Hi, Yep, that's how I usually do it. I just wanted to see if I could do it the way that Help says to do it. Oh well. Thanks Justin and I really appreciate your help.
Dan [email protected] On Mar 6, 2009, at 5:33 PM, Justin Harford wrote: > > Hi Dan > > Yeah you should really just use the finder. > > cmd shift C (within finder) to open the root folder of your computer > and cmd 3 to make it columns view if it isn't already > > Find your backup drive > Then within that there should be a folder called "backups.backuped" or > something like that > Within that you see your computer "Dan's macbook pro 15" for example > and within that you find a bunch of folders with dates as names, each > one a backup that was made on the day in its title. Within each of > those folders you can find the files that you had on that date of > backup. If you know relatively when the file was on your computer you > can search within said dated folders. Otherwise it might be kind of > hard. You should probably initiate a find > > cmd option f > in your finder window which puts you in the search field, type the > name of what you were looking for, and the results are below sort of > like in apple mail. Note that you should check the button that > indicates to search in your backup drive. it will automatically have > your computer's harddrive checked for the direction of the search > which we don't want since said file is not on your computer. > > Ya just go look at it it will make more since than it does here, and > it is faster than mucking through apple's 3d graphics experiment. > > > Justin Harford > > "Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already > tomorrow in Australia." Charles Schultz, creator of the Peanuts comic > strip. > > El 06/03/2009, a las 16:54, Dan escribió: > >> >> Hello Justin and others, >> I do find the restore button with the item chooser, however, I cant >> find the file I want to replace. Even though I know it exists in the >> backups sub folders from previous backups. >> Any other suggestions? >> >> Dan >> >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> >> On Mar 6, 2009, at 4:06 PM, Justin Harford wrote: >> >>> >>> If memory serves you can use the items menu to find the restore >>> button. I haven't used that in a long time though so I'm not >>> exactly >>> sure. I would recommend that you just access all the backups >>> through >>> the finder. >>> >>> J >>> >>> "Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already >>> tomorrow in Australia." Charles Schultz, creator of the Peanuts >>> comic >>> strip. >>> >>> El 06/03/2009, a las 15:09, Dan escribió: >>> >>>> >>>> Hello everyone, >>>> I am wanting to know how to use the Time Machine's Restore >>>> feature. I >>>> know I can restore the whole system by picking a backup date and >>>> time >>>> from the Install DVD. >>>> I also know that I can go to my Time Machine files and locate the >>>> file >>>> I want to restore manually by Copying and Pasting it where it goes. >>>> What I don't remember is how to Go to the Time Machine Window and >>>> pick >>>> a file and use the Restore button. >>>> I can open Time Machine by doing the following. >>>> 1. Go to my documents folder, for example. >>>> 2. Open time Machine from the Doc and see a listing of files. >>>> 3. With VO F2 twice, I can find the different windows and I can >>>> even >>>> find the file I want to restore. >>>> However, I cannot find the Restore button. >>>> Anybody have any suggestions? >>>> Thanks in advance, >>>> >>>> >>>> Dan >>>> >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>> >>> >>>> >> >> >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
