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Time Machine Backup Will Not Restore When Upgrading to New Mac

Mac OS X 10.5: Time Machine backups are not visible

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306928

Upgrading to a new Mac?
If you are upgrading from one Leopard-based Mac to a new Leopard-based Mac, and you wish to use Time Machine backups from the previous Mac, make sure the computer name of the new Mac (in Sharing preferences) is the same as your previous Mac's computer name was when its Time Machine backups were made. Afterwards, if the previous Mac is still on your network, give it a different computer name.

Posted: February 13, 2008 7:50 am by Janice Canero-Conklin | 0 comments
Tags: Mac Help, Mac Leopard OS, Mac OS X, Mac Troubleshooting, Time Machine

Time Machine Restore Not Visible

Mac OS X 10.5: Time Machine backups are not visible

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306928

Issue or symptom
In the Mac OS X 10.5 Time Machine "time travel" window, past backups may not appear if your computer name includes certain characters.

Products affected
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
Time Machine
Solution
Check your computer name in Sharing preferences. Make sure the computer name only includes ASCII characters from following set and is not blank (no matter which Mac OS X language version you are using):

0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

Posted: February 13, 2008 7:48 am by Janice Canero-Conklin | 0 comments
Tags: Mac Help, Mac OS X, Mac Troubleshooting, Time Machine

Jump Into Leopard article, basic but good info

Nice basic article from MacWorld Magazine

http://www.macworld.com/2007/11/secrets/jan08workingmac/index.php?lsrc=m...

-Time Machine
-Setting up email
-Spaces and Special Spaces
-Sidebar and dock
-Stacks
-Voices
-Troubleshooting account
Second only to backing up your files, this is a very important step that can save you hours
and hours of frustration
-Parental Controls
For those of us who have kids with inquiring minds and quick fingers...

Posted: December 3, 2007 8:50 am by Janice Canero-Conklin | 0 comments
Tags: Apple Mail, Mac Help, Mac Leopard OS, Mail

Options for Installing Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard

Click on the link below to check out Apple's knowledge base on installation options for Mac OS X Leopard.

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306517

Posted: November 5, 2007 3:00 pm by Janice Canero-Conklin | 0 comments
Tags: Installation, Mac Help, Mac Leopard OS, Mac OS X

Do Classic applications work with Mac OS X 10.5 or Intel-based Macs?

From Apple knowledgebase article:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303137

Do Classic applications work with Mac OS X 10.5 or Intel-based Macs?
Classic applications do not work on Intel processor-based Macs or with Mac OS X 10.5.

Upgrade your Mac OS 9 applications to Mac OS X versions. Check with an application's manufacturer for more information.

Posted: November 5, 2007 2:46 pm by Janice Canero-Conklin | 0 comments
Tags: Classic Applications, Mac Help, Mac Leopard OS