Recovering invisible folders from Time Capsule backup

How do I recover hard_desk/var/ from my Time Capsule backup? The interface does not provide an obvious way to navigate to invisible files and folders.

To recover a delete photo in iPhoto using Time machine do the following;
1 - know the title/file name of the photo you deleted.
2 - while in iPhoto activate TM.
3 - go back in TM to a date when the photo would be present.
4 - enter the title/file name in the search window of iPhoto.
5 - when the photo appears in iPhoto select it and click on the Restore button.
The photo will be restored and imported into iPhoto as a new import.
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto (iPhoto.Library for iPhoto 5 and earlier) database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've created an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger or later), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. It's compatible with iPhoto 6 and 7 libraries and Tiger and Leopard. iPhoto does not have to be closed to run the application, just idle. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.≤br>
Note: There now an Automator backup application for iPhoto 5 that will work with Tiger or Leopard.

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My MacBook Pro is running slow, more and more. Everything started with the "upgrade" to Lion.
Can I re-format my hard disk and recover from Time Capsule only the data and applications I really need (including Snow Leopard as OS, maybe)?
Thanks

The problem is that it is a Western Digital 3.5 inch internal hard drive housed inside a hard drive caddy. So the only way to connect it to my computer is through a dock.

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I did a restore from time capsule to recover my deleted pictures. That was over 12 hours ago, and I had a thousand pictures. Now when I go into iphoto, I see an empty thumbnail, and if I double click the thumbnail, I either get a picture that shows up, or I get a triangle with a question mark in the middle. Is it possible time capsule is still working on recovering my pictures? How long will it take before I can see my photots in my iphoto program appear as thumbnail pictures? I have also done 2 or 3 restarts, that does not seem to help.

See this thread: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4179465
Looks like it's this folder:
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See p.4 here - http://www.pondini.org/TM/Time_Capsule.html - and see if the Great Pondoni can help.
He's sure helped others in the past...
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Had a moisture problem on my Macbook Air. Had to replace with newer pc as could not wait a week for repair. Had been using Time Machine and a Time Capsule hard drive to back up and the final backup was about 5 minutes before the spill.
So, I was able to fully restore the new laptop from Time capsule. Only problem is that I had purchased MS Office and while the programs are restored, when I launch MS Word, it wants the product code. I cannot find my cd and packaging with the product code from my original purchase. Any way to get the code off the Time capsule backup? It must be stored there somewhere but I wonder if it was encrypted and somehow linked to a physical something on the damaged MBAir.
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Here you go:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2279109

Recovering Files erased from Time Capsule

Someone in my office stole my laptop, ipad, and TC. I finally got my time capsule back, but they erased some of the files. Is there a way for me to recover those files? Or is it maintained in the trash file of the computer it was used to erase the files?
Also where are the backup files maintained from previous backups. If I can find that I can also recover the files that were on my TC.

Any files erased on the TC are probably not going to be recoverable..
You would need to open the TC.. and remove the disk.. plug it into a computer using USB hard disk holder.. and use a software on the computer like disk warrior or data rescue 3. But that would only be if the hard disk has not been subsequentially written over.
You can open the sparsebundle and see what is available. see Pondini for manual restore methods.
http://pondini.org/TM/FAQ.html
Q14-17
I hope the guy from your office is in prison.

Cannot restore some files/folders from Time Machine Backup

When I try and restore files or folders from my Pictures folder, which is a sub folder of my user I get the message "The operation can’t be completed because you don’t have permission to access xxxx". As far as I can tell this has only just started to happen because I've recovered stuff from the folder since I bought the machine in July. Yesterday I deleted an old Time Machine backup folder from the Time Machine disc. This caused empty trash to go berserk - the "files to delete" count went negative and I had to stop/restart the empty trash command about 20 times before it sorted itself out. Maybe this has screwed some permissions somewhere? I have run disc utility and repaied permissions on my hard drive and verified the TM drive. Still no joy. The permissions for Pictures look OK. Anyone any ideas?

