAC001F5B318E60
Feb 4 17:42:37 localhost configd[41]: NetBIOS name (default) = MAC001F5B318E60
Feb 4 17:42:43 localhost LCA[65]: Launching the Installer using language code "English"
Feb 4 17:42:43 localhost /System/Installation/CDIS/Mac OS X Installer.app/Contents/MacOS/Mac OS X Installer[162]: vm_allocate: 0, 0x200e2000 - 0x400e2000
Feb 4 17:42:43 localhost /System/Installation/CDIS/Mac OS X Installer.app/Contents/MacOS/Mac OS X Installer[162]: vm_protect: 0
Feb 4 17:42:43 localhost OSInstaller[162]: Mac OS X Installer application started
Feb 4 17:42:57 localhost OSInstaller[162]: Found receipt (full match) for (iPhoto / com.apple.pkg.iPhoto): (iPhoto / com.apple.pkg.iPhoto)
Feb 4 17:42:57 localhost OSInstaller[162]: Found receipt (name match) for (CPUUGmacpro / hwbe.pkg.018-3281): (CPUUGmacpro / hwbe.pkg.018-3277)
Feb 4 17:42:57 localhost OSInstaller[162]: Found receipt (full match) for (iPhotoContent / com.apple.pkg.iPhotoContent): (iPhotoContent / com.apple.pkg.iPhotoContent)
Feb 4 17:42:58 localhost OSInstaller[162]: Found receipt (full match) for (GarageBand_Instruments / com.apple.pkg.GarageBand_Instruments): (GarageBand_Instruments / com.apple.pkg.GarageBand_Instruments)
Feb 4 17:43:48 localhost OSInstaller[162]: CPSGetProcessInfo(): This call is deprecated and should not be called anymore.
Feb 4 17:43:48 localhost OSInstaller[162]: CPSPBGetProcessInfo(): This call is deprecated and should not be called anymore.
Feb 4 17:43:53 localhost OSInstaller[162]: Memory statistics for 'Select a Backup Source' pane:
Feb 4 17:43:53 localhost OSInstaller[162]: Physical Memory Allocation: 455 MB wired, 236 MB trapped, 46 MB active, 12 MB inactive, 5395 MB free, 5453 MB usable, 6144 MB total
Feb 4 17:44:25 localhost OSInstaller[162]: Memory statistics for 'Select a Backup' pane:
Feb 4 17:44:25 localhost OSInstaller[162]: Physical Memory Allocation: 456 MB wired, 232 MB trapped, 47 MB active, 13 MB inactive, 5396 MB free, 5456 MB usable, 6144 MB total
Feb 4 17:44:32 localhost OSInstaller[162]: Memory statistics for 'Select a Destination' pane:
Feb 4 17:44:32 localhost OSInstaller[162]: Physical Memory Allocation: 456 MB wired, 233 MB trapped, 47 MB active, 13 MB inactive, 5395 MB free, 5455 MB usable, 6144 MB total
Feb 4 17:45:51 localhost OSInstaller[162]: [RESTORE] need 101391048704 bytes to restore snapshot at path /Volumes/Macintosh HD3/Mac Pro de Felipe Molina AlsoÃÅ/2009-02-05-004911/Macintosh HD
Feb 4 17:56:29 localhost Unknown[206]: Launching the Installer Crash Log Viewer
Feb 4 17:56:43 localhost ReportCrash[205]: Process: Mac OS X Installer [162]
Feb 4 17:56:43 localhost ReportCrash[205]: Path: /System/Installation/CDIS/Mac OS X Installer.app/Contents/MacOS/Mac OS X Installer
Feb 4 17:56:43 localhost ReportCrash[205]: Identifier: Mac OS X Installer
Feb 4 17:56:43 localhost ReportCrash[205]: Version: ??? (???)
Feb 4 17:56:43 localhost ReportCrash[205]: Code Type: X86 (Native)
Feb 4 17:56:43 localhost ReportCrash[205]: Parent Process: LCA [65]
Feb 4 17:56:43 localhost ReportCrash[205]:
Feb 4 17:56:43 localhost ReportCrash[205]: Date/Time: 2009-02-04 17:56:12.694 -0800
Feb 4 17:56:43 localhost ReportCrash[205]: OS Version: Mac OS X 10.5.2 (9C2031)
Feb 4 17:56:43 localhost ReportCrash[205]: Report Version: 6
Feb 4 17:56:43 localhost ReportCrash[205]:
Feb 4 17:56:43 localhost ReportCrash[205]: Exception Type: EXCBADACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Feb 4 17:56:43 localhost ReportCrash[205]: Exception Codes: KERNINVALIDADDRESS at 0x0000000078a0006e
Feb 4 17:56:43 localhost ReportCrash[205]: Crashed Thread: 0
Feb 4 17:56:43 localhost ReportCrash[205]:
Feb 4 17:56:43 localhost ReportCrash[205]: Thread 0 Crashed:
Feb 4 17:56:43 localhost ReportCrash[205]: 0 libobjc.A.dylib 0x005a06ec objc_msgSend + 28
Feb 4 17:56:43 localhost ReportCrash[205]: 1 com.apple.AppKit 0x00d76126 -[NSApplication run] + 892
Feb 4 17:56:43 localhost ReportCrash[205]: 2 com.apple.AppKit 0x00d4330a NSApplicationMain + 574
Feb 4 17:56:43 localhost ReportCrash[205]: 3 com.apple.MacOSXInstaller 0x00005335 0x1000 + 17205
Feb 4 17:56:43 localhost ReportCrash[205]: 4 com.apple.MacOSXInstaller 0x00001fa2 0x1000 + 4002
Feb 4 17:56:43 localhost ReportCrash[205]:
Feb 4 17:56:43 localhost ReportCrash[205]: Thread 1:
Feb 4 17:56:43 localhost ReportCrash[205]: 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x003a6bce _semwaitsignal + 10
Feb 4 17:56:43 localhost ReportCrash[205]: 1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x003fd1a9 sleep$UNIX2003 + 63
Feb 4 17:56:43 localhost ReportCrash[205]: 2 com.apple.installframework 0x0017423f dologwatch + 65
Feb 4 17:56:43 localhost ReportCrash[205]: 3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x003d0c55 pthreadstart + 321
Feb 4 17:56:43 localhost ReportCrash[205]: 4 libSystem.B.dylib 0x003d0b12 thread_start + 34
Feb 4 17:56:43 localhost ReportCrash[205]:
Feb 4 17:56:43 localhost ReportCrash[205]: Thread 2:
Feb 4 17:56:43 localhost ReportCrash[205]: 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x0039fa46 semaphoretimedwait_signaltrap + 10
Feb 4 17:56:43 localhost ReportCrash[205]: 1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x003d1daf pthread_condwait + 1244
Feb 4 17:56:43 localhost ReportCrash[205]: 2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x003d3633 pthreadcond_timedwait_relativenp + 47
Feb 4 17:56:43 localhost ReportCrash[205]: 3 com.apple.Foundation 0x01aca4fc -[NSCondition waitUntilDate:] + 236
Feb 4 17:56:43 localhost ReportCrash[205]: 4 com.apple.Foundation 0x01aca310 -[NSConditionLock lockWhenCondition:beforeDate:] + 144
Feb 4 17:56:43 localhost ReportCrash[205]: 5 com.apple.Foundation 0x01aca275 -[NSConditionLock lockWhenCondition:] + 69
Feb 4 17:56:43 localhost ReportCrash[205]: 6 com.apple.installframework 0x00134347 +[IFDTargetController(WorkerThread) _handleTargetRequests] + 1090
Feb 4 17:56:43 localhost ReportCrash[205]: 7 com.apple.Foundation 0x01a845ad -[NSThread main] + 45
Feb 4 17:56:43 localhost ReportCrash[205]: 8 com.apple.Foundation 0x01a84154 _NSThread__main_ + 308
Feb 4 17:56:43 localhost ReportCrash[205]: 9 libSystem.B.dylib 0x003d0c55 pthreadstart + 321
Feb 4 17:56:43 localhost ReportCrash[205]: 10 libSystem.B.dylib 0x003d0b12 thread_start + 34
Feb 4 17:56:43 localhost ReportCrash[205]: Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit):
Feb 4 17:56:43 localhost ReportCrash[205]: eax: 0x1e224b00 ebx: 0x01a7fbfb ecx: 0x0063c394 edx: 0x00810032
Feb 4 17:56:43 localhost ReportCrash[205]: edi: 0x78a0006e esi: 0x00819b30 ebp: 0xbffffa18 esp: 0xbffff8a4
Feb 4 17:56:43 localhost ReportCrash[205]: ss: 0x0000001f efl: 0x00010206 eip: 0x005a06ec cs: 0x00000017
Feb 4 17:56:43 localhost ReportCrash[205]: ds: 0x0000001f es: 0x0000001f fs: 0x00000000 gs: 0x00000037
Feb 4 17:56:43 localhost ReportCrash[205]: cr2: 0x78a0006e
Feb 4 17:56:43 localhost ReportCrash[205]: 0xfffe8000 - 0xfffebfff libobjc.A.dylib ??? (???) /usr/lib/libobjc.A.dylib
Feb 4 17:56:43 localhost ReportCrash[205]: 0xffff0000 - 0xffff1780 libSystem.B.dylib ??? (???) /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib
Feb 4 17:56:43 localhost ReportCrash[205]:
Feb 4 17:56:43 localhost ReportCrash[205]:
Feb 4 17:56:49 localhost Viewer[207]: Folder Manager is being asked to create a folder (asav) while running as uid 0
Feb 4 18:00:57 localhost Viewer[207]: installAutoFSMonitor: open failed
Feb 4 18:00:57 localhost Viewer[207]: TaskLauncher::Launch Failed

