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Q: USB Time Machine backup drive not visble in Mavericks Migration Assistant

Hi all,

 

Yesterday I updated my dad's iMac from Snow Leopard (SL) to Mavericks. Seemed to work ok apart from the fact that turning on iCloud wiped out the calendars. In order to get the calendars back I restored from the most recent SL Time Machine backup. This turned out to be a big mistake! It did get the calendars back but stopped all programs not included in the OS X install to stop working!

 

I then managed to get a bootable flash drive installer for Mavericks sorted out and installed a fresh copy of Mavericks on the computer with the plan of using Migration Assistant to bring all my dad's files, settings, etc over. The problem is that when I open Migration Assistant and try to migrate from the USB Time Machine backup drive, the drive doesn't show up in the list.

 

I have also tried restoring from the Time Machine backups that were made straight after the upgrade to Mavericks as I have exported copies of the calendars now and that was the only issue at the time but when I do that the restore fails after about 4.5% progress.

 

Any help would be amazing as my dad runs two small businesses with the computer and the down time causing quite a few issues.

 

Thanksin advance!

iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Nov 27, 2013 3:02 AM

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  • by Linc Davis,

    Linc Davis Linc Davis Nov 27, 2013 8:30 AM in response to lbcal1
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    Nov 27, 2013 8:30 AM in response to lbcal1
    If you synchronize any of your calendars with a server such as iCloud, disable that synchronization. Quit Calendar.
        
    Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:
    ~/Library/Calendars

    Right-click or control-click the highlighted line and select
      
    Services ▹ Reveal
      
    from the contextual menu.* A Finder window should open with a folder selected. Enter Time Machine and restore that folder from the snapshot you want.

    Relaunch Calendar and test. Your calendars should be as they were when the snapshot was taken. If you don't sync with a server, stop here.

     

    If you do sync some of the calendars with a server, select each one in turn and then select
      
    File ▹ Export ▹ Export…
       
    from the menu bar. You'll get ICS files with the filename extension ".ics".

     

    Re-enable sync. Usually, all the calendars you just restored will be deleted. That's not a problem.

     

    Create a new calendar on the server for each one you exported and want to sync:
       
    File ▹ New Calendar
      
    Then import the calendar from the corresponding ICS file by double-clicking it. Follow the prompts to import the new events to the calendar you just created.

     

    For calendars that you don't want to sync, just import them again. They'll appear in the calendar list under On My Mac.

    *If you don't see the contextual menu item, copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. In the Finder, select

    Go Go to Folder...

    from the menu bar, paste into the box that opens (command-V). You won't see what you pasted because a line break is included. Press return.