Retrieval of just photos using Time Machine backup
Had the hard disk replaced on my iMac. I would now like to retrieve just the photos and videos (that were in iPhoto) from the backup (used Time Machine). I don't want to restore the entire thing. How do I go about doing this?
I think you hit it on the last part.
When you reinstall the OS (or use a new system) and create a username, if it is the same as the username that you are trying to restore, there will be a conflict. Items in the users folder (music, documents, pictures... any subfolder) are bound to that UID. You should be able to rename the user account that you set up on the new system, then restore the old user and docs and delete the initial "setup" user account. Once they log in with the restored user account, permissions should be fine.
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I have just started using Time Machine. I was thinking about deleting old E-Mails on my Mac to clean. Does Time Machine back up the E-Mails , if so how can I find them in Time Machine ??
If you back up your mac before deleting your emails, Time Machine should back up your e-mails.
I never tried this so i'm not sure to find them in Time Machine. To browse in your backups simply click the Time Machine icon in your dock. In the right bar, you can select an backup. Than you can browse in finder, in your backkup.
EDIT: Just browsed and CT above was right. This topic might help you:
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Recover OS X using Time Machine Backup
Hi All,
I have created time machine backup for my entire system after a clean install of Mountain Lion on Aug. 01, 2012 to a 16 GB USB drive. Now, as per my discussions with Apple Care, they told me that using Time Machine backup I can get back into the state where I created the backup (including Mountain Lion files). This is fine with me and I know that I can only get the files back for the time I created that backup.
Although, I don't want to restore my system now but just for being on safer side, I tried to learn the process of recovery. I followed the steps below to get into recovery mode:
1. Press the option key while system started.
2. Selected Recovery Mode from the available options.
3. Selected Time Machine Backup from the recovery mode.
Now, system displayed me the time machine backup for Aug. 01, 2012. I choose the one and click on next.
Now, here I have a few questions:
There was a drop down disabled on top that says "Restore From" and the option selected was "Machintosh HD on Ashish's...". What is this option? Is it telling me from where I had created the backup or it's telling me from where the system restore will take place?
Secondly, let's say that my whole machine was corrupted due to some reason and I am not able to start OS X then do Time Machine backup also restores my OS X?
Thank you in advance,
Regards,
-Ashish SharmaSecondly, let's say that my whole machine was corrupted due to some reason and I am not able to start OS X then do Time Machine backup also restores my OS X?
It restores what was on the source volume when the backup took place, apart from logs, caches, the contents of the Trash, and whatever you choose to exclude. If the OS was corrupt when you backed up, it will still be corrupt after you restore. -
How can I restore files from my old iMac to this new purchased MacBook Air? I am using time machine backup in my old imac.
Hi,
Try Target Disk Mode
OS X Yosemite: Transfer files between two computers using target disk mode
There is also Migration Assistant.
OS X Yosemite: Transfer your info from a computer or storage device -
Just migrated using time machine from MacBook Pro to older Macbook. iPhoto 9.4.3 won't open. Tried reinstall - no change. (Mac OS X 10.7.5)
Did you migrate the app from Time Machine? Reinstall it.
To re-install iPhoto
1. Put the iPhoto.app in the trash (Drag it from your Applications Folder to the trash)
2. Download it from the App Store to reinstall It's on your Purchases List there.
For older versions that have been installed from Disk you'll need these additional steps:
2a: On 10.5: Go to HD/Library/Receipts and remove any pkg file there with iPhoto in the name.
2b: On 10.6: Those receipts may be found as follows: In the Finder use the Go menu and select Go To Folder. In the resulting window type
/var/db/receipts/
2c: on 10.7 or later they're at
/private/var/db/receipts
A Finder Window will open at that location and you can remove the iPhoto pkg files.
3. Re-install.
If you purchased an iLife Disk, then iPhoto is on it.
If iPhoto was installed on your Mac when you go it then it’s on the System Restore disks that came with your Mac. Insert the first one and opt to ‘Install Bundled Applications Only.
The reference to NovaMedia is that there is the remanant of an older app in there somewhere that won't run on 10.7
Regards
TD -
Recover OSX Mountain Lion using Time Machine Backup
Hi,
Can anyone help me to recover OSX Mountain Lion using TIme Machine backup as i accidently corrupted the recovery HD and the Macintosh Drive?
Regards,
SanilAs Linc stated, you can boot from your Time Machine backup of OS X Mountain Lion.
Restart your machine and hold down the Option key. Select the Time Machine backup drive to boot from. When it boots into the TM drive you will get the same OS X Utilities screen like in the recovery HD. You can use Disk Utilities to erase your Macintosh HD then restore your Mac OS X from Time Machine. -
HT1338 Can I do a clean install after using time machine backup?
Can I do a clean install after using time machine backup?
Hi, if I understand correctly yes, but may I ask the purpose of doing so?
