Restoring old apps
Hi, I am running Iphone 3G with software 2.2.1 which I cannot upgrade. I downloaded some updates to my apps, which need version 3.0 OS. I seem to have the old versions of the apps in the mobile apps folder. I moved the newer versions of the apps to a temp folder, and retried to sync the iphone but no joys
Is what I am wanting to do possible.
Thanks
Alex
If you have a full Time Machine backup, you can restore your *entire system* to the exact state it was in at the time of the last (or any other) backup. See item #14 in the Frequently Asked Questions post at the top of this forum.
Or, since you've already installed Leopard, you can use it's normal "set up" procedure, then towards the end, where it asks if you already have a Mac, you can choose to "migrate" from the backups, as detailed in the *Erase, Install, & Migrate* section of the Glenn Carter - Restoring Your Entire System / Time Machine post at the top of this forum.
Or, you can use the Migration Assistant app, in your Applications/Utilities folder. Just start it up and follow the on-screen instructions.
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Thank you for your response which solved my problem. For other users who may stumble upon this, I'll clear up the confusion and share how I solved the problem with your help; When looking for answers to my computer problems, finding unresolved questions where person B offers a solution and person A never comes back and says "That worked, thank you.", it demonstrates a "k-thnx-bye" user mentality that leaves others with the same problem lost. Without further ado:
It is not clear what you did because the meaning of "clean install" is vague. You can erase a volume and install an OS which leaves none of its previous content intact,
This is what I did: I erased the volume leaving no previous content intact, while then installing OS X Mountain Lion.
or you can upgrade an existing OS (or reinstall the same one) which does not alter your user - installed files.
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That makes sense and is just as I later suspected.
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Yes.
This is what I did and everything works perfectly. Thank you so much once again!
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