Restore from TM using Leopard

Sorry we lost contact before; I kept waiting for a post to appear in the other forum . . .

I did not suggest installing from Leopard. That may work, but likely won't be trouble-free. 😟

Try just installing Snow Leopard from your SL Install disc (that shouldn't affect anything else). That may work. Then install the "combo" update to get back to 10.6.7.

Are you talking about this?
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If so, that's a +kernel panic.+

I'm afraid what you're going to have to do is start up from the Snow Leopard disc and completely reformat your internal HD. See #1 in [Formatting, Partitioning, Verifying, and Repairing Disks|http://web.me.com/pondini/AppleTips/DU.html] (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of the +Using Snow Leopard+ forum).

Then you should be able to install OSX from your Snow Leopard disc.

When it starts up, you might be able to use +Setup Assistant+ to recover your stuff from your Time Machine backups, but ONLY if you never did any backups of the beta software. See [Setting up a new Mac from an old one or its backups|http://web.me.com/pondini/AppleTips/Setup.html] (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of the +Snow Leopard > Installation and Setup+ forum).

If you DID do any backups of the beta software, select +Do not transfer my information now+ on the first screen and set up a user account. Use exactly the same information as the Admin account on your backups.

When your Mac starts up again, you should be able to view the backups, and restore from your last 10.6.7 backup. But you can't do that all at once; you'll have to restore the contents of one sub-folder in your home folder at a time (Desktop, Documents, Library, etc.).

Are you holding down the "C" key while starting up, with the SL disc in the Super drive?

tonal wrote:
James..I am not familiar with this..sorry. It worked with the c depressed..I am now installing SL...that was my only option...I will then install combo to get back to 10.6.7..I did not reformat since I did not have options on the provided screen to do this...hope this is correct...

Your Mac may start up normally, and you can log on to your main account. Then download and install the "combo" update.

If it doesn't, yes, you'll have to start over. Reformat your internal HD per the yellow box in #1 of [Formatting, Partitioning, Verifying, and Repairing Disks|http://web.me.com/pondini/AppleTips/DU.html] (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of the +Using Snow Leopard+ forum). Then install OSX again on the empty drive.

When it restarts again, use +Setup Assistant+ to transfer your stuff if you didn't do backups of the beta software, or set up an account, per my previous post.

Obviously I am not a good candidate for beta testing

That's not necessarily true; a wide variety of users is a good idea.

I don't mean to be critical, but what did you make of this paragraph on the invitation?

IMPORTANT: We do not recommend installing pre-release software on personal-critical and/or business-critical systems. Backups should be maintained to mitigate data loss in the event of an application or system crash. <Vendor> is not liable for malfunctions resulting from the installation of this software. Furthermore, <vendor> makes no guarantee that data created or modified by this software will be compatible with future versions.

You're not the first to either ignore or not fully understand that; I suspect it could be worded better. PLEASE let us know if/how you interpreted it, so others may not make the same mistakes.

tonal wrote:
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Anyway I was able to use the restore I did overnight after re-installing SL and the 10.6.7 combo pack and repaired permissions as per your documented instructions.

Yay! Glad it's sorted out.

I'll relay your comments about the warning; maybe we can get them changed so nobody else will have such a hassle.