Time Machine Display

My time machine backs up but does not display or allow access to previous backups on the Star Wars Display.
I know that it has backed up because of the files on my Time Machine External HD. Please help

If you click on the Time Machine Icon it should bring up a window that shows your Time Machine disk. Then click on that disk and it should take you to another screen which shows the files backed up on the disk.
If the Time Machine Icon is not in your dock, I'd put it there.

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Why is Time Machine displaying files only in the present not the past?

Hi,
My PowerBook G4 recently had its Logic Board replaced. Since Time Machine identifies the machine to backup thanks to its MAC Ethernet address and, since after a Logic Board switch my MAC Ethernet address had changed, I had to reconfigure TM so that the external hard drive reassociates with the new MAC Ethernet address and continues to backup in the same backup folder. For that I used this hint posted on MacOSXhints.com :
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080128003716101&query=time%2Bmach ine%2Blogic
While performing this hint enabled me to have my new backups in the original backup folder, and access all my backups through finder, I cannot view any backups in Time Machine star-field mode. Whenever I click on "Enter Time Machine" I correctly warp into the star-field, but I only see the present. I cannot go back in time and the time line on the side doesn't show any dates in the past. The finder window at the front displays only what is currently on my PowerBook HDD, and the finder windows that precede it are all dark grey, empty and un-clickable. What is peculiar is that when I click on Time Machine Preferences, the Panel can show the date of the oldest backup.
To sum up: Time machine has no problem backing up my files in the original backup folder of my external HDD (I can see all my new backups in the same backup database folder as the ones before the Logic board switch), I can access all my backed up files via Finder, but when I enter Time Machine star-field mode, it doesn't show me any of my backups. I really like the ease of use of the star-field mode, and I find it frustrating to have to look at my backups in plain old Finder.
What I don't know is whether hint I described above might have introduced errors that provoked the error or whether this might be due to the fact that while my computer was going for repair, I connected the external HDD containing my backup with two computers running Mac OS X 10.4 to retrieve some backed up files.
My case must probably be quite rare, but since I haven't found any solutions to this date, I'm posting it now.
I would be extremely grateful if anyone had a solution for this, or an intuition on the different parameters to modify to correct this Time Machine problem. Any contribution will be helpful. Thank you very much.

gbullman,
You say that the logic board was replaced? Then you will not be able to continue backups to the SAME backup set.
*_Time Machine Always Performs a Full Backup After a Full Restore_*
Actually, this is normal. Anytime your hardware has changed, or you have reinstalled the operating system again, Time Machine will perform a new full backup.
*Full Backup After Restore*
Bear in mind that in all cases Time Machine will perform a full backup after a full restore. This is normal. Time Machine will resume incremental backups after the full backup has completed. To view previous backups, Control-click or right-click the Time Machine icon in your Dock or Option-click the Time Machine menu extra and Choose "Browse Other Time Machine Disks," then select your previous backup volume. You will enter Time Machine and be able to browse your previous back ups and restore files. [http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1338]
So even on unchanged hardware, if you reinstall your system software and restore your user data, Time Machine starts anew, and you will not be able to resume backing up with the same history as the previous backups.
While there may be ways to fool/hack Time Machine into recognizing previous backups without performing another full backup, they are likely rather elaborate. Ultimately, though, in a couple of months, all the effort to preserve old backups may seem pointless. After all, Time Machine will eventually purge away that data anyways as it replaces it with new files.
It may simply be easier to begin a fresh series of backups while saving the previous backups until your satisfied that you have enough history built up. Then delete the old backups.
*Why Can’t I Resume Backups?*
You see, Time Machine was designed to restore your Macs’ immediate environment in case of system crashes or accidental deletion of user files. As a result, reinstalling your Mac OS system software or changing your hardware requires a fresh set of backups since older backups would not accurately represent the current state of your Mac.
Additionally, if a user has had to reinstall the system software, then resuming backups to the same set could later reintroduce the very issues that forced the reinstall in the first place. Furthermore, maintaining backups that were started with an older Mac, introduces the possibility of restoring system files that were never intended for the new Mac.
If you require long-term archival storage of files, then you need another backup strategy.
Hope this clarifies some things.
Cheers!

HT201250 Time machine displays calculating size?

When trying to set up time machine for the first time with a 4tb Iomega external drive is displaying message calculating size for some time?

All sorted now, used some of the advice from Pondini's FAQs; thanks!

Time Machine Displays Wrong Date of Backup

My computer shows the correct date of November 9, 2008, but the Time Machine Backup displays September 14. Can this be fixed?

Actually, this does not need to be "Fixed". You are probably seeing the date the backup files were first created. Was that the date of your first backup? That is OK, +DO NOT+ change anything on the backup drive directly. If you need to delete/modify files that have been backed up, do so through the Time Machine "time travel" interface.
If you click the Time Machine Dock icon (round green clock icon), you will enter the Time Machine interface and see all the backups that have taken place since you began.
Cheers!

Time Machine Display Elements Missing

I have a 30 inch Cinema Display running on a PowerMac G5 and when I display the time machine window the bar that should be between the Cancel and Restore buttons is missing.
See: http://www.tennes.com/TimeMachine.jpg
This is an "Erase and Install" installation of Leopard. I've created a new Test User that exhibits the same problem. I think Apple forgot to include this image for the 30" inch display. Same computer with 23" Display doesn't have the problem. Neither does MacBook Pro.
Other than this minor glitch, Time Machine is just downright awesome!

This issue is related to the graphics bug in Leopard on G5 with ATI Radeon (9650, etc.) graphics cards and 30" