If I back up on my external hard drive and then delete files on my computer, those files will remain on my external hard drive even after future back ups when those files aren't on my computer?

I am backing up my macbook pro on an external harddrive because I have run out of space on it. I am wondering if when I do a backup and then delete those files from my computer, during the next backup, those files will still be availavle on the external harddrive or will they be deleted because they are no longer on my computer. Confusing I know but I'm sure there is a simple answer to it!

Its good to have both, a time machine backup, AND a second cloned HD.
If your HD ever dies on you, you can in a matter of 20 mins, install the old HD and be up and running again quickly.
Its extremely important to have MULTIPLE backups, so many people have been so upset at losing massive amounts of data, because they "had a backup HD" for their data, but when that died etc, its gone.
1 backup is never enough, and the data on your computer "doesnt count" as a backup.

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ardenm58 wrote:
Will it loose all of those pictures, because they're no longer on my laptop?
Yes eventually or sooner by large changes to your boot drive.
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305451

I recently updated my ipad and then I connected with my computer forn sync, not realising that I had a new version of itunes with none of my apps. Now I have lost allof the apps and books etc, that I had prurchased. How do I get them back?

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As long as the apps and ibooks are still available in the store, and you use the same iTunes account as you originally used to buy them, then you should be able to re-download them for free : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519

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have a question I do not use mail in my computer I use yahoo and I have all these emails and selected all and then delete then delete trash and they always come back how do I stop these old email in apple mail? I never send anything from there but I have the same email in yahoo but delete them and they still show up in apple mail from day one how do I get rid of these once and for all.Please help
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I am soooooooooooo confused now. Ok, if you are having problems with Yahoo Mail and Gmail but you do not use Apple's Mail you need to do the following:
1 - Post in Yahoo's Mail forums and/or contact their tech support.
2 - Post in Gmails forums and/or contact their tech support.
Neither of the above are Apple's products.

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I have a string of text sms and iMessages that I would like to save and then delete them from my phone, but gain access to them later if I need them. I prefer to have the string with the date/time stamp vs copying and pasting into a doc or text file. Is this possible?

Not unless you buy an app that accesses data from an iTunes backup. Check in the app store.

Does Time Machine make back-ups when nobody is logged on?

Hello,
Does Time Machine make back-ups when nobody is logged on and does it continue to back-up when I log off?
I'm using an directly connected external hard drive to back-up my data with Time Machine, the back-ups are encrypted.
Thanks in advance.

I had the same problem with Time Machine and solved it by enabling "Enable Power Nap" in Energy Saver:
System Preferences...
Energy Saver
Restore Defaults
Check "Enable Power Nap: While sleeping, your Mac can back up using Time Machine and periodically check for new email, calendar, and other iCloud updates."
2013 21.5 iMac
OSX Mavericks
Seagate 1 TB slim USB 3.0 (power is drawn from USB port), formatted to Mac Journaling File System

HT3275 EMERGENCY!!!!!!!! NEED TO RETREIVE AN ACCIDENTALLY DELETED BACKUP! BACK UP FROM MY TIME MACHINE DRIVE???? In other words, I emptied out a folder on my main MAC to make space and the next subsequent backup backed up the EMPTY FOLDER and then delet

EMERGENCY!!!!!!!!
IS THERE ANY WAY TO RETREIVE AN ACCIDENTALLY DELETED BACK UP FROM MY TIME MACHINE DRIVE????
In other words, I emptied out a folder on my main MAC to make space and the next subsequent backup backed up the EMPTY FOLDER and then deleted the "old backup" that actually contained the contents of the very important folder.
Now only the emptied folder exists on my MAC and in the two backups on my Time machine backup drive.
This was clearly a big mistake on my part not realizing that the "old backup" being deleted by Time Machine would include backed up files that I had no intention of getting rid of....
What can I do now?
Is DATA RETREIVAL even an option?
I am sure that the Folder of files that I need are on the most recently deleted "OLD BACKUP" but how do I get to this, if even possible?????
Super desperate situation here...
M

inna-help-me wrote:
Is DATA RETREIVAL even an option?
It may be possible to recover some of the data, if it hasn't been overwritten, but it won't be cheap or easy.
You've posted in the Time Capsule forum, but you mention a "backup drive." If your backups are on a Time Capsule's internal HD, instead of an external HD, it's even worse.
See Data Recovery.
Good luck.

