System Restore to previous date

I would like to download a game on my macbook however i would like to set a restore date so that if it slows my computer, i can restore the computer to a previous date before the game was installed. Is there a way to do this on my macbook OS X (processor Intel Core 2 Duo)? Thanks!

Yes. Get a bootable, external HD and put a bootable backup/clone of your present HD onto to, boot into it, ensure that it works like the original. Use Carbon Copy Cloner, SuperDuper!, Disk Utility, etc. to do the backup/clone.

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Need to wipe hard drive to restore to previous date from time machine back up. Unclear how to do this. Please advise or provide link to this procedure on website. Thanks.

Need to wipe hard drive to restore to previous date from time machine back up. Unclear how to do this. Please advise or provide link to this procedure on website. Thanks.

See Pondini's TM FAQs for starters.

System Restore to previous iTunes version caused "New iTunes Library" error

So like others I upgraded to 11; tried to keep an open mind but the thing keeps hanging up on me, running slowly, and wow I hate not being able to see my playlists next to my library. Even little things like deleting a song from a playlist and iTunes not automatically playing the next song bother me to no end.
SO, I decided to try a System Restore to my previous iTunes version but now I can't open iTunes due to a "New iTunes Library" error. /facepalm
I'm assuming it has something to do with 11 changing my Library file format and the file not reverting during the restore? Or something?
Is there anything I can do at this point? Any easy fix I'm not aware of?
Or will I have no choice but to uninstall/re-install the previous iTunes? (If this truly is the only solution could you please point me in the direction of the easiest way to go about it, I'm somewhat computer-literate but I've heard that it can be a pain in the butt)
I'm sure my songs themselves are fine, right? So my main thing is that I REALLY don't want to lose my playlists, I have dozens of them, that's what I'm the most worried about. I do keep all my music/playlists fairly up to date on my iPod as well, if that would help me restore my library. Any help is greatly appreciated!
Thanks!

Quit iTunes.
Download and install the latest version of iTunes. (Substitute iTunes 10.7)
Use the Finder (Mac) or Windows Explorer (Windows) to go to the iTunes folder that contains the iTunes library files:
Mac OS X
/Users/username/Music/iTunes/
Microsoft Windows Windows XP and Windows 2000
\Documents and Settings\username\My Documents\My Music\iTunes\
Microsoft Windows Windows Vista and Windows 7
\Users\username\Music\iTunes\
Drag the iTunes Library file from the above location to the Desktop.
Open the Previous iTunes Libraries folder in the iTunes folder.
Locate the file named iTunes Library YYYY-MM-DD where YYYY-MM-DD is the date you upgraded iTunes (Year-Month-Day).
Drag this file to the iTunes folder (the enclosing folder).
Rename this file to iTunes Library.
Open iTunes.

System restore - lose app data?

Hello,
I need to do a system restore on my mother's iPad Air. She is an avid player of certain games on Facebook. I'm wondering if her data, i.e. FB Slotomania bank roll, will be deleted....? I'm thinking no, but would just like to confirm. Thanks!!

Cap, you may be right on that, if the FaceBook account and all associated content are associated with her and NOT your Apple ID then she will be ok with you switching the Apple IDs.
Is the iPad she has one that came with FaceBook installed or did you install FaceBookusing yourq Apple ID? If the FaceBook app came preinstalled then she owns it and the coins...as I understand how FB works.
You can do a simple test, go to Settings > FaceBook and check how the account and password are entered. Check the Settings for FB and see if there is any tie to you.
If not, go to Settings > iCloud and Delete Account so there is not the tie there to you. Create an Apple ID and password and email address for your mother, then enter that account for her. Go to the Stores > Apple ID > Sign Out, back up and change the Apple ID to the new one you created for your mother, then move forward and Sign in...you will have to enter the new password.
Now you can test and see if she can successfully play her game.
If so, in Settings go down each app and see if any are tied to your ID and if so, change them.
That way you have not done a bulk erase of settings and content but should make the iPad hers.

After windows system restore, most ipod data not copying

I recently did a system restore on my computer using windows XP. When I tried to update my ipod, it said that 81 items were not transferred because my computer was not 'authorized' for them. All of the items were on my computer long before the system restore and were all purchased legally from the itunes store. So now most of my music, podcasts, and all of my tv shows won't sync to my ipod. I did a restore on the ipod, but that didn't help. Does anyone know what to do?

