Accessing backed up files

So I just bought a time machine and backed up my pc laptop to it. Now all the files are showing up as zip bundles in time capsule. How do I access them on my second computer (macbook) and make usable?

What you can re-download will depend upon what country that you are in (music, films, tv shows can't be re-downloaded in all countries, and audiobooks and ringtones can't currently be re-downloaded anywhere), and whether they remain in the store (content providers occasionally remove their items). You should keep and maintain your own backup copies of all of your downloads, just in case they are removed from the store (and for apps only the current version of each app is available in the store, so there may come a time when the version in the store requires a higher version of iOS than you have on your iPad).

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1. HP Pavillon DV6700 -> old yes, I know
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3. Black Screen -> Err2Err3 Operating System Not Found
I ran the Primary Hard Drive Self Test > Hard Disk Self Test and it was a quick test. After it finished it came back with "#10009- Replace Hard Disk"
My question is: I've been tring to make this laptop last for as long as possible (obviously considering I was still using Vista). I plan to trash this laptop, but I need to know somehow, some way to access my files. There are pictures and essays that I absolutely need and I didn't do any back up in the last 2 months.
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Yes use a usb to SATA adapter:
http://www.amazon.com/Patuoxun-Converter-Adapter-Cable-Drive/dp/B008ASF5MC/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=13...
That one is very inexpensive on amazon.com. Connect the SATA hard drive to the adapter (after removing the drive from the laptop) and plug the usb connectors into two usb ports on any other computer running XP or greater. The laptop drive will (if you are lucky) mount as a lettered drive on the host computer and you can copy and paste files off the drive with Windows Explorer file browser.

How do you access backed-up' files?

I recently bought a macbook and a time capsule. I backed up the macbook to the time capsule. Is it posable to access the files with my imac? I do not see a folder for the back up. I am pretty sure it backed up because there is almost a gb used on it.

I just came back from a trip and have pictures that I would like to share with my home computer from my laptop. Are these folders accessible from my home computer? My home computer is a imac 2nd generation 10.4.11. It does not have time capsule. I know when you have an external hard drive you can set up separate folders and access them from any computer it is plugged into.

How do i access my iCloud back up files?

it shows that my last back up was done on 1/22 how do i access that back up files??

Welcome to the Apple Community.
Why do you want to access them, to use them or just to see them.

How do I access my back up files from the time machine if my computer was stolen?

Hi, how do I access my back up files from the time machine if my mac book pro was stolen? I have a mac book air and mac too. But not sure how I can get back all the files from the stolen computer from my time capsule

On the Mac Book Air or other Mac that you have, use Migration Assistant to transfer files from the Time Machine backups of the Mac that was taken.
Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities > Migration Assistant

Can I use iCloud as a 'dropbox' type drive for backing up files? If yes, how do I access it?

I have a 20 GIG Mobile Me, now ICloud, plan that is about to renew. I would like to be able to back up some of my documents to this drive and access them as necessary. Does iCloud work like this? How do I access backed up information. I just don't see it in the tutorials etc
Thank you for any thoughts

If you setup the Finder's Sidebar preferences so that the iCloud Drive is visible in it:
you can add additional folders with files to it as shown in this screenshot:
which sync up to iCloud as
You won't be able to open the files online like you can with the Numbers, Pages, etc. files but they will be available to other Macs for use.

How can I access old back up files?

I have a seagate back up drive where I pointed time machine to back up my files. I recently replaced my hard drive and was told I would be able to access the back up files to restore any old data I may want. I see the back ups but they are in a darker purple. I only have access to back ups on the external drive I have created since having the replacement drive installed. What is the purpose of backing up data if you can not get to it with another hard drive or computer?
Why is an easy concept such a difficult procedure. Once I point it to the old back ups it should not only see them, but be able to access them.
I have the old drive and other pages referred me to Backups.backedupd to manually get to the back up files. I can search and find backups but there is no folder backedupd. I also cannot find a complete name of the above. It is frustrating not to be able to find an answer to a fairly common question.
Thank You

Was it made using Mountain Lion?
As nice as TimeMachine is now, it wasn't always – it will be 6 yrs since intro'd in 10.5 –
This is what will probably work
http://www.tri-edre.com/english/backintime.html
Obviously you don't want to make the old drive as active backup destination, but I have two TM drives, both connected (I switch between them for daily, weekly and such) and both show up as standard TM "green" icon on my desktop.
This is a good FAQ
http://pondini.org/TM/Home.html

Disk utility can't repair but can't access the HD to back-up files?

I'm relatively new to MACs and have a 2TB Seagate with a good portion of our family pics on it. I opened the Disk Utility and attempted to repair the HD but get the message:
"Error: Disk Utility can’t repair this disk. Back up as many of your files as possible, reformat the disk, and restore your backed-up files."
Here's where I'm stumped...I can't actually access the disk to back it up. At one point I was able to open the disk and see the files so I went and bought another HD to back it all up....but now I can't access it. I've found a few threads discussing using recovery software but the data isn't that important. I was using the HD as my Time Machine BU so I'm more nervous about re-formatting it and trusting it with my data again. Should I bother even reformatting it or just toss the thing?

