What happens when you interrupt a Time Machine restore.

Start over from the beginning.

Well by starting the restore process you started to overwrite some files on the drive. Which could be system files. Also parts of APPs may of been copied over but not all of them and or not all that any app need to actually run.

For best results it is best to start from the beginning. Wipe the drive and reinstall the OS. And since you really don't plan on using the TM backup to do any restore (Not sure why you started it in the first place, oh well) then reinstall the apps you want and leave the rest off the system.

As for your personal data files hopefully you have a separate backup, a copy of them, someplace.

Boot into Recovery by holding down the key combination command-R at the startup chime. Release the keys when you see a gray screen with a spinning dial.

Note: You need an always-on Ethernet or Wi-Fi connection to the Internet to use Recovery. It won’t work with USB or PPPoE modems, or with networks that require any kind of authentication other than a WPA or WPA2 Personal password.

When the Mac OS X Utilities screen appears, launch Disk Utility and erase the startup volume. Then quit Disk Utility and install the Mac OS. When you reboot, you'll be prompted to go through the initial setup process. That’s when you import the data from one of your backups. For details of how this works, see here:

Setting-up a new Mac from an old one, its backups, or a PC Using Setup Assistant on Lion

If possible, connect to your router with Ethernet rather than Wi-Fi.

There's a Thunderbolt-Ethernet adapter, but if you don't have one, you'll have to make do with the slow transfer.

flashmurphy wrote:

Ive done the erase but when reinstalling OSX Lion it keeps getting stuck on the "Downloading additional components screen." Always gets stuck at 5 hours 36 min left. It doesnt appear to be downloading anything over the internet after that.

Any ideas?

-Rick

Yeah you are connected by WiFi. I was going to say "Connect the computer to your internet router with an Ethernet cable" but then remembered you had a Retina model that does not have built in Ethernet (The Mac equivalent of a Large Cell phone).

I think that is were it is failing, the WiFi.

Only thing you can do is buy a TB to Etnernet adapter or take it back to the store and have them reinstall the OS or return it for fulll refund and buy another.