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<blockquote data-quote="RadDave" data-source="post: 1618105" data-attributes="member: 234411">Hi again Cory.... - I'm assuming that before migrating to Yosemite, you had no backups of your important files, i.e. no Time Machine, no cloned drives (i.e. Carbon Copy Cloner or Super Duper), or even you crucial data saved to another storage device - correct?If so, all you can do is follow the advice of Dennis, i.e. backup your important files whether to Time Machine and/or (I would say AND) to an external storage device whether a HD or a USB flash drive.THEN, you'll need to get an older OS X onto your computer using a bootable source - now you likely do not have a USB boot disk for your older OS (i.e. Mountain Lion), so you may have to first go back to Snow Leopard (OS X 10.6), a $20 purchase from the Apple store and then upgrade online to a newer OS - then try to migrate your files from the TM backup - just not sure what would be carried over?&nbsp; Now I may be wrong here and hopefully others will 'chime in' w/ simpler options? Dave <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="RadDave, post: 1618105, member: 234411"] Hi again [B]Cory....[/B] - I'm assuming that before migrating to Yosemite, you had no backups of your important files, i.e. no Time Machine, no cloned drives (i.e. Carbon Copy Cloner or Super Duper), or even you crucial data saved to another storage device - correct? If so, all you can do is follow the advice of [B]Dennis[/B], i.e. backup your important files whether to Time Machine and/or (I would say AND) to an external storage device whether a HD or a USB flash drive. THEN, you'll need to get an older OS X onto your computer using a bootable source - now you likely do not have a USB boot disk for your older OS (i.e. Mountain Lion), so you may have to first go back to [I]Snow Leopard[/I] (OS X 10.6), a $20 purchase from the Apple store and then upgrade online to a newer OS - then try to migrate your files from the TM backup - just not sure what would be carried over? Now I may be wrong here and hopefully others will 'chime in' w/ simpler options? Dave :) [/QUOTE]

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