Hi I recently set-up new iMac. Did not use the Time Machine backup as I wanted to be Rosetta free (for some reason!) so used a new Account name.
I did have access to the previous Account's Time Machine files through the mounted drive, as if it was a normal external drive. This worked great. I copied in my images and so on, all good. Then I did a Time Machine backup from the new Account to the same drive. This set the permissions so that I'm now locked out of the drive. :( That's a trap! I created an an account with the same details as the 'old' Account and could then access the files again and copy them to the new Account. Also the files are still available without requiring a different Account on my second backup, or should be until I do a backup onto that drive... Thank you Paul Paul van der Mey [email protected] [email protected] (when mobile) 0419 201 477 On 22/07/2011, at 5:40 PM, cm <[email protected]> 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]>
