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Q: Can't Restore from Time Machine Back Ups- -kernel panic

I have a MacBook (intel, 2009) that was running 10.6.8. I have 2 gigs of ram and abt 40% of hard disk space available. I started having a lot of interruptions w/spinning beachball. It first started happening mostly while online and I thought it was bc I can no longer update safari, firefox bc I already have the latest version that 10.6.8 will allow. But lately, the interruptions started happening while I was working on files (Indesign, photoshop,etc...) I tried trashing various prefs, caches, etc, as recommended- -no joy. I tested the hardware, ran disk utility, and repaired permissions many times, everything checks out ok there. I felt it was time to try and restore system from a previous version from my Time machine backups, back to when I was experiencing no problems. When I did that I started up from my DVD and restored the system from a back up. Problem is - - I have not been able to reboot w/the back up. I get the ker

nel panic screen which says the system isnt set. I tried several different back ups that I have made over the past 2 years, but no joy. If I reinstall from scratch from the dvd it restores fine. Problem is I have a ton of applications and emails that I have backed up that I can not use w/the original OS on the disk- -10.5. My question is- -since nothing seems to be wrong w/the computer itself, am I wrong to think these back ups can restore the system? Or is time machine essentially for backing up files? Thats not what I understood it to be, but it seems like thats what happening- -it doesnt recognize a system folder. The other question is, if I shell out to go back to 10.6 will I be able to restore my applications from the back ups?  Thank you in advance for any direction on this.

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.8), Kernel panic

Posted on Feb 28, 2016 7:53 AM

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  • by my ginger,

    my ginger my ginger Mar 5, 2016 12:26 PM in response to woopit2013
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    Mar 5, 2016 12:26 PM in response to woopit2013

    Mike will probably get back with you. But I can answer some of this  Time machine is not bootable by itself. If you use time machine on a corrupted volume it will not work. If on the other had you had to replace a failed drive. You would install an operating system and then use the time machine backup to restore your files to the previous state of the failed drive. If the drive that is installed has problems with lags hangs at startup and other problems, but is not corrupt,. You can go back to a time that was stable thru time machine  and install. You can, in time machine delete older backups. To a certain extent time machine does this anyway to keep adequate disk space. If you now have you computer up and running, with no problems and your backups restored. you can wipe time machine and start over with backing up.

  • by woopit2013,

    woopit2013 woopit2013 Mar 5, 2016 12:32 PM in response to my ginger
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    Mar 5, 2016 12:32 PM in response to my ginger

    MG- -"If the drive that is installed has problems with lags hangs at startup and other problems, but is not corrupt,. You can go back to a time that was stable thru time machine and install. '  <- - -That's what I was trying to do, but to no avail.  Thank you for your reply.

  • by woopit2013,

    woopit2013 woopit2013 Mar 5, 2016 1:08 PM in response to my ginger
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    Mar 5, 2016 1:08 PM in response to my ginger

    This may be far-fetched, but since I can really see no reason why my restore attempts have failed I need to ask this question- -I have Time Machine back-ups on the same external hard drive for different machines. So basically, I have a folder for all my Macbook back-ups and then a second folder for all the iMac back-ups on same external hard drive. Even though I am choosing the back-up from which the Macbook should be restored, could it be possible that my choice for my Macbook back-up is being overridden by the back-up that I have on the same external hard drive for my iMac? My iMac is running Mavericks and the Macbook was running Snow Leopard. Am I confusing TM?

  • by my ginger,

    my ginger my ginger Mar 5, 2016 1:30 PM in response to woopit2013
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    Mar 5, 2016 1:30 PM in response to woopit2013

    I did not know that. Do you have a way of telling the one from the other? As in the name or something? If when you run a time machine backup. It runs from the wrong one, that could be a problem. You should by using the option key be able to pick the correct backup.  https://support.apple.com/kb/PH18863?locale=en_US

  • by woopit2013,

    woopit2013 woopit2013 Mar 5, 2016 1:41 PM in response to my ginger
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    Mar 5, 2016 1:41 PM in response to my ginger

    Well, yeah- -Im choosing the right one. I was just wondering if its actually restoring the right one, tho.

     

    Im just thinking like when you have two different versions of the same program on your computer, if you double click on a file its going to default to the newest version to open it. I guess its a stretch, but wanted to mention.

  • by my ginger,

    my ginger my ginger Mar 5, 2016 1:53 PM in response to woopit2013
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    Mar 5, 2016 1:53 PM in response to woopit2013

    If you are choosing the right one, then it should not change once selected.  https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201250 Mike might need to help you with this. He will get a copy of these posts, so he'll see it.

  • by woopit2013,

    woopit2013 woopit2013 Mar 5, 2016 1:58 PM in response to my ginger
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    Mar 5, 2016 1:58 PM in response to my ginger

    OK- thanks.

  • by Mike Sombrio,

    Mike Sombrio Mike Sombrio Mar 5, 2016 2:13 PM in response to woopit2013
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    Mar 5, 2016 2:13 PM in response to woopit2013

    I'm as confused as you at this point. My best advice would be to purchase Snow Leopard http://www.apple.com/shop/product/MC573Z/A/mac-os-x-106-snow-leopard install and try again to restore. I don't know but it seems that the trouble is that you're installing Leopard and trying to restore a Snow Leopard backup. I don't know but maybe it's possible to go one way and not the other. I know what the link on Pondini's site said but now it appears a bit ambiguous. Unfortunately Mr. Pondini has passed away so we can't turn to him for advice.

  • by woopit2013,

    woopit2013 woopit2013 Mar 5, 2016 2:39 PM in response to Mike Sombrio
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    Mar 5, 2016 2:39 PM in response to Mike Sombrio

    "I don't know but it seems that the trouble is that you're installing Leopard and trying to restore a Snow Leopard backup." 

    Originally, no, that wasnt the case, I had 10.6.8 installed and I tried to restore w/an older back up of 10.6.8 from TM. When that failed- -that's when I had to go back and restore w/system discs for Leopard. I never tried to go from 10.5 to 10.6. OK- -then- -thank-you both for your replies.

  • by Mike Sombrio,

    Mike Sombrio Mike Sombrio Mar 5, 2016 2:56 PM in response to woopit2013
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    Mar 5, 2016 2:56 PM in response to woopit2013

    Could your backups be corrupt? It can happen, thats why I also keep a bootable clone although I don't update it as much as I should.

  • by woopit2013,

    woopit2013 woopit2013 Mar 5, 2016 3:08 PM in response to Mike Sombrio
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    Mar 5, 2016 3:08 PM in response to Mike Sombrio

    No, they couldnt all be corrupt. Plus- -I was able to copy data from them. I mean to say, after I was forced to restore the drive w/Leopard system discs, I then was able to pull apps, emails and files from the back-ups that are compatible w/Leopard.

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