"Sounds like a bad install. Backup then restore via iTunes. Restoring iOS Software"

Cant back up because the phone turns off so quickly. Is there any way to reverse the install quickly?

Assuming you have a default itunes installation, that list should keep you covered.
It's got a lot of folder paths for XP, though.Your profile says Win 7 which uses this folder, for instance in step 11.
\Users\(username)\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup\
XP uses the \Documents and Settings\; W7 doesn't.
Here's an apple article on iphone backups:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1766
The main file to backup for ratings, play lists, etc is the ITL file.
Don't forget to deauthorize your PC before you wipe it.

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I upgraded the iphone software to 4.2.8 and none of the purchased apps would open. I then restored the software and now all those apps are GONE. How do I get them back?

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TS4062 I have 3 Dell laptops at home and I am unable to connect my iPad 1 to any of them using the USB cable. If I connect the iPad to any Apple computer, it works perfectly. I have installed the latest versions of iTunes and iOS, but still no luck. Opt

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Options?

Does the OS see the iPad at all? In other words does it show up in either the My Computer or Device Manager?
I've had problems in the past where I had to modify the registry to get my son's iPod to sync with a particular HP laptop.
If it doesn't show up at all have your tried using an external hub (with or without power)?

2008 MB with APM (not GUID), Clean install or Backup then restore?

I have a mid-2008 Macbook that has the Apple Partition Map as it's primary partition. It appears as tho when I did a disk upgrade a few months back for some reason it got switched from GPT to APM. Not sure how, but that's a different topic. Since SL will not install over APM, I must go through a disk partition effort.
So, I'm fairly new to Macs but as far as I can tell my options are:
1. Backup disk (Time Machine), repartition, reinstall from scratch (same as 1), then restore from backup.
2. Clone disk to another same size disk, repartition original disk using GPT, then clone back to original disk, then install Snow Leopard.
Which one should I go with? Frankly, I'd prefer NOT to have to reinstall everything, is #2 it even feasable? If I restore from backup (time machine) is my computer restored back to its original state? all apps, bookmarks, etc?? A time consuming process is not what I'm looking for, so getting the system up and running ASAP is what I'm all about. I have a spare 500gb USB drive for backup I can use.
Since I'm not a mac guy by nature any guidance is appreciated.

