Comments on: My Mac Snow Leopard installation disaster so far http://www.contentious.com/2009/09/01/my-mac-snow-leopard-installation-disaster-so-far/ Amy Gahran's news and musings on how we communicate in the online age. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:36:42 +0000 hourly 1 By:   My Snow Leopard Disaster: live updates from 3rd Apple Store visit — contentious.com http://www.contentious.com/2009/09/01/my-mac-snow-leopard-installation-disaster-so-far/comment-page-1/#comment-1228843   My Snow Leopard Disaster: live updates from 3rd Apple Store visit — contentious.com Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:07:10 +0000 http://www.contentious.com/2009/09/01/my-mac-snow-leopard-installation-disaster-so-far/#comment-1228843 [...] more details on exactly what went wrong, see my posts from yesterday and this [...] [...] more details on exactly what went wrong, see my posts from yesterday and this [...]

]]> By:   My Snow Leopard disaster continues — contentious.com http://www.contentious.com/2009/09/01/my-mac-snow-leopard-installation-disaster-so-far/comment-page-1/#comment-1228839   My Snow Leopard disaster continues — contentious.com Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:33:20 +0000 http://www.contentious.com/2009/09/01/my-mac-snow-leopard-installation-disaster-so-far/#comment-1228839 [...] posting this from my Iphone, and linking is difficult on this app. Please see my post yesterday explaining how a failed update to the much-heralded Snow Leopard OS X left me [...] [...] posting this from my Iphone, and linking is difficult on this app. Please see my post yesterday explaining how a failed update to the much-heralded Snow Leopard OS X left me [...]

]]> By: KokPinLab http://www.contentious.com/2009/09/01/my-mac-snow-leopard-installation-disaster-so-far/comment-page-1/#comment-1228838 KokPinLab Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:18:16 +0000 http://www.contentious.com/2009/09/01/my-mac-snow-leopard-installation-disaster-so-far/#comment-1228838 Hmmm... I am waiting for a local computer fair to purchase a MacBook next week, but after reading your post, that sounds a bit scary to hear this kind of issues before switching to Mac... ;-) Anyway, I hope you will find a solution to your installation, and please post your solution on your blog if possible. I am sure that will help lots of people, including me ;-) Hmmm… I am waiting for a local computer fair to purchase a MacBook next week, but after reading your post, that sounds a bit scary to hear this kind of issues before switching to Mac… ;-)

Anyway, I hope you will find a solution to your installation, and please post your solution on your blog if possible. I am sure that will help lots of people, including me ;-)

]]> By: Amy Gahran http://www.contentious.com/2009/09/01/my-mac-snow-leopard-installation-disaster-so-far/comment-page-1/#comment-1228836 Amy Gahran Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:59:44 +0000 http://www.contentious.com/2009/09/01/my-mac-snow-leopard-installation-disaster-so-far/#comment-1228836 Thanks Virginia. I have another Apple Store appt tonight. I'm bringing my original Leopard install discs, If I have to revert to Leopard to get this restore to work fine. If they can't make it work, I'll just have them wipe the whole thing again and install leopard for me, then I'll try another backup. If I have trouble with that I'll call apple tech support. I'm always wary of calling tech support, usually it's a lengthy, frustrating, and unrewarding experience for me. More seems to get done when I'm in someone's face. But it's good to know your experience. I'll see what happens. - Amy Thanks Virginia.

I have another Apple Store appt tonight. I’m bringing my original Leopard install discs, If I have to revert to Leopard to get this restore to work fine. If they can’t make it work, I’ll just have them wipe the whole thing again and install leopard for me, then I’ll try another backup. If I have trouble with that I’ll call apple tech support.

I’m always wary of calling tech support, usually it’s a lengthy, frustrating, and unrewarding experience for me. More seems to get done when I’m in someone’s face. But it’s good to know your experience. I’ll see what happens.

- Amy

]]> By: Virginia http://www.contentious.com/2009/09/01/my-mac-snow-leopard-installation-disaster-so-far/comment-page-1/#comment-1228831 Virginia Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:19:19 +0000 http://www.contentious.com/2009/09/01/my-mac-snow-leopard-installation-disaster-so-far/#comment-1228831 I just installed a new hard drive in my MacBook, and when I first attempted the restore from Time Machine, I got failures. I called Apple tech support (on the phone with them for over an hour) and was bumped up to a specialist named Janet when my problem wasn't easily solved. She had me boot up from the original Leopard disk (I was not installing Snow Leopard, just restoring a Leopard install). She walked me through a different set of screens to get to a command to back up from Time Machine. It had something to do with the hard drive being partitioned when Leopard was loaded on the blank new hard drive, which might relate to your problem since you are showing two hard drive names. Might give Apple tech support a call. I just installed a new hard drive in my MacBook, and when I first attempted the restore from Time Machine, I got failures. I called Apple tech support (on the phone with them for over an hour) and was bumped up to a specialist named Janet when my problem wasn’t easily solved. She had me boot up from the original Leopard disk (I was not installing Snow Leopard, just restoring a Leopard install). She walked me through a different set of screens to get to a command to back up from Time Machine. It had something to do with the hard drive being partitioned when Leopard was loaded on the blank new hard drive, which might relate to your problem since you are showing two hard drive names. Might give Apple tech support a call.

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