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<blockquote data-quote="RCharles" data-source="post: 1715192" data-attributes="member: 376804"><p>Hello Slydude</p><p>Thanks for the feedback but I have to politely disagree.</p><p> </p><p>Certainly Time Machine is a powerfull tool for doing major restores or recoveries. But the built in limitations seriously reduce its overall utility.</p><p></p><p>In my case, I needed to retrieve a few directories from a TimeMachine file that was created under a newer OS X than the target macbookair. Time Machine refuses to do this with no options or exceptions. I spent several hours over two days on multiple attempts to work around the Time Machine restrictions, only to find I could open and copy <em><u>anything</u></em> in the Time Machine backup file using FINDER. I completed what I needed in about twenty-minutes and it's working flawlessly.</p><p></p><p>And Apple is primarily guilty. When I went to the Apple Flagship store in San Francisco and explained my problem, a sales guy suggested I buy a replacement laptop, restore my entire time machine file to reproduce my laptop configuration, then copy the directories I needed to the macbookair, and then RETURN the purchased laptop to Apple for a full refund. In a word, this is absurd. </p><p></p><p>Apple should make it clear that FINDER can be used to locate and retrieve <em><u>anything</u></em> in a Time Machine backup file; this makes Time Machine much more useful in day-to-day operations, e.g., when a file or two from the past is needed again. </p><p></p><p>Regards</p><p>Ray</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RCharles, post: 1715192, member: 376804"] Hello Slydude Thanks for the feedback but I have to politely disagree. Certainly Time Machine is a powerfull tool for doing major restores or recoveries. But the built in limitations seriously reduce its overall utility. In my case, I needed to retrieve a few directories from a TimeMachine file that was created under a newer OS X than the target macbookair. Time Machine refuses to do this with no options or exceptions. I spent several hours over two days on multiple attempts to work around the Time Machine restrictions, only to find I could open and copy [I][U]anything[/U][/I] in the Time Machine backup file using FINDER. I completed what I needed in about twenty-minutes and it's working flawlessly. And Apple is primarily guilty. When I went to the Apple Flagship store in San Francisco and explained my problem, a sales guy suggested I buy a replacement laptop, restore my entire time machine file to reproduce my laptop configuration, then copy the directories I needed to the macbookair, and then RETURN the purchased laptop to Apple for a full refund. In a word, this is absurd. Apple should make it clear that FINDER can be used to locate and retrieve [I][U]anything[/U][/I] in a Time Machine backup file; this makes Time Machine much more useful in day-to-day operations, e.g., when a file or two from the past is needed again. Regards Ray [/QUOTE]
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