How do I restore the entire system from a Time Machine external drive?

Hello everyone,
Up front - I have searched through numerous threads but have not yet been able to solve my problem - even though it is presumably easy for many.
So... I had to bring in my late 2009 27" iMac to Apple to replace the hard drive - mine was one of the thousands affected by the defective Seagate 1 TB disk recall. I was told that the disk would be cloned, but nevertheless I made a full system backup with Time Machine to a dedicated external hard drive.
A week later and I now have my iMac back - but when I boot, I only see a white screen with a pointer, so it appears that the drive was not cloned - but that I now have a blank 1 TB disk, correct?
I have also tried booting with the external drive attached, thinking that the dedicated Time Machine external drive would allow me to boot directly from it and restore the system if need be - I booted with CMD+R, tried again with ALT ... no luck.
And I cannot find my Mac OS DVDs...
So... is the drive blank, or am I missing something here?
If so, how can I boot from the external Time Machine drive, or is that not possible either?
Any pointers greatly appreciated, thanks very much in advance.

Call Apple to get replacement DVDs > http://support.apple.com/kb/HE57
1. Insert the Mac OS X DVD and press C key while your computer is starting.
2. Go to Utilities menu and restore the backup.
You should have made a clone instead of the backup because Apple gives the hard disk without OS X

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