Time Machine restore does not recognize sparsebundle password

I am trying to do a time machine system restore from an encrypted sparse bundle. I have a mac with OS X 10.10.2 and the sparse bundle is on a time capsule. I rebooted with cmd+R and selected “Restore from a Time Machine Backup”. I was asked for the time machine password and then selected the sparse bundle I wanted to restore. At that point I was asked for the sparse bundle password, which however the system keeps rejecting. I am 100% sure the password is instead correct. To double check I restarted the mac and checked in the keychain, and the password is in fact correct. Also I could restore specific files from time machine without any problem. But when I try the system restore the way I just described, the system does not recognise that password as the correct one.
Can anybody suggest a solution? thanks
john

I think you will have to ring apple support and see if they can help you.. there is no easy way around this .. TM is simply buggy in Yosemite.. although encrypted TM bugs are not new. I think the same thing happens on earlier ones..
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The fix might be fairly long.. use setup assistant and use a different target drive eg USB and do a full install of the entire backup there. And then pick and choose the files..
For now I would avoid using encrypted backup.

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Hi there,
lately I did a "clean" re-install and later I restored all applications (only the applications, because I clicked "do not restore this user account" or something) backed up earlier via Time Machine.
Today I wanted to do a full restore of everything I backed up in the past, including photo's movies, documents, etc.
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I just try to restore the backup from my iMac where I backed it up from, so...
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peterimac wrote:
What I already did before I got your answer is restoring my complete system using the install DVD that came with the iMac. I didn't re-install OS X, but restored my system from the TM backup, via the Utilities>restore from TM backup, or whatever it says.
Good. (That's the procedure in #14 of the FAQ Tip, and step #1 of the second option I suggested.)
It seems that it indeed restored my complete system this time.
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If so, now it's fairly quick and easy to get a fresh version of OSX. Do an +Archive and Install,+ being certain to select the +Preserve users and settings+ option, per the *Archive & Install* section of the Glenn Carter - Restoring Your Entire System / Time Machine *User Tip* at the top of this forum.
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If this sounds familiar, it's step #2 of the second option in my previous post.
I forgot to switch of TM, so it directly made a new backup from the "new" system, which is normal of course.
Should I have switched TM off, instead, so it didn't make the backup or is that no problem?
No, not a problem. It's suggested there mostly to save space on the TM drive since TM will usually new a full backup.
At the end of your answer you mention NOT to setup TM, so, did I do something wrong again?
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Not surprising, since the full restore has you back to the same condition as before you started trying to fix that. The full restore was step #1. Step #2 is to get a new version of OSX via +Archive and Install.+ I can't promise the +Archive and Install+ will fix the problem, but it will get a fresh copy of OSX, preserving all your apps and data.
Can the LaCie d2 quadra drive have something to do with. I didn't format it like you suggest in point 5 of Frequently Asked Questions User Tip. Should I perform a re-format (and partition it in the mean time which indeed will be better)? Maybe, as you say in the Freq Asked Questions: it might conflict with Mac (???).
Doubtful, since you were able to do the compete reinstall successfully.
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Don't worry about your answer being late. My question was extremely early because I'm in the Chinese Time Zone (I work/live in China as an expat)
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You might ask yourself why I didn't go to an Apple Support shop here in China (the closest one for me is in Shanghai), but I don't really trust them... I've been in China for quite some time now, if you know what I mean. Probably I shouldn't worried, but there is also something like a language problem, too.
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