You might try a force mount...
Launch/Utilities/Terminal and enter this command at the prompt
diskutil list
Press return. If it sees the disk, note the number of the disk (far left column) you want to mount.
Then, enter this command
mount /dev/(number of disk)
Put in the number no parenthesis.
Press return.
If you're able to mount copy off the data you need. Even if you can mount it, wouldn't I trust the disk again.
Try Drive Genius in demo mode to run a surface scan and see if there are any bad blocks.

Once 10.9.1 is loaded onto my MacBook Pro and it has accessed all my files; is there anyway to back out of the relationship? I don't want my data on iCloud - how do I make that happen? Many thanks for any help.

Once 10.9.1 is loaded onto my MacBook Pro and it has accessed all my files; is there anyway to back out of the relationship? I don't want my data on iCloud - how do I make that happen? Many thanks for any help.

Sorry but I know of no way of not backing up for a PC.

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I accidentally deleted an Application on my iphone 5 and with it lost important files. How do i get back these files. The last iphone backup sync was after this so I cant even access an older back up as I cannot find them. How do I get back my Lost files.

On your iMac launch iTunes and at the top next to the Apple symbol click iTunes > Preferences > Devices and tell me what you see. You last sync should be there showing only a device name. If you have an older backup it will be there as well the difference is it will be the device name with a date and time stamp. Sync and backups are two different things and there is a chance iTunes made a backup the first time you hooked up your iPhone 5.

External back up drive locked - I have no access to my files

Hi, I have a brand new iMac Intel based, running 10.6.2.
I installed the 10.6.4 update last night and when I came in this morning, my external drive is locked and I can't access my backup files, nor can I run Time Machine.
I reinstalled the system back to 10.6.2...still locked.
HELP!!!

When doing an OS X update in order for it to be smooth there are some basics to follow.
1. First back up prior to doing the update which it sounds like you're doing.
2. Next is disconnect all peripherals except the keyboard and mouse.
3. Run Repair Disk Permissions in Disk Utility
4. When possible download the Combo update. Here is the one for 10.6.4
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1048
5. Install the update
6. Repeat step 3
7. Check system to see if it's working OK.
8. Connect peripherals and run.
Troubleshooting:
If you run into issues run a PRAM and SMC reset. Please read the instructions for the SMC reset carefully as it covers multiple models of Macs, you need the one for Intel based iMacs.
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I back up files constantly to an external drive. I went to back up again & my iTunes Media folder is gone & I can't find it anywhere (including Trash Bin). Will I have to uninstall then reinstall iTunes to get that venue back? I've even tried changing the location in my preferences of where new file should go to & nothings doing.

Compacting is deleting messages marked for deletion. It has nothing to do with trying to squeeze out just a little more space in an already full folder.
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http://kb.mozillazine.org/Thunderbird_:_Tips_:_Compacting_Folders
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Keep_it_working_-_Thunderbird
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/archived-messages
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Disk Utility says "drive can't be repaired, disk and restore your backed up files."

