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Can you restore Time Machine Files to a NEW Time Machine Drive?
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<blockquote data-quote="Slydude" data-source="post: 1156383" data-attributes="member: 131855"><p>What you can salvage from the previous backup depends in part upon exactly which files were grabbed. When a TM drive is directly connected to a Mac it stores the files in a folder at begins with the name Backups (Don't remember the rest at the moment) If you want TM to pick up where it left off and continue with these backups it can be done but will take a bit of work. Are you trying to do that or simply salvage some of the files?</p><p></p><p>As far as what TM backs up that depends a bit on how you set it up in the beginning. It is possible to have it backup all or almost all files but it is also possible to exclude files. Check out <a href="http://www.atpm.com/15.03/howto.shtml" target="_blank">ATPM 15.03 - How To: Time Travel: Introduction to Time Machine</a> for more info</p><p></p><p>Note that the network backup and some aspects of restoring existing backups have improved since I wrote that.Depending upon how you want to restore the backup I may need to dig up the newest info.</p><p></p><p>Found it: If you are running 10.6 the latest info on restoring files from an existing TM backup can be found about 3/4 of the way through this article <a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1427" target="_blank">Mac 101: Time Machine</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Slydude, post: 1156383, member: 131855"] What you can salvage from the previous backup depends in part upon exactly which files were grabbed. When a TM drive is directly connected to a Mac it stores the files in a folder at begins with the name Backups (Don't remember the rest at the moment) If you want TM to pick up where it left off and continue with these backups it can be done but will take a bit of work. Are you trying to do that or simply salvage some of the files? As far as what TM backs up that depends a bit on how you set it up in the beginning. It is possible to have it backup all or almost all files but it is also possible to exclude files. Check out [url=http://www.atpm.com/15.03/howto.shtml]ATPM 15.03 - How To: Time Travel: Introduction to Time Machine[/url] for more info Note that the network backup and some aspects of restoring existing backups have improved since I wrote that.Depending upon how you want to restore the backup I may need to dig up the newest info. Found it: If you are running 10.6 the latest info on restoring files from an existing TM backup can be found about 3/4 of the way through this article [url=http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1427]Mac 101: Time Machine[/url] [/QUOTE]
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