Are we reading different comments? Because the only reason he had problems is because he didn't do anything standard. He futzed with his backups instead of letting the OS take care of it, and that's the only reason he had any trouble.
If you let Time Machine doing it's thing, restoring from a backup is fast and painless.
(Though it's been years since I had to restore a Mac for any reason. It makes me wonder what he was doing.)
If you let Time Machine doing it's thing, restoring from a backup is fast and painless.
(Though it's been years since I had to restore a Mac for any reason. It makes me wonder what he was doing.)