I don't remember if the interface in Snow Leopard works the same. However,
assuming it does.
1. Open Mail and be in your inbox.
2. Go to Time Machine in your Dock and choose, OPen Time Machine from the
context menu
3. Wait until it accesses your backups with that odd sound you will here
repeated for a bit.
4. Use the Window Chooser menu to select, Time Machine Controls
5. Navigate to the vertical slider, interact and go back to the desired date.
6. Stop interacting and then use the Window Chooser menu to select the view of
your inbox from that date.
If it's what you want, go back to the Time Machine Controls and select,
Restore. In Mail, you will find a mailbox that will be named something like,
import, and the date you had chosen.
Again, I haven't used SL in quite some time, so I don't know if the
interface works like this with VoiceOver
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On Dec 30, 2012, at 2:20 PM, Stacey Robinson <[email protected]> wrote:
> John,
> How do I restore my mail from a time machine backup?
> I am running snowleopard.
> When I got home from church, and opened mail my messages were gone and it
> said I could import older messages.
> I followed its directions but none of my older saved mail was imported. How
> can I get it back?
> Stacey Robinson
>
> On Dec 30, 2012, at 10:56 AM, John Panarese wrote:
>
>> 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
>> Director
>> Mac for the Blind
>> Tel, (631) 724-4479
>> Email, [email protected]
>> Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com
>>
>> APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX LION
>>
>> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE
>>
>> MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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