Restoring backed-up iweb
Hi guys,
I need some advice! I recently bought a 1TB firewire drive to back up all my big files to. I used it to make a clean copy of my internal HD using super duper, then installed the OS and wiped my internal HD so I could start afresh.
Rather unwisely, I didn't use iweb backup to store my iweb sites, though all the file structure and files are there on my external HD. I need to restore the old iweb as I edit all my sites on it. I have used time machine to do periodic backups on another 250GB firewire drive, so perhaps that would be a help? Ideally I would be able to get my iweb to the stage it was at when I backed up to the 1TB drive though. Is this possible? One idea I had was creating a disk image of my backup and maybe booting from that, though i don't know whether that's possible or how it's done exactly.
Please can someone give me some tips?
Many thanks!
Ben
Ben ~ iWeb stores everything in a Domain file, normally located in the ~/Library/Application Support/iWeb folder (although it can be moved). See this Apple doc:
_iWeb ’08: Backing up your Domain file_
ben glass wrote:
I have used time machine to do periodic backups on another 250GB firewire drive, so perhaps that would be a help?
The Domain file has a hidden file extension of ".sites2" — so you could search for that. See this Apple doc:
Recovering items using Time Machine and Spotlight
But Spotlight doesn't look in all areas of the hard drive — so if no luck, download and run Find File to search for ".sites2".
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