Re: Can I leave time machine restoration unattended?

From	Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: Can I leave time machine restoration unattended?
Date	2015-08-21 00:47 +0000
Organization	People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
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On 2015-08-20, awoolmeyer@gmail.com <awoolmeyer@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thursday, August 13, 2015 at 4:28:52 PM UTC-4, Sally Thompson wrote:
>> I finally got round to updating my MBP from Mavericks to Yosemite
>> yesterday, first doing a backup onto Time Machine immediately before
>> downloading the OS.
>> 
>> It downloaded eventually (slow internet here) but hung about half way
>> through the installation - a problem I have seen discussed elsewhere. I
>> left it and went to bed, to find the same state and a frozen machine this
>> morning.
>> 
>> Having been talked through various diagnostic checks this morning with
>> Apple, they eventually suggested I erase the disc and then re-download and
>> install. I did this and am now restoring from my Time Machine backup, but
>> there are about 5 hours remaining. Is it okay to just leave it and go to
>> bed?
>
> 5 HOURS +!!!!!!!
>
> The Windows 10 upgrade take 15 minutes!!!!!!

Apparently, nobody ever taught this bright soul the difference between a
backup/restore operation and an operating system upgrade...

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Can I leave time machine restoration unattended? Sally Thompson <sally.thompson000@gmail.com.invalid> - 2015-08-13 20:28 +0000
  Re: Can I leave time machine restoration unattended? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-08-13 16:36 -0400
    Re: Can I leave time machine restoration unattended? Sally Thompson <sally.thompson000@gmail.com.invalid> - 2015-08-13 20:52 +0000
      Re: Can I leave time machine restoration unattended? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-08-13 14:12 -0700
        Re: Can I leave time machine restoration unattended? Sally Thompson <sally.thompson000@gmail.com.invalid> - 2015-08-14 07:10 +0000
      Re: Can I leave time machine restoration unattended? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-08-13 17:25 -0400
  Re: Can I leave time machine restoration unattended? awoolmeyer@gmail.com - 2015-08-20 14:45 -0700
    Re: Can I leave time machine restoration unattended? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-08-21 00:47 +0000
      Re: Can I leave time machine restoration unattended? Alan Baker <email@domain.com> - 2015-08-20 23:58 -0700
    Re: Can I leave time machine restoration unattended? Alan Baker <email@domain.com> - 2015-08-25 11:59 -0700
  Re: Can I leave time machine restoration unattended? Lyndon <lyndon@someisp.com> - 2015-08-24 00:07 -0400
    Re: Can I leave time machine restoration unattended? Alan Baker <email@domain.com> - 2015-08-23 23:13 -0700
      Re: Can I leave time machine restoration unattended? Sally Thompson <sally.thompson000@gmail.com.invalid> - 2015-08-24 07:49 +0000
        Re: Can I leave time machine restoration unattended? Alan Baker <email@domain.com> - 2015-08-24 07:55 -0700

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