{"id":1426,"date":"2025-11-15T14:29:57","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T13:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcmacb.de\/?page_id=1426"},"modified":"2025-11-15T14:29:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T13:29:57","slug":"full-restore-from-timemachine","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pcmacb.de\/?page_id=1426","title":{"rendered":"Full Restore from TimeMachine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Phase 1: Access Recovery and Erase the Broken Disk<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Connect Both Drives:<\/strong> Plug in your Time Machine backup disk and the USB installer drive (if you used one for the failed upgrade).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Access Recovery Mode:<\/strong>\n
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    • Intel Macs:<\/strong> Restart your Mac and immediately press and hold Command (\u2318) + R<\/strong> until you see the Apple logo or a spinning globe.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Apple Silicon Macs:<\/strong> Press and hold the Power button<\/strong> until you see the startup options screen, then select Options<\/strong> and click Continue<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Open Disk Utility:<\/strong> From the macOS Utilities window, select Disk Utility<\/strong> and click Continue<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Erase the Internal Disk:<\/strong>\n
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      • Go to View > Show All Devices<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Select the top-level physical device<\/strong> of your internal Mac drive (e.g., APPLE SSD…).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Click Erase<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Name:<\/strong> Macintosh HD<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Format:<\/strong> APFS<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Scheme:<\/strong> GUID Partition Map<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Click Erase<\/strong> to wipe the broken Sequoia installation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Quit Disk Utility:<\/strong> Close Disk Utility to return to the macOS Utilities window.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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        Phase 2: Restore from Time Machine Backup<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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        1. Start Restore:<\/strong> Back in the macOS Utilities window, select Restore From Time Machine<\/strong> (or „Restore from a Time Machine Backup“) and click Continue<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        2. Select Source:<\/strong> Click Continue<\/strong> again and select your Time Machine Backup Disk<\/strong> from the list of available sources.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        3. Select Backup:<\/strong> You will see a list of backup dates. Select the most recent backup of your working Ventura system<\/strong> (the backup before<\/em> you attempted the upgrade).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        4. Select Destination:<\/strong> Select the internal drive you just erased (Macintosh HD<\/code>) as the destination.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        5. Start Restore:<\/strong> Click Restore<\/strong> and wait for the process to complete. This can take several hours depending on the size of your data.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          Phase 1: Access Recovery and Erase the Broken Disk Phase 2: Restore from Time Machine Backup<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1426","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcmacb.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcmacb.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcmacb.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcmacb.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcmacb.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1426"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pcmacb.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1427,"href":"https:\/\/pcmacb.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1426\/revisions\/1427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcmacb.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}