Just thought I'd post this, as I thought perhaps it might be useful to know.
If memory serves, someone here was asking about recovery of individual folders or files from Time machine backups. This person, if I recall correctly, did not want to restore their entire system back to any particular time, but rather, just wanted to retrieve certain files and or folders. Some of us were speculating this could be done; while, others, were doubtful. Well, Now, I'm here to tell you that, in fact, yes, it can be done. Just the other night, I did a full Time Machine backup to October 4th; but then, I realized that I had files which I had created for more recent backups but which I wanted back. Of course, when I did the Time machine restoration, those files got erased from my main hard drive. I manually went in to my Time Machine disk and selected a more recent backup and opened it. There, I saw an image of the drive exactly as it had recently ben. From that point, I was able to navigate to the files I wanted, and then, cut and paste them in to the places I needed them to be. When I went to open the files, I found I could in fact do so. Just for the sake of being doubly sure, I disconnected my Time Machine backup disk from my Mac and tried again. sure enough, there were the files I retrieved; and, I could in fact open and manipulate them. Just thought I'd let y'all know. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! A Very Proud and Happy Mac User!!! E-Mail: rforetjr at comcast dot net Skype Name: barefootedray -- 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.