netslacker2000,
Ah, but you didn't mention the fact that cloning was involved. Details are important! Yes, what you are describing is possible, and is in fact the method that must be used to create a "dual boot" external drive that will boot both an Intel machine and a PPC one.
But, let's clarify something right off the bat, so that there is no longer any confusion... A partition is not and will not have either a GUID format or an APM one. It is the partition mapping scheme that describes the partitions created on a drive, and thus it is a lower level aspect of the data written to a drive. The only exception to this is a rare one; it is the case that you find yourself facing right now. I'll try to explain as well as I can what is going on.
As I stated above, the mapping scheme- either the GUID scheme or the Apple Partition Mapping scheme (APM)- is the portion of a drive's underlying directory structure that describes what logical volumes exist on that drive. Intel machines can read either, but require a GUID mapping scheme in order to boot to the drive. PPC Macs can read either, but require a drive with the APM scheme.
However, since an Intel Mac is perfectly capable of mounting an APM drive, there is one way to "spoof" that Intel machine by a careful use of cloning. Under normal circumstances, a clone is made by reproducing one volume to another volume, or one drive to another drive. In this case, however, a drive has been cloned to a volume. The result is, in effect, like having a drive within a drive.
A volume cloned in this way will have its own partition map, its own volumes. So, in this way, one can "shoe horn" a GUID partition map- and any volumes that map describes- into a single volume contained on another drive. Is this at least a little clearer than mud?
So what do we do about it? Hmm, should be easy enough to fix. Let's stay away from cloning though, shall we? If I were in your shoes, I would first resort to restoring from Time Machine. I'm not sure how your current predicament may have affect Time machine, and your ability to restore the full system from it, but keep in mind that you can always just start fresh with a clean installation of Snow Leopard, using the Migration Assistant to pull your user data from the TM backup.
1) Boot to your Leopard install DVD (not the Snow Leopard DVD!). Insert the disk, then restart and hold the "C" key. When the installer loads, select a language, then open Disk Utility from the "Utilities" menu.
2) In Disk Utility, select your drive in the list on the left (select the drive, not the named volume that will appear indented below). Switch to the "Partition" tab. First, open the pull-down menu and change it from "current" to "Single Partition." Next, click the "Options..." button, and use the dialogue sheet that will appear to select "GIUD." Confirm your choice to dismiss the dialogue, choose "Mac OS Extended (journaled)" as the format for the new volume that will be created, choose an appropriate name for the new volume, then click "Apply." Quit Disk Utility to return to the installer.
3) Once back in the installer, go back to the "Utilities" menu and choose "Restore from a Time Machine Backup." Connect your TM backup drive, and wait for it to be scanned for backups. Select the backup you wish to use (I would assume the latest one), then wait to select a destination. This can take a couple to a few minutes, since the backup you choose must be "weighed" according to its size, to determine where it can be restored. When you are able, choose your newly created volume as a destination, then click "Restore."
If all goes as it should, you will end up restarting to the restored installation of 10.5. Yes, absolutely everything will be restored (all user data, all applications, etc., etc.). You can then prepare to install Snow Leopard over this restored installation.
You will be anxious, at this point, to get to the installation of Snow Leopard. Do not rush into this!! First, I recommend you allow your computer to completely re-index your hard drive. This is something that is done any time you restore from a TM backup. Watch your Spotlight icon at the right side of your Menu Bar. When it stops "pulsing," the indexing is complete and you may continue with your preparations.
Next, open Disk Utility, select your startup volume (the volume this time, not the drive itself) and click "Repair Disk Permissions." Allow this to complete. It may take quite some time; it usually does after a restore from TM.
You are now ready to install Snow Leopard. Insert the Snow Leopard disk, open it up, and double-click the "Install" icon. Follow the instructions, and you are on your way to a new version of OS X!
Scott

Backup then Restore problem

Yesterday, I had a problem with my iPad 3, iOS 6 which forced me to do a backup and then a restore. I backed up to my Mac via iTunes. The restore worked fine all my settings were the same EXCEPT all my installed apps were missing. Is this normal or did I screw-up the backup? Thank you.

Really? This was the first time I've ever needed to do a restore so it is possible that I did not allow enough time. The iPad stated a Restore was in Progress. Then after a while I looked again at the iPad, it seemed to be turned off. On my Mac, iTunes showed no message like the restore was complete, nor did it show any message that the restore was still in progress. Therefore, I thought it was complete so I turned on my iPad and logged in.

Does this sound like a bad logic board?

Howdy everyone,
Tried searching and troubleshooting but I'm at a lost for answers so maybe someone who has experienced the same thing could chime in.
Our 2009 MBP started experiencing random beach balls a couple months back that gradually developed into full-blown lockups. Eventually the system refused to boot up so I figured it might be a hard drive problem.
I tested and verified the hard drive by:
1) using disk Disk Utility to verify and repair the drive (completed without any issues and S.M.A.R.T. is 'verified')
2) by installing the hard drive internally on a 2008 MB to see if it worked (booted up and worked just fine)
3) hooking up the drive to the MBP via USB enclosure and booting up as an external disk (again also worked fine)
Next I figured it would be the hard drive ribbon cable so I ordered and tried two different ribbon cables, one from an Amazon reseller and one from iFixit. I get the same result with both cables. The drive is recognized in Disk Utility but the system refuses to boot and gets stuck at the logo page with the spinning progress indicator. Booting in verbose mode revealed nonstop disk0s2 i/o errors.
I've ruled out the hard drive and the ribbon cable at this point so is there anything else that could be the culprit or does it sound like the logic board?
Thanks in advance for any input you could provide.

