My hard drive recently died, so I've bought a new one.
I'm trying to install my time machine backup from my external hard drive on to my MacBook Pro.
Everything works fine, except when I get to the "Select a Destination" stage, there is no disk to choose from!
Help??
MacBook Pro, iOS 8.1.3
Good. Launch Disk Utility. It should be able to find your backup drive.
It will probably be represented by a yellow icon in the left column. Assuming you can select it, choose Erase from the horizontal tab, Mac OS Extended (Journaled) for its format, and then click the Erase button. Confirm the dialog "Are you sure you want to erase the disk..." by clicking Erase. Give it a name that makes sense to you. Most people just use "Macintosh HD". Erasing it just takes a moment or two.
You'll then be in position to use Time Machine to restore its contents onto that disk.
Perhaps, if your computer is new enough to be able to use OS X Internet Recovery. Boot OS X Internet Recovery by holding ⌘, option, and r (three fingers) while you start your Mac.
At the Mac OS X Utilities screen, select Disk Utility.
If you do not see the Mac OS X Utilities screen, your Mac is too old to have used OS X Internet Recovery and you will need its original System Install disc. Obtain a replacement directly from Apple.
The external hard disk drive has to be formatted first, using Disk Utility. Did you do that?
No, how do you do that?
I haven't got the installation CD for some reason, is there a way to do it using the Internet?
I've been able to get on to Disk Utility by using Internet Recovery, what is the next step I need to take when I get on to Disk Utility (I'm not an expert at computers as you may be able to tell!)
It seems to be working, 2 hours to restore the files. Fingers crossed, thank you!
Did this solution help you, I tried the same and it looked like Erase in the disk utility erased all the files in my backup 😟
No destination disk to install time machine back up on to
