You are. You find exactly the same thing I do. The trick then is to open the backup you really want, then select the stuff you want and cut and paste like normal. Now, I should add that an Apple customer service person advised against this as it might corrupt some files: however, I have yet to see this happen.
Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in! Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray, still a very happy Mac and Iphone 5 user! On Jan 25, 2014, at 9:08 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > Ray, did you mean restore instead of backup? Once my Mac has a fresh copy of > mavericks on it, I don't want to restore everything. I want my iTunes > library, work files, audio projects, and so on, but I don't want, for > instance, my Applications folder or other system folders. I just had a peek > at my Time Machine backup drive, and I opened my most recent backup. I > thought it would only have changed items since the last backup, but it > contains my entire drive, somehow. I have no clue what magic my Mac is > performing behind the scenes, but somehow this latest backup appears to have > all my files, not just changed ones. So, I guess my question about restoring > from the proper date and being sure I have everything might be moot, if the > Mac is able to present all the files for a given backup, not just the ones it > actually had to back up at that point. I don't know if I'm even making sense > anymore. <smile> > On Jan 25, 2014, at 8:34 PM, Ray Foret Jr <[email protected]> wrote: > >> My experience is that you don’t do the time machine backup until after >> you’ve done the reinstall. You want to go from Utitilies, select to do a >> time machine backup, then, from there, you are presented with a table of >> drives from whitch you can select the drive from which you wish to do a >> backup. Now, once you’ve selected that drive, you should see a table >> consisting of dates on which backups were done. IF I remember correctly, >> the most recent date is at the bottom of this table. Anyhow, once you’ve >> selected a date, you do the backup. This tends to take a while. >> >> >> Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind >> built-in! >> >> Sincerely, >> The Constantly Barefooted Ray, still a very happy Mac and Iphone 5 user! >> >> On Jan 25, 2014, at 7:18 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> I'm about to format my hard drive, remove my Windows partition, and >>> re-install Mavericks. I have a Time Machine backup that' I've been keeping >>> since November, so there are different versions of everything. Once my >>> system is back up, how do I restore my documents? I'll be re-installing my >>> apps, but my music, movies, projects, and plenty of other files will need >>> to be restored. I've looked at the Time Machine interface, but there is no >>> accessible way I can find to select a backup's time, so how do I know I >>> will be restoring the latest versions of everything? Is there anything else >>> I should know about using Time machine for this purpose (restoring only >>> some files0? Once complete, should i wipe the backup and do a fresh one, >>> assuming my system is behaving better than it is now? Thanks for any help! >>> >>> >>> Have a great day, >>> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >>> [email protected] >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > Have a great day, > Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) > [email protected] > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