Is the new memory according to recommended specs?
there is no connection between battery and memory as far as i know. but while restoring OS to factory settings, it is advised that you keep original factory hardware (use old memory sticks etc.).
3000 N100-0768DKU
XP Home 5.01.2600 SP2
Ubuntu 8.04(hardy)

I recently gave my ex my old iPhone 4 when I upgraded to an iPhone 5s and i thought I restored it but I restored to previous date. Now on new phone trying to log onto iCloud it has his name and diff password. How do edit iCloud Mail info

I recently changed my Apple ID and password. Although I thought I was changing my iCloud email which I just learned cannot be changed. I am in the middle of an ugly separation. I just upgraded my old iPhone 4 to a 5s. I have an I pad also. My first completely idiotic thing I did was try to restore my old iPhone 4 in a hurry and I accidently restored it to an earlier day which alone has caused more problems than I care to address. He has access now to all my emails. I wanted to change my iCloud email account since it's been terribly compromised but I can't. And I was very confused when I just tried to log onto my iCloud email and it says his name. I just changed it manually on my iphone5s. But when I try to log on it says I have the wrong password. Tried changing it but it tells me to log onto my Apple ID account and I'm just so confused and I need to wipe that device clean somehow. Please help

I had major issues with the iPhone 4s battery, however it’s resolved.
The tech who set the phone up at the Apple store did so with little training.
if you have a mobile me account. First go and move all your data to the cloud by going on your computer and logging in at me.com/move. The cloud has replaced mobile me, so there is no need for those two accounts
Also make sure that for any of your email accounts you set them up to fetch, not push. My tech person set them all to have the email servers push data to the phone. The new iphone4s antenna is extremely strong so it will continually try to access stuff that is pushed–***** a lot of battery life doing this. It makes it worse if you have exchange 2010 accounts. Something about changes made to exchange really suck battery life from devices that access such accounts.
turning of locator and the push notifications from facebook--they have a lot!

Did a System Restore, Lost previous versions of OS X Updates

So my hard drive died. Got a new HDD, formatted and installed OSX Snow Leopard from the recovery disk that came with the computer. Everything up and running just fine. App store icon has a line through it and cannot open due to the software not being current. Looks as if I need to install a new OSX version but I cannot launch app store. Seems like kind of a catch 22 at the moment. Previously had mavericks installed.
So I tried the migration tool with my external time machine back up and it will not let me migrate due to the old Snow leopard installation that i'm running after the recovery and from when the time machine snapshot was taken with mavericks.
Thanks for any help!!!!!!!

Try running the combo update.
10.6.8 Combo Updater
Then use Software Update to download all updates.

Are Files stored on Creative Cloud backed up and can I restore from previous date?

Hello,
One of my laptops was compromised this week due to an email virus. Since then whenever I try to access files I have stored in my Creative Cloud folder while using a different machine none of the files will open. Does Adobe use any kind of backup or archiving which could restore from?
Thanks!
Ken Lamb

Hi Kenelamb,
Did you happen to have the file sync turned on? If they are stored in the cloud then you will be able to retrieve them. Just log in with your Adobe ID to https://creative.adobe.com/archive#
http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/kb/desktop-sync-getting-started.html. How are you accessing the files from a different computer? Are you just using a network cable to access them?
Scott

Restore Mac OS X Leopard to previous date

Does anyone know if Mac OS X 10.5 has an option like Window XP to restore to previous date?
Thanks

Think also of using for instance SuperDuper or Carbon Copy Cloner to clone your system before updates. That way returning to the previous version is a breeze.
If you have your install discs handy you can do an archive and install to go back to a fresh install.
/p

Mavericks install failed on my late 2008 MBP. Says I should contact the software provider. Want to do a system restore, using Time Machine, but latest date to use is from last year - even tho did a backup before the download?

