Need help! Backed up how do I restore and what restores
It's a Mid 2012 13" 8 GB memory, Intel HD graphics 2.9 GHz Intel Core i7. I have 300 GB of unused space remaining.
If I do a complete system recovery, what will happen to all of my software that I bought afterpurchasing computer?
Will it all Just reinstall itself? For $90 at walmart, I just bought a 2 TB back up disk. I did a complete backup and it took 17 hours to complete.
I used to use Just Cloud as a back up, online and when I saved all of the applications and went to download them, all it downloaded was a jpg icon for the program I thought I was saving!
It boots up, but slowly and then after every time I hit Enter, the color wheel spins for about 25 to 40 seconds and this is usually for everything except surfing the web, Basically any software I use, cause the spinning color wheel,
Apple support worked with me for two month and over 3 hours for free and I just gave up.
I will try any know fix and perhaps there is a way to send back to back and just have them put in a new drive.
Update (12/12/2017)
I used to use Just Cloud as a back up, online and when I saved all of the applications and went to download them, all it downloaded was a jpg icon for the program I thought I was saving!
The same happened to me. I was using just cloud as well and Instead of getting my programs restored, all I got was an Icon in the form of a jpeg. Their prices were too high and also consuming a ton of bandwidth making my cable bill go up. On top of that, they want you to pay a premium to download more mbps. If you don't upgrade, then it is a real slow and cumbersome back-up. I am going to perform the same repair with the cable and hard drive. Louis Rossman (Mac Repair Shop on YouTube), also said the same thing was wrong, over the phone. Mine is a 2012 MacBook Pro. Hope you got yours repaired. I don't want a new one. I like my cd drive and all of the different ports that it has.
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