Thanks Carlo that's very helpful. I did look in the help files and didn't find anything useful. I will use your suggestions when my daughter comes over tomorrow
Thank you Allen On 22/07/2011, at 5:40 PM, cm wrote: > Hi Allen, > > Yes you can access all Time Machine backups either manually, (without using > the Time Machine animated interface) or from within the Time Machine > interface. > > To access a Time Machine backup manually: > > Caution is required here: do not delete or modify any file manually. You may > corrupt the backup. Take a copy any file you wish to work on and work on the > copy. > > 1) In Finder navigate to the disk containing the Time Machine backup and > connect if necessary so you can browse the disk. > 2) Find a file named <computer name>.sparsebundle. For instance if you > computer is called Fred, there will be a file named fred.sparsebundle. > 3) Double click on this file so as to mount the sparse bundle. This process > may take some minutes and often involves the operating system scanning the > sparse bundle for layout errors. > 4) You will now see a newly mounted file system named "Time Machine Backups". > This file system is a collection of many Time Machine backups stored by date > and time. Navigate down to the required file. For example: > Time Machine Backups > Backups.backupd > Fred > 2011-07-11-113337 > Fred > > Users > Fred > Documents > my file.pages > > To access a Time Machine backup from the interface: > > 1) Control-click on the Time Machine icon in the Dock, or Option-click on the > Time Machine icon in the Menu Bar, and select > Browse Other Backup Disks... > Then just follow the prompts to mount any visible Time Machine Backup. > > Cheers, > Carlo > > > On 2011-07-22, at 17:06, Allen Gladwell wrote: > >> >> My daughter's MacBook Pro has just failed and it will be a week or so before >> it can up and running again. Meanwhile she needs to access some files and >> an email from her Time Machine backup >> >> Could somebody tell me please how to access these files, if it's possible, >> using my MBP? We are both using 10.6.7 >> >> Can I, for instance, stop my Time Machine running and disconnect my TM HD. >> If I then make an a/c for my daughter would she be able to access her Time >> Machine if it is connected to my computer? >> >> Cheers Allen >> >> >> >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> >> > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
