Retoring files from backup appliction to time machine

Just bought a new macbook pro, old powerbook is dead and gone, trying to restore files backed up to an external hard drive (files on my powerbook were backed up using mac's Backup application). tried migration assistant, but after i select "From a time machine backup or other disk," just get a blank screen with the gray fan spinning thing. Went into Time Machine and again, does not allow me to restore anything from the external hard drive. read the FAQ and troubleshooting, but am still at a loss. help.

flash2bang wrote:
i tried that, but there's a 100MB limit on the Backup application.
It must think you have a Trial account.
I opened Backup, selected Restore, it prompted me to select which files to restore. I selected Address Book Full Backup (figure I start off with something easy), it claims to have restored it, but where?
Be sure the AddressBook app is not open when you do the restore, and while you're at it, you want to restore everything from the +*most recent+* backup.
How did you make the Plan? Was it a +Quick Pick?+ If not, what, exactly, is included?
I opened address book, no contacts there, tried to import from application support>address book, but nothing to select.....
I think that option is for importing from other systems/apps, not backups.
Take a look at the end of this article: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1716

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