Hi,disc wiped ,OSX10.9 back on ,how do I restore my data from external hard drive ?Any help welcome .
MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.2)
Do you have a Time Machine backup or just files saved to a disk? What are you trying to restore - files only or files and applications?
Hi ,I have a time machine backup ,when I restarted after the apple shop repair ,I was told I would have an option to restore from disc ,at the restart ,but I didn't see it .
Cheers Alex
There's Setup Assistant and Migration Assistant. The cleanest way to do it is Setup Assistant, but you only get that option once when you fire up a fresh install of OSX. If you're past that, you could reinstall OSX by booting with Command-R, or you could use Migration Assistant.
Setup/Migration Assistant instructions:
Hi Andy Thank you millions ,I'll give this a try later ,I have an appointment with a pint of beer at six (UK time)😉
The cleanest way to do it is neither of those methods. The cleanest method to transfer files back is drag and drop them from the external harddrive, but since you have a Time Machine backup the best way is to go into the Time Machine interface and restore files from the external drive to your internal drive. Why was the harddrive wiped Lambrettalad? Were you experiencing problems with the OS?
Hi ,now fixed ,the orginal problem was a corrupt hard drive,that disc utility was unable to fix.Thanks everyone for their input 🙂
Hi,disc wiped ,OSX10.9 back on ,how do I restore my data from external hard drive ?Any help welcome .