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iMac crashed, trying to use Time Machine backup. In Restore From:it only offers Macintosh HD on ..... (grayed). There are backups listed below. When I click on a current backup and click on continue I get a "Select a Destination" with Searching for disk, but nothing comes up.
I am connected to my Passport if that helps, but I think that is where it is getting the backup list.
Any help on how to proceed?
Thanks,Thanks for your help on this. I was trying to restore from a new drive. The problem I have is that Time Machine will not let me do so, so far.
When I go into 'Restore from Time Machine Back up) I can access the Time Machine HD ok. But then when I go onto next page (Select a Back Up) the 'Restore From' option only has the greyed out name of my crashed HD (this seems wrong?). If I continue the process to erase starts and then stops, message says:
An error occurred while adding a recovery system to the destination disk.
it only seems to want me to back up to my crashed HD which I have no intention of using -
I have already used time machine backup and I last used on june 2012 . Today when I tried to backup the time machine is still stuck on preparing my backup?What shallI do?
See Section C here > http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
From Here > http://pondini.org -
I just installed Mountain Lion on my iMac. But In was dismayed to find that my Canon scanner software (Canoscan LIDE500F)no longer works. Nor do any of my MS offce applications. I tried to use time machine to reinstall Snow Leopard (my previous operating system), but unfortunately my time machine backups did not include system software. Also, the original system install disk that came with my iMac would not allow me to install Snow Leopard in place of Mountain Lion. I would appreciate it if somebody could tell me how to solve this problem.
The reason your Office doesn't work is because it is PowerPC code. If you will upgrade the 2004 Office to 2011 Office then that will work.
I don't understand how you managed to get your Time Machine backup to not backup the system.
Now if you still what to downgrade you will have to erase the disk and reinstall Snow Leopard. Most likely all of your application and then restore your data from Time Machine.
To me it sounds like it would be easier to upgrade your software and stay with Mountain Lion instead.
Allan -
Best way to migrate using Time Machine backup
My wife has an '08 iMac. I think it originally had Leopard. Along the way I updated it to Snow Leopard and then Mountain Lion. It also has an external USB hdd and we've used Time Machine to backup to it since we've had it.
We just picked up a new iMac with Mavericks. It's still in the box. I'm under the impression that I can just power up the new one, start Migration Assistant, plug in the external drive, and it will copy all her stuff over from the latest TM backup.
Is that right? Is it that simple? Are there any known issues or gotchas?
I've searched and seen issues from people that turned out to be caused by anti-virus software. I'm assuming that out of the box that won't be an issue.
I also saw a reference to a TM "clone" backup. I don't know exactly what this is. Do I need one, or any other special TM backup, or should the default TM backup work?
I've also seen references to Setup Assistant being used to migrate data to a new iMac. Would I be better off using this or Migration Asst?
I saw a link that I thought would answer that, "Transferring data with Setup Assistant - Migration Assistant FAQ", but that just takes me to the top-level support page. I also saw a link to setup instructions from Pondini, but that requires me to log into iCloud, which my account can't do. I think my wife's can, so I'll try hers and check it in the morning.
Anything else I should know? Anything else I should tell you before you answer that?
Also, any idea how long this should take to migrate? Her internal drive shows 400G used.
Thanks for any advice.
-cbThanks very much for the response.
mende1 wrote:
As you are using an USB external drive and you probably want to transfer a lot of files (you say that the old internal drive shows 400 GB of used storage), it may take several hours. I do not recommend you to transfer everything or you may experience performance issues (if you had problems in the old iMac)
Can you elaborate on this? Do you mean we shouldn't restore apps, or something more fine-grained? We're mainly interested in her data (docs, music, photos, etc.).
Yes, the old one gives occassional WSODs, which was part of the motivation for the upgrade. I'm unclear on whether it's due to one or two specific apps. She always seems to have lots of apps open.
I have a follow-up question. I saw an Apple migration page that said after migration, if you don't plan to keep using the old iMac, then deauthorize it from iTMS and turn off "find my Mac" and sign out of iCloud. We are thinking of giving the old one to our 3-year old. Should I do the deauthorize, etc. or just create a new account for her, or does it not even matter?
Thank again.
-cb -
Time Machine backup photos gone, Time Machine backup photos gone
This morning my iphoto library disappeared. I was looking at it and all was well, I exited iphoto, decided to empty the trash bin, hit empty trash, attempted to get back into iphoto, and when I did I was faced with the message "Please choose a library." However, there was nothing listed for me to choose. I searched my entire harddrive for my iphoto library and it is nowhere to be found. I find a file that has 1.1 GB in it, but it is not my photos. I had about 8,000 photos.
So I think, no worries I will restore from Time Machine backups on my external harddrive. BUT...I plug it into my computer and the backups all look as my computer does now! They are not from history...it is the same 1.1 GB message for iphoto and when I click restore it says copying and then nothing happens!