I downloaded the free Mavericks upgrade to my late 2008 MBP on Friday. I made sure to plug in my external hard drive so that Time Machine could back up beforehand. (I should say I'm not clear about the different kinds of backups that Time Machine does - I just plug it in and let it go.).
So have tried several times over the weekend to install, it takes 46 minutes each time - only to tell me it can't do it. There was an error message of needing to contact the software provider (or something similar). After searching the internet (on my husband's computer - since my MBP is rendered useless right now) I decided maybe I should wait on Mavericks and just do a system restore. However, when I plugged in the Hard Drive and proceed to System Restore, the latest date available is one from September of 2012 (14 months ago)... I've wondered if the date might be wrong? But I'm afraid to choose it because I'm not sure what I would lose. It might take me back to Snow Leopard rather than Lion... (however, the version on Restore was 10.8.1 which is Mtn Lion, right? Even tho it was last year...)
Some sources online say that I should go into applications and delete the install -- but I can't get to anything on my computer.
I tried to do a reboot in safe mode - but not sure if it worked...
I did look on the installer log error and the latest error is:
Local Host Report crash [378]
Can anyone help me? (Using simpleton, non-techie language?
Thanks

I downloaded the free Mavericks upgrade to my late 2008 MBP on Friday. I made sure to plug in my external hard drive so that Time Machine could back up beforehand. (I should say I'm not clear about the different kinds of backups that Time Machine does - I just plug it in and let it go.).
So have tried several times over the weekend to install, it takes 46 minutes each time - only to tell me it can't do it. There was an error message of needing to contact the software provider (or something similar). After searching the internet (on my husband's computer - since my MBP is rendered useless right now) I decided maybe I should wait on Mavericks and just do a system restore. However, when I plugged in the Hard Drive and proceed to System Restore, the latest date available is one from September of 2012 (14 months ago)... I've wondered if the date might be wrong? But I'm afraid to choose it because I'm not sure what I would lose. It might take me back to Snow Leopard rather than Lion... (however, the version on Restore was 10.8.1 which is Mtn Lion, right? Even tho it was last year...)
Some sources online say that I should go into applications and delete the install -- but I can't get to anything on my computer.
I tried to do a reboot in safe mode - but not sure if it worked...
I did look on the installer log error and the latest error is:
Local Host Report crash [378]
Can anyone help me? (Using simpleton, non-techie language?
Thanks

Computer freezes and will not let me do a system restore

I have a HP p6597C PC Bundle with windows 7 home premium 64 bit. Yesterday I was searching for some info online and my computer froze up. The only way to get out of it was to shut it down by hand. I turned it back on to run my virus protection and it froze up again and had to shut down same as before. Turned on again and downloaded malwarebytes and spybot and it froze in the middle of running those, but malwarebytes came up with one problem at the point it froze so I am pretty sure it has a virus. Tried to do a complete system restore as the restore to previous date did not work and this froze as well. Please Help!!

Hello Geo4537,
I understand you’re stating the computer will not boot properly, is that correct? I will be happy to help you.
I would like you to try a hard reset first, if you have tried the steps below prior to posting you don’t have to repeat them.
1.       Remove all connections from the computer including the power cable
2.       Press and hold the power button for 30 seconds
3.       Once done reinsert only the mouse, keyboard, monitor and power cable
4.       Attempted to boot
Please respond back at your earliest convenience.
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ITunes doesn't work after reinstallation following system restore

My Toshiba Satellite P100 uses Windows XP SP2. I don't think my hardware is a real issue in this instance, but I can post it if others think it's pertinent.
I installed iTunes a couple weeks ago and things seemed to work pretty well. I began having issues with my computer freezing up (always when I was away from the computer, so I don't know why) and my fingerprint reader stopped working with Firefox, so I decided to try a System Restore. I set it to restore to December 10th, and both issues seem to have been resolved. However, since December 10th was before iTunes was installed, I had to reinstall iTunes. The installation seemed to work fine, but when I clicked finish with the box to launch iTunes afterwards checked, iTunes did not launch. I thought little of it, and just double-clicked the iTunes icon on my desktop. I got an error message like the following:
"iTunes has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
If you were in the middle of something, the information you were working on might be lost.
Please tell Microsoft about this problem
We have created an error report that you can send to us. We will treat this report as confidential and anonymous.
To see what data this error report contains, click here."
I clicked on the link, but the information it provided was over my head. If anyone thinks it could be helpful in fixing this, let me know and I'll post it.
And then there are two buttons, "Send Error Report" and "Don't Send".
I've seen this kind of error message before when a program gets overloaded or something and has to shut down, but this pops up every time I try to open iTunes (either from the Program Files menu or from the Desktop) and I never even see the iTunes window before the error forces it to shut down. I have tried both rebooting my computer and reinstalling iTunes, but I am still having the same problem. I don't want to have to revert to my old system settings now that my machine is running better, so any advice on an alternative would be greatly appreciated.

