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Restore State w/ Time Machine? (Please Respond!)

adamvk

adamvk

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My Mac has been much much slower since I installed Snow Leopard, and I think it may be due to the fact that I did not do a fresh install when I installed it. So Now, I'm considering doing a fresh install. However, if something goes wrong, or something doesn't work, I'm wondering if Time Machine has allows you to restore a whole state? For example I could go back to how my Mac used to be without having to install everything again?

Thanks.
 
I have fully restored the state of my MacPro from a TimeMachine backup multiple times as I was trying out different raid configurations and can whole heartedly say that it works perfectly. Keep in mind you need a full backup without any file exclusions.
 
zachsilvey said:
I have fully restored the state of my MacPro from a TimeMachine backup multiple times as I was trying out different raid configurations and can whole heartedly say that it works perfectly. Keep in mind you need a full backup without any file exclusions.
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How do I make a full backup? When I enter my external HDD in Finder, is every folder that Time Machine makes a full backup?
 
If you go to system prefs -> Time Machine -> options. and you screen looks like this. With the only the time machine drive as excluded then you are making a full backup.
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Let me just clarify to be SAFE:

I'm going to install Snow Leopard Now.

If something goes wrong, I can restore EVERYTHING back the way to it was by pressing one button in Time Machine, and it will be like I never did anything. Is this correct?

Thank you.
 
To do a complete restore with time machine you insert the snow leopard cd and instead of going through the install you select "restore from time machine backup" from the tool menu item (the one where you can find the terminal and disk utility). You will then be presented with a wizard that will walk you through restoring the state.
 
Yes, when you are restoring from a TM back up, your hard drive will be wiped clean before the restore takes place.
 
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