Hi. I had to do that recently and am very happy with my time machine backups.
Kawal. On 9 Oct 2010, at 16:26, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > 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. > ____ Kawal Gucukoglu (E-mail/MSN): [email protected] (Skype ID): kawalgucukoglu (Mobile/text): +447905618396 +447576240421 -- 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.