I AM HAVING THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM!!! It happened when I upgraded to the newest version of itunes. I did a system restore to a date when everything was working fine and my itunes still did not work. I have tried to go back to an older version and do uninstall/install but the same thing keeps happening. If you figure it out let me know and I will do the same. Also, my quicktime seems to not be working normally.
My Toshiba Satellite P100 uses Windows XP SP2. I
don't think my hardware is a real issue in this
instance, but I can post it if others think it's
pertinent.
I installed iTunes a couple weeks ago and things
seemed to work pretty well. I began having issues
with my computer freezing up (always when I was away
from the computer, so I don't know why) and my
fingerprint reader stopped working with Firefox, so I
decided to try a System Restore. I set it to restore
to December 10th, and both issues seem to have been
resolved. However, since December 10th was before
iTunes was installed, I had to reinstall iTunes. The
installation seemed to work fine, but when I clicked
finish with the box to launch iTunes afterwards
checked, iTunes did not launch. I thought little of
it, and just double-clicked the iTunes icon on my
desktop. I got an error message like the following:
"iTunes has encountered a problem and needs to close.
We are sorry for the inconvenience.
f you were in the middle of something, the
information you were working on might be lost.
Please tell Microsoft about this problem
We have created an error report that you can send to
us. We will treat this report as confidential and
anonymous.
To see what data this error report contains, click
here."
I clicked on the link, but the information it
provided was over my head. If anyone thinks it could
be helpful in fixing this, let me know and I'll post
it.
And then there are two buttons, "Send Error Report"
and "Don't Send".
I've seen this kind of error message before when a
program gets overloaded or something and has to shut
down, but this pops up every time I try to open
iTunes (either from the Program Files menu or from
the Desktop) and I never even see the iTunes window
before the error forces it to shut down. I have tried
both rebooting my computer and reinstalling iTunes,
but I am still having the same problem. I don't want
to have to revert to my old system settings now that
my machine is running better, so any advice on an
alternative would be greatly appreciated.
Dell Dimension 3000 Windows XP
Dell Dimension 3000 Windows XP

System restore w/o the vault

is there a way to do a system restore to earlier date (like a couple of hours go) to recover my deleted 'trash' in the mail client.
and sadly i have not been using the vault..
thank you in advance

You can restore from a backup to a specific date > Mac Basics: Time Machine backs up your Mac

Recommended System Restore Settings

I have a HP Pavilion dv7t-6c00 CTO Entertainment Notebook PC using Windows 7 Bit OS, this is a question: When setting system restore settings is there a recommended setting example restore system files, and user files, just system files, or both, and how much space should you delegate for system restore?? Is there currently a recommended way to set system restore up?

Hi,
Windows will set default size for you BUT only for system restore, not your data files. Depending on your available space, you can keep more or less. If you wish to include your data, you need some sorts of backup, clone ... or similar.
For large installations, they backup everything on daily and now they instant "backing up" or keeping a (or more) copy of data off site. Can you afford this ? I will show you how.
Regards.
BH
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I have uploaded an old itunes library by mistake - any way that I can go back to my previous library. Unable to do a system restore and I don't know where to find an up to date music/playlist file.

I have uploaded an old itunes library by mistake - any way that I can go back to my previous library. Unable to do a system restore and I don't know where to find an up to date music/playlist file. I was originally trying to recover a playlist that vanished after I had updated one of the ipads, did an online search, followed the instructions only to discover that I had loaded an itunes library from 2 years ago. Stupidly I thought that it had updated itself and didn't realise I had to do it. Any he

See Empty/corrupt iTunes library after upgrade/crash. Hopefully you have a more recent library file that you can restore.
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