My Mac Book Pro froze yesterday and I had to force restart it. It had been showing me messages that my hard drive disk was full for a while and I was in the middle of transferring files to my external hard drive and I accidentally put a huge large file from my external hard drive into the trash on my laptop which makes me wonder if that means I added more GB to a computer that was already very full. Anyway, after freezing I restarted it and the desktop wouldn't load properly. The desktop picture was there, but folders on desktop did not appear, finder bar was missing and the dock was acting super slow and nothing worked when clicked on. Then the next few attempts were around the same result and eventually became stuck on the apple logo, spinning gear and a progress bar that was not loading at all.
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Safe mode- nothing happens
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I tried Command + S to use in single user mode and type in a command to help fix the drive, BUT, even though the black screen and white lettering mode did show up, it remained in a place where I was not allowed to type anything and the last thing written at the bottom of the screen was something about set up for bluetooth, I think. I tried this twice and both times it stopped in the same place and I could not type a command.
Disk Utility using installation dvd to verify and repair disk. Verify says disk needs repair and then repair has some red colored phrases: Invalid volume file count. (It should be 786374 instead of 786274) Incorrect number of thread records. And there was another problem listed but I do not remember it. Then, near the end of repairing it says: "Disk Utility stopped repairing Macintosh HD." It tells me it couldn't repair the disk and that I should back up as many of my files as possible, reformat the disk and restore backed up files.
That would be fine and dandy, but I have no idea how to back up my files and do all this. I have no idea how to exactly get the data off my hard drive. If someone does, please list a step by step guide for me on how to do so.
I have an external hard drive and I tried plugging in and selecting the hard drive and making a "New Image" to copy to the external hard drive destination, but it just stops a few seconds into it and tells me there is an input/output error. I tried read only, read/write only, compressed options for making a copy and all yield the same result.
In Disk Utility, I believe I have a partition -the Macintosh HD. I have listed on the left hand side: 320.07 GB Hitachi HTSS45.....etc. and below it in non-bolded, grey lettering it says "Macintosh HD."
The Hitachi, when clicked upon, shows the S.M.A.R.T. status as Verified and the Macintosh HD doesn't show much in details except for "Not mounted."
At one point, the Macintosh HD was in bold lettering and seemed to be mounted for a few minutes. When that happened, I was able to see the details reading: Mount Point: /Volumes/Macintosh HD, Capacity: 319.73 GB, Available: 11.92 GB, Used: 307.81 GB, etc.
I'm getting nervous to keep turning on and off the computer on force start and shut downs, especially since I have been reading up that the longer the computer is on, the more the hard drive is in use and the more chance for it to start deleting or overwriting my files. Is this true?
It's not mounted anymore since it was momentarily mounted. I just want to get my files off the disk and save them to my external hard drive. That is my main goal right now. What can I do?
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If you want to preserve the data on the boot drive, you must try to back up now, before you do anything else. It may or may not be possible. If you don't care about the data, you can skip this step.
There are several ways to back up a Mac that is unable to fully boot. You need an external hard drive to hold the backup data.
1. Boot into Recovery (command-R at startup) or from a local Time Machine backup volume (option key at startup.) Launch Disk Utility and follow the instructions in the support article linked below, under “Instructions for backing up to an external hard disk via Disk Utility.”
How to back up and restore your files
2. If you have access to a working Mac, and both it and the non-working Mac have FireWire or Thunderbolt ports, boot the non-working Mac in target disk mode by holding down the key combination command-T at the startup chime. Connect the two Macs with a FireWire or Thunderbolt cable. The internal drive of the machine running in target mode will mount as an external drive on the other machine. Copy the data to another drive. This technique won't work with USB, Ethernet, Wi-Fi, or Bluetooth.
How to use and troubleshoot FireWire target disk mode
3. If the internal drive of the non-working Mac is user-replaceable, remove it and mount it in an external enclosure or drive dock. Use another Mac to copy the data.

Macbook won't go past boot screen-want to back up files before reinstalling

Hi everyone,
My Macbook (Aluminum Unibody-before they labeled it "the pro") started slowing down when I installed snow leopard recently. It was jamming up a lot and I would have to restart often. On my most recent lock up, I restarted and it never went past the apple boot screen. I booted from the system DVD and ran disk utility, to no avail. There were all sorts of errors. Brought the computer into best buy and they tested the health of my hard drive-it is in perfect condition. THey suggested I just reinstall the OS and everything on my computer would be saved. I went to do this and received this error "You cannot install Mac OS X on this volume without changing your installation settings. Click Options to change the settings. The contents of this volume cannot be changed"
When I click options, I receive this:
"The destination disk must be erased for installation.
The detination volume will be completely erased and a new compy of Mac OS X will be installed on the volume. All your data will be lost" Then gives me these options "Format as: Mac OS Extended (Journaled) or Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive, Journaled).
You gotta talk to me like I'm someone with no experience with this sort of thing. Because.. I'm not experienced with these issues. I did all the startups that are suggested... the fsck (or whatever) thing (doesn't fix anything), the single-user start up, start up in safe mode (doesn't work).
Now, I can boot up with my system disk and reach the disk utlity. There is an option there to "restore" by dragging the Mac HD to the top field and the external hard drive to the bottom field. It does say it will write over any other files, however.
Here's my issue-first, I want to make sure that it will really make a full copy of everything, just as Time Machine does. The only hard drive I have that is WORKING with this, is the one that my time machine backups are on. I'm assuming all of my backups (there are many), will be erased and written over. Is this so? And will backing up by this method, really work to where I will be able to access all my files? Will I be able to restore from this backup after the OS is reinstalled? I hadn't backed up since December 3 and there is some important information and files on there that I just can't lose. I already tried switching out the hard drive from my computer to another mac, but for some reason, the screw keeping the hard drive attached, is stripped and there's no way to get it out. Very strange since I've never tried.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much!
Thank you!

Jenn,
If you cannot run Repair Disk from Disk Utility you are ARE NOT running it from the original Install Disk that came with the computer or the Snow Leopard Upgrade Disk you purchased. Please follow the directions I provided and you should be able to run Repair Disk form Disk Utilities.
Regarding Best Buy I would recommend NOT taking it to them for repair, if you have an Apple Store in your area please take it there. If you don't have an Apple Store within a couple of hour drive use this link to locate an AASP to take your machine to.
I am assuming you have your Time Machine backups on an external HD. If so they are safe for now. In the event you need to reformat the internal HD on your MBP and reinstall OS X you can use the TM backups to restore from.
Regarding "do you think copying the disk as mentioned (from the disk utility) would work?" No that would not work.
Lets first see if Disk Utility can repair your internal HD. If for some reason that fails then you can run Apple Hardware Test and see if any HD errors are reported there. And finally if that doesn't come up with anything then you can make an appointment at an Apple Store or AASP.

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