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<blockquote data-quote="EndlessMac" data-source="post: 1103069" data-attributes="member: 140470"><p>First of all you shouldn't use TM as a storage device. Anything you have on TM might eventually be deleted once your external hard drive gets full as it makes space for current backups. <strong>Think of TM as a delayed deletion of your files.</strong> It will only keep backups of your files as long as it has space on the external drive. </p><p></p><p>Your explanation of how you accessed your TM is a little confusing. Are you saying you tried to access TM using Finder? The best way to access TM is to either click on its icon in the Dock or if it's not there then it's in your Applications folder. TM will show you the most current backup first. If your backup is current then it will look very much like what you have now so your Dad's music and photos won't be there.</p><p></p><p>You need to go back to the day that you deleted your Dad's files and restore them to his hard drive. If you want to permanently transfer your Dad's files to an external to save room on his computer's hard drive then you should get another external and manually drag them over. I repeat again...do not use TM to store files you have deleted off your computer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EndlessMac, post: 1103069, member: 140470"] First of all you shouldn't use TM as a storage device. Anything you have on TM might eventually be deleted once your external hard drive gets full as it makes space for current backups. [B]Think of TM as a delayed deletion of your files.[/B] It will only keep backups of your files as long as it has space on the external drive. Your explanation of how you accessed your TM is a little confusing. Are you saying you tried to access TM using Finder? The best way to access TM is to either click on its icon in the Dock or if it's not there then it's in your Applications folder. TM will show you the most current backup first. If your backup is current then it will look very much like what you have now so your Dad's music and photos won't be there. You need to go back to the day that you deleted your Dad's files and restore them to his hard drive. If you want to permanently transfer your Dad's files to an external to save room on his computer's hard drive then you should get another external and manually drag them over. I repeat again...do not use TM to store files you have deleted off your computer. [/QUOTE]
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