Does a Time Machine backup capture unsaved Word Documents? I am looking for a Word Document that I am guessing I deleted though I think it was open when I was doing a backup.

Does a Time Machine backup capture unsaved Word Documents?
I am looking for a Word Document that I am guessing I deleted though I think it was open when I was doing a backup.

If you didn't save the document it would not be on your hard drive and therefore not copied via Time Machine.

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    Hi mogburn,
    Time Machine is part of the System software, not a feature of the word processing and page layout application, Pages, the topic in this community.
    That said, Time Machine is pretty easy to get into.
    In the Finder, open the folder containing the current version of the file.
    Select the file, then click on the Time Machine icon in the menu bar and choose Enter Time machine.
    The folder window will move to the center of the screen, and two arrows will appear near the lower right corner of the window.
    Click the one pointing back to go back in time, and the one pointing toward the front (of the computer) to return to the present. The display will stop at each saved version of the file along the way.
    Need more details? Try asking in the Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard community.
    Regards,
    Barry

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    I am backing up my computer to an external hard drive using Time Machine.  It has been at 288.91 "used" for a while... should I just let it ride?  It's been going for about 7 hours now

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    http://pondini.org/TM/12.html

  • Unable to back up external hard drive via Time Machine.  Says no room but has back ups from two previous Mac notebooks on it.  Tried deleting them and now can't do anything.  Any ideas?

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    2. Open Disk Utility on the MBP.
    3. Select the external HD in the left pane.
    4. Click on the Erase tab.
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    7. Click the Partition tab.
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    If I add another profile, will that person's content automatically be saved to my Time Machine hard drive or do I need to take further action to ensure that this content is saved? Thanks for any and all help with this.
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    Holliston, MA

    Time Machine creates a back up of the entire Hard Drive, with the exception of Boot Camp or exceptions you have created. So in other words after you create the profile run Time Machine, and a backup of the other user profile will be added to your Time Machine backups.

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    I downloaded the new iphoto to my macbook pro. Now when I open it, there is a message telling me that "your photo library is damaged or unreadable and cannot be opened. Please restore from a backup." What do I do I had 16,000 pictures.....PLEASE HELP!!!!!

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    BTW, was there an error number associated with the failed update?

  • I am looking for a map app that will allow me to place pins where my clients offices are on a map and keep them save every time I open the app. Does anyone out there know of an app that will do this?

    I am looking for a map app that will allow me to place pins where my clients offices are on a map and keep them save every time I open the app. Does anyone out there know of an app that will do this?

    "Motion 5" is your friend.
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    This is a "teaser" series to sell his tutorials but it is really good. Just saw it yesterday for the first time.
    While all you want is just to place pins, realize that Motion has so much more. All kinds of effects and they can be really customized. Maybe put their street address, contact name, and phone number by the pin?
    Motion 5: cheap at $49.99 (just got my download two days ago)
    Motion 5: Support Community athttps://discussions.apple.com/community/professional_applications/motion_5
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    I keep getting the message: "what should Firefox do with this file" in Windows XP every time I want to download a file, e.g., adobe, excel, etc. How can this annoying message be deleted? The check box to "open file automatically" does not work!

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    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4972
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    http://www.macworld.com/article/2010061/hands-on-with-ios-6-installation.html
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    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4623
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    Tip 2 - If you're updating via wifi, place your iPad close to your router to preclude getting a corrupted download.
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    Tap "Download and Install". This will start the upgrade, which will take several minutes and will reboot your iPad during the process. If the Download and Install button is grayed out, trying clearing up some space. The space required by the update is mostly temporary, so you should gain most of it back after iOS 7 is installed.
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    First, connect your iPad to your PC or Mac using the cable provided when you purchased your device. This will allow iTunes to communicate with your iPad.
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    Now you are ready to begin the process:
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     Cheers, Tom

  • I am looking for a word processing app

    I am looking for a word processing app that I can use for sending .doc and .docx format papers via email or uploading them to websites directly from my ipad 2 without having to export them to or sync them with my actual computer.  Does the Pages app allow users to do this?  I need to make a purchase of such an app soon.  If this app is incapable of these actions, can anyone suggest an app or design an app for me that does them?

    Pages can export documents in MS Word format. When I last did this (with Pages '09, the Mac version), the result was a .doc file.
    Note that this is a translation, and like most translations, it's not always a perfect one. Some features of Pages are not supported in MS Word, and some Word features are not supported in Pages.
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    Barry

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