Yesterday I deleted an old Time Machine backup folder from the Time Machine disc. This caused empty trash to go berserk - the "files to delete" count went negative
Probably you corrupted your Time Machine Backup by manually deleting older backups- that is dangerous.
See Pondni's advice on how to fix it - Time Machine trouble Shooting
I hope that helps
Léonie

Restore from Time Capsule backup set

What is the procedure to recover the other paritions (multiple) which are backed up using time machine?
I am using Time capsule to maintain automated backups of my Macbook Pro. Backups to the Time capsule are performing correctly and I can see "pink" breakpoints when I enter time machine which means the backup sets are available on my time capsule. I have 3 partitions on my MBP hard drive and all these drives are included in backups to be done.
When I tried to recover my entire backup set to a new machine I was able to restore all the contents of my boot drive (mac os partition) but the data on other partitions is not recovered. I tried multiple times with different options to recover my data on other partitions but no success. What is the procedure to recover the other paritions which are backed up using time machine? Please refer the attachment to understand my partitions which are backed up but not restored?
I really need help on this matter as I need to streamline restore process in my organization using time capsule.
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Kind Regards,
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Me.. oh no.. I would never be so foolish as to depend on TM to do any such things.
Look at another Pondini reference.
http://pondini.org/OSX/SetupOther.html
As you have discovered what looks like a simple restore turns out to be nighmarish.. that is the nature of TM.

How to recover RSS feeds from Time Machine backup?

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I have deleted an RSS feed and so even his messages are gone. Then I have tried to recover it from my TM backup but I just discovered that TM shows me the RSS feed but it does not allow me to select them to recover.
Is it correct?
Is there any way to recover that?
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Thanks for the response BDAqua, I did use Migration Assistant to transfer her data from the SuperDuper backup. Are you suggesting that I use Migration Assistant to transfer data from the Time Machine backup? Will that result in duplication? Sorry, but I've no experience at all with Time Machine backups and don't know whether you can 'pick and choose' what to restore from the Time Machine using Migration Assistant.
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I am trying to exclude Folders from backups to preserve space.
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Welcome to the Apple Support Communities
Mails are stored on ~/Library/Mail, being ~ your user folder. As you are running Snow Leopard, it's easy to exclude your mails from your Time Machine backup.
Open System Preferences > Time Machine > Options, and add ~/Library/Mail to excluded items, so the next backup won't include mails. Note that you have to go to your user folder, in order to access to this directory

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I have somehow deleted all previous Calendars and entries prior to the day I set up iCloud. They have gone from iCloud also. This occurred after I tried to remove duplicates. Calendar entries after setting up iCloud are more or less OK but everything before that day has gone (except for birthdays and a few other entries).
Can I recover them from a previous (Mavericks) time-machine backup and if so how please?
I have looked for calendar files on my external backup HD but can't see anything recognisable.
Other posts on this topic seem to refer to previous operating systems.

I used the process outlined here successfuly just now:
http://www.wilmut.webspace.virginmedia.com/notes/icloudtm.html
I am running Mavericks. Things I learned or to clarify/amplify what he says (at the URL I just listed):
* If you have partial data saved in Calendar now, I highly recommend you export and save it as an .ics file so you won't lose anything.
* Make sure you close Calendar before trying to restore.
* To restore Calendar files, go back to the date you want to restore in Time Machine, and in your home folder (or whatever you may have renamed it), go to Library > Calendar. Highlight ALL files in this folder. The Restore button should turn white in the bottom right of the Time Machine and hit that. It will move them all into your calendar.
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I found this, after a search, here.. in an archived Discussion-
"I decided to delete the entry from AddressBook and restore the previous hours' copy of the entire record for that person. It takes less than a minute to restore a record like this.."
I need to do this!
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There is info on address restore here.
http://pondini.org/TM/15.html
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