Restoring MBP with Time Machine but apps are missing
Hi,
I have multiple problems, so I'll keep it brief.
RAM failed on my early 08 MBP. It corrupted the parttion thing and wiped my HDD. Nice.
Apple replaced RAM & HDD under warranty.
Have data backed up using Time Machine, but not the apps (I thought I was saving space that way, big mistake).
Restored from scratch using install disks + Time Machine but I have very few apps now, i,e. no Address book, Mail, Calendar etc, i.e. the important stuff.
Is there a way I can cherry pick those apps from somewhere to reinstall them while retaining my data on the MBP?
Or do I have to start over, do a clean install using disks and then cherry pick my data off the TM backup?
Oh, an the **** install disk is now stuck in the thing. Ggggrrrrr. Assuming I can get that out, what's the best course of action?
Thanks very much in advance.
That's the weird thing, Although the install disks have the logos of iChat, Mal etc on the initial screen, once you click continue and go through it, even using the 'custom' options, the onyl apps on my disks are: upgrades to iMovie, iPhoto, GarageBand & iDVD plus iWeb. No Mail, Address Book etc.
Anyone else had this experience?
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Process: ReportCrash [467]
Path: /System/Library/CoreServices/ReportCrash
Identifier: ReportCrash
Version: ??? (???)
Code Type: X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [1]
Date/Time: 2009-03-12 11:05:40.590 -0400
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.5.6 (9G55)
Report Version: 6
Exception Type: EXCBADACCESS (SIGBUS)
Exception Codes: 0x000000000000000a, 0x0000000000366000
Crashed Thread: 1
Thread 0:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x946eb226 semaphoretimedwait_signaltrap + 10
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9471d1ef pthread_condwait + 1244
2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9471ea73 pthreadcond_timedwait_relativenp + 47
3 com.apple.Foundation 0x9417275c -[NSCondition waitUntilDate:] + 236
4 com.apple.Foundation 0x94172570 -[NSConditionLock lockWhenCondition:beforeDate:] + 144
5 com.apple.Foundation 0x941724d5 -[NSConditionLock lockWhenCondition:] + 69
6 ReportCrash 0x0000a3eb 0x1000 + 37867
7 ReportCrash 0x00002466 0x1000 + 5222
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0 com.apple.Symbolication 0x0007d903 -[VMUMemoryView_Native uint32] + 245
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2 com.apple.Symbolication 0x000763d4 +[VMUHeader extractMachOHeadersFromHeader:matchingArchitecture:considerArchives:] + 285
3 com.apple.Symbolication 0x0008acbb extractHeaderWithSignatureFromDisk + 397
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5 com.apple.Symbolication 0x00087b5a -[VMUSymbolicator forceFullSymbolExtraction] + 183
6 com.apple.Symbolication 0x0008749f -[VMUSymbolicator symbolOwners] + 39
7 ReportCrash 0x000041e3 0x1000 + 12771
8 ReportCrash 0x00002eef 0x1000 + 7919
9 ReportCrash 0x000094a2 0x1000 + 33954
10 ReportCrash 0x0000b5d4 0x1000 + 42452
11 ReportCrash 0x0000b121 0x1000 + 41249
12 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9474803b machmsg_serveronce + 416
13 ReportCrash 0x0000a828 0x1000 + 38952
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15 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9471bf52 thread_start + 34
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1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x946f29bc mach_msg + 72
2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x94747fd9 machmsg_serveronce + 318
3 ReportCrash 0x0000a828 0x1000 + 38952
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edi: 0x00000000 esi: 0x001b28d0 ebp: 0xb00807d8 esp: 0xb0080780
ss: 0x0000001f efl: 0x00010297 eip: 0x0007d903 cs: 0x00000017
ds: 0x0000001f es: 0x0000001f fs: 0x0000001f gs: 0x00000037
cr2: 0x00366000
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Please help. Will erasing the drive, reinstalling from the leopard disc (10.5.4), and restoring select applications/folders/files help, instead of from a system restore from Time Machine?
Your help is immensely appreciated!Thanks for responding.
So under the partition tab, I should reformat to one partition, reinstall Leopard, and see what happens from there? Selectively restore applications, music, pictures to my system once it's reinstalled and properly updated? Anything else I may need to do or restore?
Why not reformat under the erase tab, zero out the disk, and reinstall? Any difference?
Just a little worried and unsure is all. If it's a hardware thing, I can accept that and take it in to be serviced. But, if it is a software issue, I don't want to do any irreparable harm during the erase-and-reinstall process. Just want to make sure I get it right.
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