Possibly corrupt, eh? Not too comforting, but if you've never run into that, I'm not overly concerned. I have my absolutely vital files stored in a Box account, just in case the worst happens. Well, a final check of my backups, and I'll run the install. See you all on the other side! :)
Oh, in case anyone else has this question, here's a link someone tweeted me explaining how it is that seemingly incremental backups can still have the full contents of your drive: http://pondini.org/TM/Works.html On Jan 26, 2014, at 11:42 AM, Ray Foret Jr <rforet7...@comcast.net> wrote: > 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 <mehg...@gmail.com> 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 <rforet7...@comcast.net> 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 <mehg...@gmail.com> 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) >>>> mehg...@gmail.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> 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) >> mehg...@gmail.com >> >> >> >> -- >> 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. 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