PLEASE HELP! I AM PANICKED.Do you still have your original library that started this problem? If so use Time Machine to bring forward the last backup before the problem happened. Do not replace the current library with the backup but select the option to keep both.
Open the recovered library and drag out the Library6.iPhoto file to the desktop and move the rest of the recovered library to the trash. Open your original library and replace the Library6.iPhoto with the file from the recovered library. See if iPhoto will open and recognize your photos now.
If you had any imports between the time of the last backup and your current library they will not be recognized in the library but will be inside the library non the less. You can find their event folder in the Originals folder, move it to the desktop to reimport.
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. -
How to take os recovery with out using time machine backup
I ve just bought a macbook pro & I m very new to MAC OS. I wanna to take recovery of only Original OS with out using time machine & I also dnt want 2 store my personal files & stuffs. Pls guys suggest some tips for recovering my os If any problem occurs in future.
S@ggy wrote:
I ve just bought a macbook pro & I m very new to MAC OS. I wanna to take recovery of only Original OS with out using time machine & I also dnt want 2 store my personal files & stuffs. Pls guys suggest some tips for recovering my os If any problem occurs in future.
It's not real clear what you want to do.
Do you mean you don't want to back up your personal data at all, just the operating system? If so, why? Usually it's the personal data -- documents, photos, videos, etc., that are most important to folks, so should be backed-up.
Or do you mean, you have some sensitive data that you don't want anyone to be able to recover if they get your backup disk? If so, Time Machine can encrypt the backups, so anyone without a backup can't recover anything.
Or something else? -
How do I use time machine backup to restore onto a different computer
I am trying to troubleshoot the best way to back up my Mac. I have been a mac user since 20009 and always used a time machine. The two times I have needed it for backup, my computer did not read the portion the backup was. You could tell under disk utility the space was used. Just before the need of backup, it was backing up. So, I am wondering if I need to use a different method. I lost all of my Christmas 2015 movies. My computer did some weird thing with passwords and it needs some resetting I had to do with the support team on the phone. The support person could not figure out how to access the back up on time capsule. I noticed the password resetting made my computer name different by putting a 3 behind the name I assigned it.
One thought that has crossed my mind is can you use the time machine backup and open it up on a completely different computer? If so, I should have been able to someone access my information. I would like to know the answer and how do it so I know in case this ever happens again and so that I can rely on this expensive back up machine I have purchased two different times on two different computers and never been able to actually use.Are you running Yosemite.. because it is the cause of loads of problems.
As to opening the TM backup from another computer.. yes you can.
Please read our TM expert Pondini.
Q14-17 on restore here.
http://pondini.org/TM/FAQ.html
Particularly as you will see Q17 and it will reference the prior info you need.
I have gone through this with several people.. and I have a post showing a manual file location and restore.
Can't access old files on time capsule
But not from Yosemite.. it has its own bunch of bugs.. as mentioned. Good luck with those.
I also strongly recommend people use a secondary backup method.. there are excellent third party.. I use Carbon Copy Cloner.. it is reasonable price.. $40 based on standard rsync.. and will create either bootable clones to a local drive or sparsebundle on a time capsule etc.
The bootable clone is the ideal way to recover files. since it is based on a simple computer reboot and then access of files that are in exactly the same place as you left them.. TM backs up in a most complicated manner.
See how tm works here. The top couple of articles and how it is different to clones. As Pondini suggests.. using both is no bad thing.
http://pondini.org/TM/Home.html
This is also useful for yosemite.. it is not working as TM used to.
Find files in Yosemite.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6681850?searchText=time%20machine%20yosemit e#27139370
While in Time Machine, press the key combination shift-command-C. The front window will show all mounted volumes. All snapshots should now be accessible. Select the one you want and navigate to the files you want to restore.
I am not sure why your previous use of TM failed.. In the midst of all its problems it does still work ok.. as mostly people can recover stuff they do.. albeit it needs a lot more messing than is typical Apple. -
The finder crashes when I login to my old account. Briefly my problems started with iPhoto crashes and eventually to finder crashes. The finder would crash when I would try to transfer picture files from one directory to another. I'd deleted com.apple.iPhoto.plist as well as com.apple.finder.plist but these did not help. The crash is characterized by there being no menu items on the top left, but with dock icons which cannot however be clicked, and I can only resort to a hard reset to get back to the login window. I created a new admin account -- this one works -- but cannot decide whether I should just transfer files from the old account to the new account (as described somewhere in the archived support) or whether I should "go back" in time to when the system was working well (about December 2012 was the last "good" Time Machine backup -- I did a backup in February, but that was when I was already having problems). I am afraid that if I transfer certain files (especially the picture files and iphoto files) to the new account, I might cause the same problem on the new account. Any suggestion as to how to resolve this problem would be greatly appreciated.
Transfer files off the machine to a external storage drive and disconnect, that way you can do anything you like.
TimeMachine may fail to restore if your drive is corrupted and can't be easily verified if your data is truly on it or will restore.
Most commonly used backup methods
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