Yes I wiped the MBP and yes I have a backups folder on an external drive but it's not showing up when I open the migration assistant.My guess is that you probably wiped the internal Drive on the MBP ?- so unless you have an external drive with your backed up files you may be out of luck?
If you can find a recent back up on another drive you should be able to move the data files over to the MBP
Thank you, when it decides to let me back I'll try a manual restoration thank youI don't believe you can use migration assistant to migrate backward
You may have to move your data and applications manually
No need to panic. You haven't lost your files. You can still manually transfer your personal documents to Mojave from TM. Just connect the TM drive to your Mac and access it via Finder. If TM is connected via WiFi, you can still access it via Finder.It was done under Catalina, backed up to time machine then MBP restored to Mojave. What can I do I'm panicking now thank you for your reply.
Thank you, when it decides to let me back I'll try a manual restoration thank you
Yes it's disabled thank youhope you have time machine disabled ? you don't want it to overwrite your catalina back up?
The attachment on the left looks like the back up? - is there files and folders inside the folder you are showing?
Yes it's disabled thank youhope you have time machine disabled ? you don't want it to overwrite your catalina back up?
The attachment on the left looks like the back up? - is there files and folders inside the folder you are showing?
I can yes I've attached images of what's available. When I drag over it says wrong formatCan you open the folder in your screen shot above? left side - nick's MacBook Pro - what is inside that folder?
If so can you - for example - browse to the Applications Folder then drag an application file from the back up to the Mojave "Applications Folder" ?
I'm very grateful for your support so far thank you. Fingers crossed disk drill will work or someone can help as you say.To be honest I stopped using time machine years ago - I prefer CCC now
The pictures seem to show links not the actual files
Maybe someone else here in these forums more familiar with Time Machine can chime in on how to find the actual files in a Time Machine Back up
This is one of the reasons I stopped using Time Machine - it works great until you need the back up files - my friend lost his entire music library - had the same issue - links and no files ?
I am hoping for you - that someone here can provide some Time Machine expertise for you
CCC is a software alternative, which is not going to help you this minute
not important now. maybe future
this is what you can do
turn off macbook
plug in the time machine hard drive.
turn on while pressing the option key
find the time machine restore option.
let me find a better link explaing your situation
i skimmed through, buy yes you can go back, i have done this alot, probably every OSX released.did you read the whole thread - no disrespect - but you cannot go back ward from Catalina to Mojave with Time machine and Migration Assistant - AFAIK
It's a mid 2012i skimmed through, buy yes you can go back, i have done this alot, probably every OSX released.
depending on the macbook year, which we have no idea what year, but assuming Mojave was on the drive.
personally we should not confuse the OP with other info but restoring the macbook with mojave.
It's a mid 2012
dont press the r key
use the option
(carbon copy wont help now)
how did you back up Mojave using Time machine?
if so
is there a list of backup listed on an external hard drive?
do you see "latest" ?
I tried this before but it wouldn't load the time Machine back upCCC is a software alternative, which is not going to help you this minute
not important now. maybe future
this is what you can do
turn off macbook
plug in the time machine hard drive.
turn on while pressing the option key
find the time machine restore option.
let me find a better link explaing your situation
apple was not specific, but found this:
macosx daily dot com has great How to advice.
cheers!