Trying to restore after Leopard Installation

Not sure what I did, but my Intel iMac was freezing up on me. I decide to re-install Leopard and a freshly deleted main drive, the install went smoothly and I the Software Update went smoothly too.
Here is my problem, I have about 150GB of docs, mostly pictures on my Time Machine drive that I am trying to restore to this fresh build. However the permissions are preventing me from reading the files. I used Migration Assistant and all it is doing is copying everything to my user directory.
The newly copied files all have the red stop sign on them and everything is grayed out. I even tried to use the Disk Utility to Fix Permissions on the Time Machine drive but that option is also grayed out.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I have pics of my kids and family going back to 2000 on this Time Machine backup that I would like to recover.
Thanks

Same thing, all the folders have a red circle resembling a European Stop sign, however I think I figured it out. When the restore was done it created the previous username also, so I re-logged in with that name and was able to access my files, whew! I then was able to modify permissions and add my new Acct to the folders I was recovering. There must be a better way.
and what a PITA! and scary for a moment. An Admin should be able to over-ride permissions on any local drive without having to do a workaround.

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I installed Leopard yesterday and ran the first software update; everything worked OK; the first software updated included three updates: Remote Desktop Client update; iDVD update and Garageband update.
Today I tried to run another update and had this issue: while the Software Update is displaying a message saying "New software is available for your computer" there is nothing listed below and the install button is disabled! Then I went to the Software Update Preference and saw a message there saying Last Attempt Failed; error occurred while checking
Does anyone have the same issue while trying a new software update after Leopard installation?
I do understand there is another new update issued yesterday by Apple regarding login key
Grateful for any insight re this problem

Hi. I had the same problem after doing an erase and install of Leopard yesterday. When I go into Terminal (actually iTerm) and type "softwareupdate -l" (to list all updates), I see:
XML parser error:
Encountered unexpected EOF
Old-style plist parser error:
Malformed data byte group at line 1; invalid hex
This appears to be a problem with com.apple.SoftwareUpdate.plist, the property list for Software Update, but I'm not sure. If I type "find ~/Library/ -name '*plist' -exec plutil {} \;" to check all the plists, however, the Software Update plist checks out as OK. Furthermore, deleting that property list and rebooting to force the OS to create a new plist does not fix the problem. Weird. Now, if I type "sudo softwareupdate -i -a" to install all updates (change "-a" to "-r" to only install recommended updates), it works fine. I still get that same error when I try to run Software Update normally afterwards, but if I go to the preferences, all of the updates are listed under Installed Updates. So, I can get the OS to update automatically, but only through the Terminal. This is very weird, and I hope someone can shed more light on this situation.
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Trying to restore after getting a new hard drive. I can see the backup on the Time Capsule and on the correct date but it is Greyed out. That is it wont let me open it and restore the machine. Have tried also Migration Assistant, no luck.

Trying to restore after getting a new hard drive. I can see the backup on the Time Capsule and on the correct date but it is Greyed out. That is it wont let me open it and restore the machine. Have tried also Migration Assistant, no luck.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5210788?tstart=0
At startup hold down the Command+Option/Alt+r keys until you see a globe on the screen. Then use disk utility to partition and format the drive HSF+ and then select Reinstall Mac OS X. whatever version of OS X that originally came on your system will be installed and then you can upgrade back to Mavericks.

