HT3231 find back up on time machine

I had my imac harddrive crash and istalled a temp drive now I cant find my backup on tim machine . any help?

If you ran Time Machine using your internal HD, your back up probably went with the HD.   Hopefully you didn't but if so, it proves the value of using an external HD.

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  • Finding back ups on time machine

    Hi there,
    How do I change my time machine settings to view back ups older than a month?
    Thanks

    duck321 wrote:
    It's possible. I backed up my laptop, then I backed up two external hard drives. do you think might have caused the problem? I'm not sure as all three were appearing in the timeline files until after they'd been there a month.
    It does sound like the Time Capsule's disk got full, sometime in the last month, and TM had to delete old backups.
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    How much data is on all 3 of these disks, and how big is your Time Capsule (less anything else on it)?
    I can't see an option for browse other time machine disks - when I right click it just brings up the applications window...?
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    Once I upgraded to ML, I'm now finding that my Seagate Free Agent external hard drive is no longer being backed up by Time machine.  Do I have to wait for Seagate to update their drivers for this hard drive?

    I tried your suggestion, and it's been giving me the message "Preparing for Backup" for the past 8 hours.  Does this mean TM is backing up my hard drive?  I'll give it a few more hours, but if nothing else happens, I'm not sure what else to do.  I'm not sure if there are any new external hard drives that are compatible with ML yet. 

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    Problem: It turns out my home directory does not have any backups in Time Machine for the last year.  I've never received any error message indicating it wasn't doing the full backup.
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    - I did this again while watching the Console and verified that it did not make a large enough backup to include the cloned file.
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    - I did an "ls -a" in the backup volume in Terminal and realized that it was not the case that the home directory was present but merely hidden.
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    - I examined the exclusions list in Time Machine preferences.  The only items were the backup volume itself and another partition of that external drive I use for other backups, as expected.
    - I did a "Full Reset of Time Machine" (http://pondini.org/TM/A4.html), with a reboot before re-enabling Time Machine.  The plist file did change to become much simpler, but the home folder is still not being backed up.
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    - I run Git
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    - I ran Verify Disk in Disk Utility on both my backup volume and the mac's HD.  The backup volume appeared OK, but the mac HD was "found corrupt and needs to be repaired".  I could boot into the Recovery HD and repair it, but I feel like this is a risk and I'd like to have a working backup before I do that (I don't have another external HD around to make a temporary backup).  Could the corrupted drive be the reason Time Machine has been silently skipping the home folder?
    - My home folder is named "apple".  Might this be a problem?  I'd rename it, but that's a risk and I'd like a verified backup before doing that.
    - The Time Machine plist file in /Library/Preferences is pretty hard to read in pico, TextEdit, etc (maybe this is normal?)
    I've scoured the forums and pondini's very thorough troubleshooting pages to no avail.  Please let me know if anyone has ideas.  Thanks.

    Latest update: Bought a new external harddrive, set that up as the new Time Machine volume, but got the exact same results (all but my main user directory are backed up).  This is after another Time Machine reset (deleting the .plist), starting up in Safe Mode, and trying to initiate the backup from both the account that doesn't get backed up and another administrator account.
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    10/5/12 2:51:23.572 AM com.apple.backupd[13529]: Found 1437613 files (470.25 GB) needing backup
    10/5/12 2:51:23.573 AM com.apple.backupd[13529]: 564.3 GB required (including padding), 1.5 TB available
    10/5/12 2:51:23.581 AM com.apple.backupd[13529]: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
    10/5/12 3:40:33.297 AM com.apple.backupd[13529]: Copied 763432 files (21.54 GB) from volume Macintosh HD.
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  • HT1338 Purchased a used macbook pro with Mountain Lion. My old Mac runs Snow Leopard is backed up to Time machine. How do I register the operating system to me and how do I use Time Machine to move my files to the new used computer?

