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Time Machine Backs are different while booting up and within OS
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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1744539"><p>Ah, better, thanks. I think the reason you cannot "see" the Jan 2 backup is that you did a backup with your new machine January 3rd, and Time Machine is very careful about not mixing backups and machines. Try this:</p><p></p><p>First, find the location of the "main.db" on the MBP, the version that is missing the Skype History, right click on it and then Get Info and note at the bottom of the window the "Sharing and Permissions" settings. You may need these settings later on. Don't change anything, just note what is there for the working but empty main.db. Close the Info window.</p><p></p><p>Open Finder, navigate to the TM drive and open a folder called "backups.backupdb." Inside that folder there are probably two more folders, one with the name you gave the MBA and the other with the name of the MBP. Open the MBA folder, then navigate to wherever the main.db file is supposed to be located. You should then be able to copy it and paste it to wherever it needs to be on the MBP. You probably will have to provide an admin password to make that move and to overwrite main.db that is already there. You may need to change the permissions of the new (old) main.db to match what you read earlier on the empty main.db to get everything to run properly. </p><p></p><p>All of this is assuming the TM Drive is attached directly to the MBP/MBA. Networked drives are totally different.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1744539"] Ah, better, thanks. I think the reason you cannot "see" the Jan 2 backup is that you did a backup with your new machine January 3rd, and Time Machine is very careful about not mixing backups and machines. Try this: First, find the location of the "main.db" on the MBP, the version that is missing the Skype History, right click on it and then Get Info and note at the bottom of the window the "Sharing and Permissions" settings. You may need these settings later on. Don't change anything, just note what is there for the working but empty main.db. Close the Info window. Open Finder, navigate to the TM drive and open a folder called "backups.backupdb." Inside that folder there are probably two more folders, one with the name you gave the MBA and the other with the name of the MBP. Open the MBA folder, then navigate to wherever the main.db file is supposed to be located. You should then be able to copy it and paste it to wherever it needs to be on the MBP. You probably will have to provide an admin password to make that move and to overwrite main.db that is already there. You may need to change the permissions of the new (old) main.db to match what you read earlier on the empty main.db to get everything to run properly. All of this is assuming the TM Drive is attached directly to the MBP/MBA. Networked drives are totally different. [/QUOTE]
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