I've done a fresh install of Snow Leopard as my macbook pro was not running correctly and was draining the battery very quickly. The fresh install has fixed the problem, now I want to restore my system from Time Machine but I want to be careful not to reinstall what ever was causing the problem. Is there a way of getting all my apps, user profiles and documents without bringing across settings that may have caused my macbook pro to run incorrectly?
Mac OS X (10.6.8)
As you can see from this discussion of migration, one of the options you can choose or ignore is your settings.
…assuming the problem came from the settings and not some configuration issue or corruption in the user Library.
I had previously read that article. What exactly is the settings option importing?
JT24376829 wrote:
I had previously read that article. What exactly is the settings option importing?
As the article states, Network settings and Computer settings. For example, I have a number of different DNS server settings in Network settings from which I can choose beyond the default; they'd all be left behind if I don't import settings. Computer settings can be things like leaving the Firewall turned off.
At the same time, it may not be your settings which caused the problem; the fresh install doesn't yet have all your software back in place either. I've read that the Chrome browser tends to run a lot of processes visible in Activity Monitor while other browsers don't. If you're using Chrome, the problem could lie there rather than with your settings. I've avoided Chrome so I don't have direct experience with it.
Migrating from Time Machine