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on the 'rinting' topics, someone suggested throwing away all the drivers and downloading from the websiet. And it worked.
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I did some internet research and tried started up from the install DVD again (which still works) and tried to repair my disk using Disk Utility. This didn't work and an error message came up: "Attempted to Repair Disk, attempt failed. Invalid Node Structure, Volume Check Failed. Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit."
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Is it possible that the piece stuck in the audio jack has resulted in turning off the internal speakers?
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How to Perform an Archive and Install
An Archive and Install will NOT erase your hard drive, but you must have sufficient free space for a second OS X installation which could be from 3-9 GBs depending upon the version of OS X and selected installation options. The free space requirement is over and above normal free space requirements which should be at least 6-10 GBs. Read all the linked references carefully before proceeding.
1. Be sure to use Disk Utility first to repair the disk before performing the Archive and Install.
Repairing the Hard Drive and Permissions
Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Installer menu (Utilities menu for Tiger.) After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported, then quit DU and return to the installer.
2. Do not proceed with an Archive and Install if DU reports errors it cannot fix. In that case use Disk Warrior and/or TechTool Pro to repair the hard drive. If neither can repair the drive, then you will have to erase the drive and reinstall from scratch.
3. Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When you reach the screen to select a destination drive click once on the destination drive then click on the Option button. Select the Archive and Install option. You have an option to preserve users and network preferences. Only select this option if you are sure you have no corrupted files in your user accounts. Otherwise leave this option unchecked. Click on the OK button and continue with the OS X Installation.
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ISight not working after Leopard installation - 1st Generation MacBook

My iSight is no longer working on my 1G MacBook after Leopard clean installation. Does anyone have this problem?

What problem are other people having? My iSight also failed, but it's the strangest problem I've ever had with my Mac. It will turn on and stay on when it should, but the image is dark to start out with and fades to black.
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...big trouble after leopard installation. Please help!

I have recently upgraded to Leopard from 10.4. After the installation everything seems normal, the computer boots as usual, I am able to log in and everything seems fine. The first thing I do is to connect my external hard drive [Formac disk 800 XTR] - 800 GB via firewire, because that's the place where my files are.
Then the following message comes up:
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Also, I have never had any trouble with that hard drive before, and just over five seconds it has to be repaired.. It was my secure backup...
I can't open it with my macbook either.
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My specs are
iMac G5 (Power PC) 2,0 GHz 2GB ram

Yep, meeting the minimum requirements will get you minimum performance. A machine that runs Tiger great may not be able to keep up with all the new code in Leopard.
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Cocktail can run them manually without you having to resort to terminal commands. It can also give you access to several other utility type settings like enabling journaling, deleting DS Store files, tweaking network transmission settings, showing hidden files, and many other settings that you can work with in Terminal if you want.
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Error -50 when trying to restore after update

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I tried to restore after iOS5 and everything is gone.

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Restoring user accounts after Leopard installation

I'm sure this has been asked before, but I'm not sure what to search for in these forums.
Prior to installing Leopard, I made a clone of my Tiger system on my external HD. I did an erase&install and used migration assistant to transfer my user account from Tiger and all the apps, documents, settings, etc, back to my computer. I thought I could just write over the new user account that was made when Leopard was installed, but I was prompted to change the name of the old account (as it was the same as my new user account on Leopard). So the old one is now "myname1" and the new one is "myname".
How do I remove the new "myname" account permanently and give full administrator privileges to the "myname1" account that I transferred from my external HD? Furthermore, once this is done, is it possible to rename "myname1" back to "myname"?
I tried doing this in the users panel, but all I could think of doing was removing admin privileges from the new "myname" Leopard account and giving them to the "myname1" account. What's the next step?
Thank you!

Shannon,
We can "restore" backed up users to a new installation very easily. First, you should create any accounts you will be restoring using the exact same usernames and user short names as the old accounts. Then, enable the "root" account and log in as root. Follow the instructions on manual restoration of user data that you will find in this kbase article.
Basically, you have the right idea, but you need to follow the instructions I have given to avoid any problems.
Note: The commands listed in this article (two of them) to run in Terminal when restoring data to a new installation apply to accounts created in 10.2 only. For restoring data to accounts created in 10.3 (Panther) and 10.4 (Tiger), use the following single command instead of the two separate ones listed in the article:
chown -R username:username /Users/username
In the above command, you will replace all instances of "username" with your own short name. So, if your short name is "fred," for example, you will type the following exactly:
chown -R fred:fred /Users/fred
If you have further questions, just ask.
Scott

Trying to restore after crash and rebuild but Time Machine isn't seeing my NAS drive.

