Restoring my mac book pro after copying the files off via target disk
Hi guys any help would be great.
I had a problem with my hard drive in my early MBP, after seeing an apple genius, who said it was mostly likely a software issue and wiping the disk and reinstalling everything shoudl fix it.
So as i didnt have an up to date time machine back up, i used the target disk utility to copy the files from the drive over onto another mac (actualy on a networked harddrive)
no i have completed a wipe, and reinstalled the operating system (snow leapeard as thats the last disc i had - MBP was on Lion prior to the issues)
now i want to restore all my files from before.
what is the best way to do this?
can i just drag and drop each file from the networked hard drive back into the coresponding ones on my MBP?
thanks
Only your users files inside music, pictures, movies documents etc folders.
Nothing in Library, nor Applcations, you do that you hose the account and the apps won't work anyway, at least most of them.
or i will have to reinstall the aplications but i tunes and so on will be able to find the files?
yes and reinport music into iTunes so it goes into the new itunes library file, ditto with iPhoto Library (old) righ click and "show package contents" and import the Originals folder contents into new iPhoto library.
support files have paths in their files that go to the path on the origanl system, you changed that so the paths are off, so you import the original files again.
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