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    Mail Folders and iTunes from TimeMachine

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by steve p, Oct 1, 2009.

  1. steve p

    steve p Notebook Evangelist

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    I finally updated to Snow Leopard on my Alu MacBook and tried to use Migration Assistant on the newly installed OS but run into problems because I had used FileVault and for some reason I can not log into my account:

    "You are unable to log in to the FileVault user account at this time. Logging into the account failed because an error occurred."

    Sooo...

    1- Can I use my Time Machine back up to transfer files and programs over and how to I get around this problem?

    2- As an option, can I just retrieve my email folder and settings plus my iTunes?

    Thanks :)
     
    steve p, Oct 1, 2009
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    Lesson learned:
    If you plan to use Migration Assistant turn FileVault OFF before you do the update to Snow Leopard.
     
    steve p, Oct 2, 2009
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