Time Machine restore after clean SL install

[BeSweeet]

So I'm going to reinstall Snow Leopard from scratch for the 6th time since I bought my MBP, which is a little over a month. Why? Constant freezes, lockups, beach balls (OMG I HATE THOSE DAMN THINGS). So I just want to start fresh... again again again again again again.

My question: if I restore from my Time Machine backup after I install Snow Leopard, what will happen? My SL DVD is 10.6. If I restore, will it go to 10.6.1? How is all of this going to work? I could just start completely clean and manually transfer my files from the Time Machine drive to where they usually are and be happy... Just wondering!

 

[5DollaFootlong]

I think I read somewhere from someone on this forum that if you do a clean install with a 10.6 disk, snow leopard will be at 10.6, not 10.6.1. If you have constant beachballs, the problem may be your hard drive. As for the clean install with time machine, I would manually reinstall all of your programs from the developers' websites or the install discs. Then, I think you can just bring back your important documents using migration assistant.

 

[BeSweeet]

Yeah, I'll probably just start fresh. All of the files from my current HD will be on the Time Machine HD, so I can just drag and drop my music and documents and whatnot, since the entire file system is on there.

Migration Assistant? Could you explain it a little bit? EDIT: Nevermind. I guess Migration Assistant is just for when you're transferring stuff from one Mac to another.

I think I'll do a time machine restore while in the SL installer just to see if anything will be better.

Actually scratch that... Clean install it is.

 

[iLog.Genius]

If you're restoring from a Time Machine backup, then you're really not helping yourself out. If you are getting all those annoyances, restoring a backup is just contributing to that. You're taking anything that might be affecting your system and putting it back after a clean install. To throughly troubleshoot, you will need to clean install and reinstall everything fresh, not migrating preferences and other data that might be causing the problems.

 

[Eric S.]

Migration Assistant? Could you explain it a little bit? EDIT: Nevermind. I guess Migration Assistant is just for when you're transferring stuff from one Mac to another.

No, you can use Migration Assistant to restore user data and utilities from a Time Machine backup.

 

[mac2x]

If you are going to the trouble of a clean install, follow the advice above and install EVERYTHING from scratch. Who knows what screwed up preferences and whatnot you're bringing in from those backups.