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Restoring files from another machine's backup
I want to restore the iTune library from my iMacs Time Machine backup onto my Macbook Pro - I have tried to use the alt-click option to browse other backup disks but this does not show any available d...
So, I didn't have a lot of time to mess with it this weekend, but did narrow down a few things.
1) Connecting via Ethernet makes no change.
2) If you launch a fresh install on a Mac, and choose to do a restore rather than a fresh install at the initial installer screen, it can see the ReadyNAS time machine no problem, and sees my backup there. Unfortunately, I was not doing full system backups due to space constraints, I was just backing up the user folders to preserve important user created content. So, I can't do a restore there, since it wasn't a full system backup.
3) If I then go ahead and do a fresh install on the "recovery" Mac, on the first reboot after install when it asks if you want to create a new account, import an account from an exiting Mac or from a Time Machine backup, if I choose Time Machine backup, it sees my ReadyNAS, authenticates to the ReadyNAS no problem, but then sees no backups, so I can't restore my user data (i.e. all my mail, itunes, iphoto, etc, that was in the User folder).
4) If I cancel out of the restore option, create and log in with a new account, and configure Time Machine under the new account, I'm back to the boat I was in when I started - the Mac sees the ReadyNAS time machine, but holding "option" and selecting "browse other backups" gives an empty list.
So I'm not sure if this is a ReadyNAS bug, or what. TimeMachine backups on my ReadyNAS for other Macs are viewable when browsed from the Lion Installer, but not from within the OS itself once installed. So I know all the data I need is on the ReadyNAS, I just can't get at it.
1) Connecting via Ethernet makes no change.
2) If you launch a fresh install on a Mac, and choose to do a restore rather than a fresh install at the initial installer screen, it can see the ReadyNAS time machine no problem, and sees my backup there. Unfortunately, I was not doing full system backups due to space constraints, I was just backing up the user folders to preserve important user created content. So, I can't do a restore there, since it wasn't a full system backup.
3) If I then go ahead and do a fresh install on the "recovery" Mac, on the first reboot after install when it asks if you want to create a new account, import an account from an exiting Mac or from a Time Machine backup, if I choose Time Machine backup, it sees my ReadyNAS, authenticates to the ReadyNAS no problem, but then sees no backups, so I can't restore my user data (i.e. all my mail, itunes, iphoto, etc, that was in the User folder).
4) If I cancel out of the restore option, create and log in with a new account, and configure Time Machine under the new account, I'm back to the boat I was in when I started - the Mac sees the ReadyNAS time machine, but holding "option" and selecting "browse other backups" gives an empty list.
So I'm not sure if this is a ReadyNAS bug, or what. TimeMachine backups on my ReadyNAS for other Macs are viewable when browsed from the Lion Installer, but not from within the OS itself once installed. So I know all the data I need is on the ReadyNAS, I just can't get at it.
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