There are two ways to view Time Machine backups.
1. You can open up your backups folder in Finder from the Time Machine
Partition you are using. This will show you a chronological list of folders
that contain backups for that date and time. It will be like looking at your
entire file system in the present, but it will, instead, reflect the specific
date or time you have opened. This is the way I will often use to fish out
files I have deleted in the past and need to recover. It's probably the easier
way to do it.
2. YOu can use the Open Time Machine option from the Dock or the Status menu.
This will be based on what last had the focus. So, if you were in Finder, it
will relate to Finder backups. If you are in Mail, it will be in regard to
previous versions of that mailbox.
When you open Time Machine like this, you should here a strange sound that
is like a sonogram for a few moments. Then, use the Window chooser menu with
VO-F2 twice. YOu will see an item, Time Machine Controls. VO space on that
and navigate to the slider that will have your Time Machine incremental
backups. Interact and choose the date and time you want to view. YOu use the
Window Chooser Menu to select the actual backup from the time you have chosen.
So, for example, you will see your Finder as it had looked back on November 3,
2012, or something like that.
You just close the window or hit escape when you want to close the Time
Machine controls.
I hope this helps.
Take Care
John D. Panarese
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On Dec 30, 2012, at 11:44 AM, Paul Erkens <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear and clever listers,
>
> There is something very basic with time machine it seems, that I cannot get
> my head around. I have backed up for months, and I restored an entire machine
> once. That went well.
>
> But, what if I want to browse what is on my backups? When I choose open time
> machine from the status menus, I land in the finder.
> Now, I'm not a complete fool, because several parts of me are still missing,
> but I suspect that this cannot be the finder, and has to be part of my
> backup. A number of questions I have.
>
> 1. How do I know when these files were backed up?
> 2. How do I get to an overview of my macintosh hd, earlier in time than what
> is initially displayed?
>
> 3. Can I search my entire time machine disk for a certain file name or a bit
> of contents, and then get an overview from which I can restore?
> 4. How does the restore process work? Can I command c, close all and command
> v?
>
> I didn't see any questions or answers to this as of lately, so I think this
> is clear to anyone. I'm using time machine, and it already saved my day once,
> because I restored an entire machine with it, having booted off the recovery
> partition. But I'd like to use time machine to have access to my entire
> backup set. Please explain how you go about this.
>
> Thank you in advance for your time.
> Paul.
>
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