Hi Neurotic
You maybe in luck, that 24" with the NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT is rare and unlike most other iMac's can be refitted and with a new graphic's chip. Unfortunately the iMac is very difficult to open and work on, plus you may need an Authorized Apple Service Provider to locate and order the proper graphic's chip.
For a service provider in the US see > http://www.apple.com/buy/locator/service/
For service provider elsewhere see > http://www.apple.com/uk/buy/locator/
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How can I restore my iPhone 4's iOS5 backup without restoring iOS if the option to "Restore from Backup" doesn't appear when I right click it in the device list?

(Lengthy question, I know Let me explain.)
A few days ago, I decided to clear out the music on my computer. So, I copied everything out of iTunes to my external hard drive (podcasts, music, movies, tv shows, books, and apps) and deleted all that I could find, including the iTunes folder. I forgot that the iTunes library files were in there, and those went too; unsurprisingly, I was greeted with an empty library when I next opened iTunes. After adding all my files back from my external hard drive, everything's all good there - no lost files, everything seems fine. However, since my library is a "new" library, iTunes wishes to erase everything on my iPhone 4. Which is also fine, for everything except my apps. I'd really rather not lose all my application settings and data that are saved in my backup. But, I cannot just "Restore from Backup" by right-clicking my device in the list in iTunes, so... I haven't synced my iPhone since I did this, so all of my data is still on there, but it's in the backup as well. If I have to erase all iTunes content, I definitely have to be able to restore the backup over it since I don't want to lose all my settings and Springboard layout. I'd prefer not to restore iOS because I don't want to go from iOS5 to 5.0.1, nor do I have 8 hours to download the IPSW file on my super-speedy internet connection Any guidance on restoring my iPhone from its backup?

Here's an interesting bit: iTunes will let me restore my iPod touch from backup: it's still running iOS 4.3.3. I figured as much... there's backups showing in the Preferences -> Devices list for both devices (and even my old, long gone iPod touch 2G), but my iPhone (on iOS5) isn't giving me any such option. I remember I had to downgrade before to get the backup restored (something went haywire in the setup assistant, and I couldn't restore a backup from iTunes there)... If it was possible to go to iOS 5.0 rather than 5.0.1 I would just do the same thing again, but iOS 5.0.1 isn't an option. I attached a screenshot. Hopefully Apple can get this nonsense sorted out; I think iOS 5 might be the root of this, somehow.

Since 10.9.2 I can no longer backup my 3gs via iTunes

Since upgrading to 10.9.2 I suddenly discovered that I can no longer backup or sync my 3Gs to iTunes. Variously:
1- I suddenly keep gettting -- iPhone is locked messages cannot backup - never had them before
2- I cannot re-arrange apps and then update the iPhone
3- I see strange messages flash by about downloading various music even though I have not touched the music on the iPhone in months
There are probably other symptoms, but those are the ones I recall.

The article is quite interesting. Quite a Mea Culpa from Apple!
Translated, the article says -- if you get any of these errors, iTunes and/or IOS have corrupted your device to the point where it cannot be recovered. You must reinitialize (i.e. restore from backup) your device. -- excetp that the first step "Copy your backup" is less than informative or useful.
Under OSX, the mentioned location contains nothing but a bunch of files named with a string of digits.
Yes, I know what they represent and how to translate them -- howver, I pitty joe-user with no experience with OSX.
The bulk of the article is for Windows systems. Very little information in that article applies to OSX.
The funny, but sad, thing is the first thing they tell you to do is to update OSX and iTunes and security software -- when in fact that is what cause the problem in the first place. Granted the articles pre-date the OSX/iTunes updates which caused the problem.
However, all of that blather ignored -- the article does NOT address my problem.
Unless it really does.
I have no issues (apparently) with successfully backing up my iPhone. At least iTunes claims that it is being successful.
What is failing is the second half -- the Sync.
OF course, that is if you belive iTunes -- which, according to the /Library/Logs/MobilBackup/MobilBackup.log, has in fact NOT happened now since January!
Very interesting.
Thanks for your suggestion.
However, I continue to hunt.

