Photobooth and Time Machine?

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How do I get my old photos from my older PhotoBooth from my Time Machine? I transferred Time Machine but I could not find my older photos.
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What do you mean by "I transferred Time Machine"?
 
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What do you mean by "I transferred Time Machine"?

Sorry for not making myself clear. I had my iMac hard drive cleanup by the apple store. So, I had to do have all my original files put back on my machine from time machine. Now I can't find the original photos that were in my photo booth. I don't mind them not being there. I would just like to know where they are.
 

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OK, I understand now. Did you look here?

Macintosh HD/Users/your user name/Pictures/Photo Booth Library/Pictures/

If that's where they were when you backed them up with Time Machine, then they should have been restored to the same place. Who did the Time Machine restore; you, or the Apple store?

If the photos are not in the folder above, do a Spotlight search for some of the ones you remember. They should have the jpg extension.
 
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The person at Apple on the phone helped me do a Time Machine restore. I will check and get back to you.
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Yes that's where they were. I have decided to leave them there and just start a new batch. Thanks for your help.
 

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