Posted this in the MacBook Pro forum, but I should've done so here instead.
I have a late 2008 aluminum unibody MacBook. I recently bought a 500 gb harddrive to replace the stock 160 gb and reinstalled OS X.
I'm at the step that asks you to choose to setup as new or from a backup. I want to backup from my Time Capsule's latest backup using time machine. However, after entering my acct and password to access my time capsule, it's been stuck at the "Checking Time Machine backup..." popup with the spinning beachball. It's been like this for the past hour and half-- wondering if anyone has any suggestions.
Should I wait it out? How long does this usually take? If I skip this step and set up OS X as new, will I still have an option to restore from the backup after I have access to the operating system? Thanks for any info!
here's a pic if it helps:
I have a late 2008 aluminum unibody MacBook. I recently bought a 500 gb harddrive to replace the stock 160 gb and reinstalled OS X.
I'm at the step that asks you to choose to setup as new or from a backup. I want to backup from my Time Capsule's latest backup using time machine. However, after entering my acct and password to access my time capsule, it's been stuck at the "Checking Time Machine backup..." popup with the spinning beachball. It's been like this for the past hour and half-- wondering if anyone has any suggestions.
Should I wait it out? How long does this usually take? If I skip this step and set up OS X as new, will I still have an option to restore from the backup after I have access to the operating system? Thanks for any info!
here's a pic if it helps:
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