    Purchased a used macbook pro with Mountain Lion. My old Mac runs Snow Leopard is backed up to Time machine. How do I register the operating system to me and how do I use Time Machine to move my files to the new used computer?

    If you look at the User Tips tab, you will find a write up on just this subject:
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    SELLING A MAC A
    Internet Recovery, and Transferability of OS & iLife Apps
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    • Additionally, upgrading the OS on a Mac you intend to sell means that you are leaving personally identifiable information on the Mac since the only way to upgrade the OS involves using your own AppleID to download the upgrade from the App Store. So there will be traces of your info and user account left behind. Again, best to erase the drive and revert to the original OS via Internet Recovery.
    Internet Recovery:
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    3. Turn the brightness full up and volume nearly so.
    4. Turn off File Vault, if enabled.
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    1. Insert the original OS X install CD/DVD that came with your computer.
    2. Restart the computer while holding down the C key to boot from the CD/DVD.
    3. Select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu; repartition and reformat the internal hard drive.
    Optionally, click on the Security button and set the Zero Data option to one-pass.
    4. Install OS X.
    5. Upon completion DO NOT restart the computer.
    6. Shutdown the computer.
    B. Lion and Mountain Lion (if pre-installed on the computer at purchase*)
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    1. Restart the computer while holding down the COMMAND and R keys until the Mac OS X
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    2. Select Disk Utility from the Mac OS X Utilities window and click on the Continue button. 
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    4. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Optionally, click on the Security button
    and set the Zero Data option to one-pass.
    5. Click on the Erase button and wait until the process has completed.
    6. Quit DU and return to the Mac OS X Utilities window.
    7. Select Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion and click on the Install button.
    8. Upon completion shutdown the computer.
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  • I have had a series of Macs.  They have been backed up with Time Machine. I am trying to restore TM backup files from the older Macs using my new MacBook Pro.  No go.  What do I do ?

    I have had a series of Macs.  They have been backed up with Time Machine. I am trying to restore TM backup files from the older Macs using my new MacBook Pro.  No go.  What do I do ?

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    I have upgraded my iphone to IOS 7 this morning. However as I was backing up my phone, the cable I was using was removed from the macbook.
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    Hi Lawrence. Thanks so much for that advice - I'm really grateful. I hope you don't mind me asking a couple more questions: I have found that folder via Finder - I clicked on Library then App Support then Mobile Sync and within that, there's a folder called Backup and within that, 4 files. I also tried accessing it via the Go/go to folder method you suggested (in case that revealed more which remain hidden unless I use your route) but I couldn't make that route work.
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  • I downloaded Lion on my iMac.  It apparently cleaned out the hard drive.  Nothing shows up from before.  It looks like a brand new computer.  It is backed up on Time machine.  Any idea of why this happened and suggestions on restoring?  Thanks.

    I downloaded Lion on my 4 yr old iMac.  The download stalled at the last minute so I clicked "CANCEL".  When it was restarted, Lion was there, with no apparent option but to go ahead and install so I assumed it was okay.  Didn't transfer data from "another computer" when prompted - assumed it would transfer from that computer.  It apparently cleaned out the hard drive.  It looks like a brand new computer.  None of my apps, programs,  files, or thousands of photos.   It is backed up on Time machine, but it's a sickening sight.  Any idea why this happened and suggestions before restoring?  Thanks.

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    See Pondini's page for more explanation:   What are Local Snapshots?   http://pondini.org/TM/FAQ.html
    I have restarted my computer, but the information remains the same. How do I reclaim the use of the 300GB? Why is it showing up as "Backups" when it used to indicate "Photos"? Are my photos safe on the external drive?
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    2) Open Finder and select the drive name on the left then the Backups.backupsdb folder and in there is all your files from the backups you have made listed under your Machine Name and in that folder under the dates/times they were created

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    hi
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    Here is some of the best information you can find on Time Machine:
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  • Cant Back up to Time Machine

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