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External drive doesn't completely back up in Time Machine
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<blockquote data-quote="Rod" data-source="post: 1649830" data-attributes="member: 204485"><p>Lariat, can I ask what may be a stupid question? You say, "The problem is that when I go into the Time Machine to see if a file is there, it often isn't. Even though the file is still on my iMac's internal hard drive, it doesn't show up in a Time Machine backup in some cases until I go way, way back. And I never know how far back I need to go to find it."</p><p>The reason I ask is because I once had a client who referred to her TM backup but was not using the TM interface at all. She had not "Entered Time Machine" but was looking at the files in her external HD (called Time Machine) via a finder window. It took a while to realise that she had no idea that there was a TM Interface. Obviously the contents of the TM backup drive are intended to be viewed through the interface, they are a little difficult to navigate in a finder window because they are not designed to be viewed that way.</p><p>So please humour an old man and confirm that you are viewing the TM application interface.</p><p>If so you have a very unusual problem.<img src="/mac_images/images/smilies/Confused.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":Confused:" title="Confused :Confused:" data-shortname=":Confused:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rod, post: 1649830, member: 204485"] Lariat, can I ask what may be a stupid question? You say, "The problem is that when I go into the Time Machine to see if a file is there, it often isn't. Even though the file is still on my iMac's internal hard drive, it doesn't show up in a Time Machine backup in some cases until I go way, way back. And I never know how far back I need to go to find it." The reason I ask is because I once had a client who referred to her TM backup but was not using the TM interface at all. She had not "Entered Time Machine" but was looking at the files in her external HD (called Time Machine) via a finder window. It took a while to realise that she had no idea that there was a TM Interface. Obviously the contents of the TM backup drive are intended to be viewed through the interface, they are a little difficult to navigate in a finder window because they are not designed to be viewed that way. So please humour an old man and confirm that you are viewing the TM application interface. If so you have a very unusual problem.:Confused: [/QUOTE]
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