Clean install and then restoring just what is needed

I have a machine running SL. It is fine as far as SL is concerned.
Back in time I started out with Panther on a 12" PB. I upgraded hardware and software a few times. As my profile shows I have a MBP 17" with the latest OS.
I had a hard drive fail last Christmas. Apple was great and they replaced the drive. As I was in the US and the backup was in the UK I used the machine for about 2 weeks before I could attempt to restore files. When I got back I found that the account set up did not match so the restore was not clean.
In any event I likely have some legacy files or other junk kicking around that I do not need. Some of it will be outside the user part of the filesystem (old apps, old library files for apps that were deleted long ago).
I had a number of application crashes over the last year running Leopardi. When in at the Apple store to get a fan replaced the Genius suggested that it might be time to think about a clean install. After I told him that I have had a number of system crashes he definitely suggested it was time for a clean install.
Basic model is back everything up and then install from the factory issued disk. Once I have a clean system on the computer I can bring across my files.
Question: How do I get only the files I need or want and not some of the old junk? Frankly I have no idea just what things I need or want in terms of legacy system files. I am pretty sure that everything in my home direction and down from there will be wanted. There will be some apps that I no longer need but how to make sure I am deleting all the associated files is unclear.
I have lots of spare disc space on external drives so I can make a Carbon Copy of the system and a Time Machine back up on a different drive. I am confident of my ability to follow the process once someone can explain what will consistently work. The time involved is not a concern.
Suggestions?

Mac OS X doesn't have a clean install per se.
However, making two bootable clones should allow you room to erase and install Snow Leopard, and just migrate over user data from specific user data folders.
You may have to reregister your licenses for licensed software to avoid issues.
See these two resources to make sure your applications either need Snow Leopard, and/or are Snow Leopard compatible:
http://snowleopard.wikidot.com/
http://www.macintouch.com/specialreports/snowleopard/slcompat.html
and make sure your printers and scanners are Snow Leopard compatible with their drivers:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3669
Once that's all the case, then you can migrate your user data from the specific folders on your backup*:
http://www.macmaps.com/safetodeleteormove.html
- * Links to my pages may give me compensation.

Install backup after restore

My phone was stolen back in January so i had to buy another phone and
i used the backup to install all the contacts and information. Yesterday i
had to restore the phone to factory settings and then when i went to
install my backup it was no where to be found. What did Apple change
to make it harder for people to install their backup? I have MobileMe and
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Bueller.....Bueller......anyone.....anyone

In iTunes go to iTunes>Preferences. Then go to the Devices Tab. See if there a backup listed here. If not i would check your trash and make sure it didnt go in there for some reason.

Backup, then restore to older version of sql server

I have a database on a sql server 2008 R2 ( Nov CTP ). I want to copy ( backup/restore ) a database to a prior version of sql server on a Vista PC. Version 10.50.1352 to 10.00.2531. I am getting an error on the restore saying I can't restore to an older version of sql server.
How can I copy the database?
thanks,

I don't think you can restore it.
Here is good thread
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sqlgetstarted/thread/f7a7513a-4e27-41b5-83b9-2640fc597403
hope it helps.Failure in Life is failure to try...

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If i click for example on the update button in app store, there is just this ''downloading circle'' and shows loading.. and loading.. and loading and just nothing happens. Also the sympol of the updating app gets grey and there stands ''waiting''.
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Can i transfer my backup to another computer and then restore my backup

can i transfer my backup to another computer and then restore my backup

Yes. However, the backup file does not necessarily contain everything on your device (music, some purchases, some photos) so you want to make sure all items are backed up and transferred for safekeeping first.
iOS: How to back up - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766
iTunes: About iOS backups - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4946 - including a list of what is backed up.
How to Restore iPhone From Backup - http://ipod.about.com/od/iphonetroubleshooting/ss/restore-iphone.htm
iTunes: Backing up, updating, and restoring iOS software - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414
You will need to copy the backup file from one computer to another:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4946 - iTunes: About iOS backups > Where iTunes backups are stored on your computer

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