My MacBook Pro had it's first crash in 6 years or daily use and abuse. Came home from work and had the "You need to restart your mac, hold down the power button" screen in 10 languages. After a heart attack, a visit the the neighborhood bar for a couple shots, I came home and spent most of the night troubleshooting:
wouldn't boot in safe mode (holding down shift...just sat there with the grey apple and spinning icon for hours)
booted off OS disc and ran Disc Utility (it said everything was fine)
booted with hardware test off install disc and ran extended test (said everything was fine)
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Erased the disc and reloaded Snow Leopard. All seems to be working fine. Mac sees the Buffalo Linkstation Duo drive just fine, can copy info back and forth...all's good. I reboot using the Snow Leopard disk and go to Utilities/Restore ... and the drive isn't there to restore from. The drive is obviously operating fine...this is an issue with Time Machine (likely one of Apple's 'If you don't buy our product we're going to make it really hard for you" type of things).
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Thanks baltwo
I saw Pondini's comments on several posts that were related but either not quite the same issue, or noone had figured out the solution yet. I think I may have it solved though.
I found a couple posts elsewhere that laid out some clear solutions. I tried them and they appear to have worked...it's working on a restore now, it says two hours left so I'll know soon.
The big part I was missing was how to mount the drive from Terminal when working off the OS disc. After booting regularly off the harddrive, I was able to connect to the NAS using terminal with SMB://ipaddress ... and it would even stay connected after regular reboot...however after rebooting using the CD is no longer saw the NAS, not in Time Machine or Disk Utility or System Profile. I tried smb again using the Terminal in the Utilities menu but it wouldn't accept it.
I found this info on how to mount and it worked like a charm...http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=2009103103534090 .... then TimeMachine saw the drive and everything so far has gone smoothly.
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Unexpected Error Occurred (error code -600) after Leopard Installation

Installed Leopard for the second time.
Everything seems to work fine, but after opening and then closing Mail, I'm unable to open it via the dock. Tried to open by selecting from the applications menu, and get the following message:
The operation could not be completed.
An unexpected error occurred (error code -600)
Same thing with Backup, Parallels too.
Shutdown behavior is odd. From the apple icon, shutdown doesn't work, everything goes away on the desktop, then the spinning wheel (not beach ball), then nothing. Have to power off to quit, can't be good for the hardware.
Any suggestions, or am I doomed to a clean install and reinstalling all of my applications? Thankfully I have a drive backed up with SuperDuper with 10.4!
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First, install the Login KeyChain update (see Apple software download page).
Reinstalled ContentBarrierX4 http://www.intego.com/services/updates.asp (make sure to select ContentBarrierX4).
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Once you logged in, exit, then reboot.
For the first time since installing Leopard, I can shutdown without a hard power off.
Salvation...

Powermac shutting down after Leopard installation

Hi
I had a perfect system running under Tiger but due to me messing with things I decided to install Leopard. The disk was an upgrade DVD passed on to me by a friend.
The installation went fine but as soon as it restarted at the end the Mac reaches the apple logo and then the whole computer powers down.
I have tried replacing all the components to the original parts e.g graphics and DVD drive but still its giving me problems
Will try archive and install but will I end up losing all my files like music and documents. All I want now is for it to work but I have lost my original Tiger discs and only have my Panther ones, aahhh.
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Secondly, none of the machines in your profile meet the minimum system specifications for Leopard. It requires 867 Mhz G4 BUILT-IN processor. Upgrade cards are not tested for it, so if you are discussing your AGP PowerMac, consult with the upgrade card manufacturer to make sure there isn't a firmware update for its use. If you are discussing some other Mac, please specify which it is, once you get the Leopard retail.
If you need help restoring your data back to 10.4,11, let us know. It appears you do have two machines capable of Target Disk Mode, which is useful. Just tell us which machine you need help restoring 10.4.11 to.

FireWire dead after Leopard installation?

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I see no other postings when searching this forum for "G-drive" or "GDrive".
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Hi Bill
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