I tried to rename a file, it gave me an error message (can't remember the number - 43??) and then the file disappeared from the original folder. When I do a search, the file comes up under the new name, but it does not show a path, and even though preview

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When I try to open it, it says the alias is not good, and asks if I want to fix the alias. I'm afraid to do that and lose all access to this document.
Right now, it feels like a ghost document - it is on the computer intact, but it is in an undisclosed location and inaccessible.
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I was able to resolve this by repairing permissions, even though no permissions error was listed specifically for that file.
I could also have recovered it through Time Machine, but I'm interested in knowing how not to have this happen again!
I was afraid of rebooting and possibly losing track even of the ghost.
I did not try EasyFind - I'll keep that in mind next time.
Thanks for all the comments.

Trying to save a new document and then "The file "lyrics project.pages-tef" couldn't be opened."

As the title says... Open Pages, Create new document, click Save, the dialog box comes up, I give it a name and select the Desktop as the destination, click OK, the dialog box disappears for about a second and then I get the above message.
No way to save the doc. I even copied the text, opened another new document, Renamed it and tried to save and same results. It's a very simple document saved in Pages format, without involving iCloud so it should be as easy as it gets. On top of that, I just want to Save. Why is it trying to Open something???
I ended up having to copy the text into an email and sending it to myself in order to copy it into a SimpleText file.
Any ideas on what might have been going wrong?
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Thanks much.
Bo

That is the iCloud version of the document as I understand it. There is a version saved on the Net for iCloud to be shared and a local version on your hard drive. One of those is currently inaccessible.
http://www.macworld.com/article/1163173/bugs_and_fixes_losing_iwork_documents_in _icloud.html
Peter

I backed up a video to icloud and then deleted it from my iPhone but have recently backed up again - will my video still be in icloud?

I backed up my iPhone to the Cloud a few weeks ago and then deleted a video from my iPhone. I have since backed up my iPhone again....will my video still be in the iCloud? Does the iCloud when restoring, overwrite existing data on my phone?

If the latest backup does not include the video, then it won't be restored if you restore from that backup. Technically, there should be around 3 backups maintained in icloud, but many users find that they have one one choice to make (the latest backup) when they perform a restore from icloud.
Like photos, video should always be synced to a computer for archiving. If you've done that, then you should be able to find it on your computer.

TS3992 If I back up pictures from the camera roll on my iPad to iCloud and then delete the pictures off my iPad will the next back up to iCloud erase those picutres from iCloud?

If I back up pictures from the camera roll on my iPad to iCloud and then delete the pictures off my iPad will the next back up to iCloud erase those picutres from iCloud? or will all pictures remain in iCloud?

They will be erased. The backup only includes the data (and photos) on the iPad at the time of the backup. To keep your photos permanently, import them to your computer as explained here before deleting them: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4083.

Pages will no longer let me open files that I have previously downloaded, worked on and then saved on my mac. However it will let me open pages documents that I have started from new. I need the other documents to open and can't figure it out. PLEASE

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HT1311 To create a new apple ID, if I sign out of the current Apple ID account, and then sign in with a newly created account, will I lose any songs or apps on my phone or computer that were downloaded from the old apple ID?

To create a new apple ID, if I sign out of the current Apple ID account, and then sign in with a newly created account, will I lose any songs or apps on my Iphone and Macbook Pro computer that were downloaded from the old apple ID?

No, you will not loose anything. However, if you ever need to update any of that previously purchased content, or re-download it, you will have to use the older AppleID. Purchases are permanently tied to the AppleID you use when making the purchase.

How do I find a previous windows version. It's telling me to copy files and then delete old version.

When I got on my laptop today, I saw that there was a message from HP Support Assistant. It says that I have an older versions of windows and that the previous versions of windows was saved in a folder c:\windows.old. it says that the folder is very large and it recommends me coping any old files I want to keep and then delete the Windows.old to free up more disk space. It has a help column that says, "How do I backup my files from Window.old? When I do what it tells me to do, I can't find it. Could someone please help me? Thanks you.
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O/Sis Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (64-Bit) SP 1
Systems BIOSis F.14

Hi,
Looks like a new OS has been installed/re-installed. Do you want to keep Windows.old folder for just in case? Otherwise you can delete it using the following instructions:
http://windows.microsoft.com/is-IS/windows7/How-do-I-remove-the-Windows-old-folder
Regards.
BH
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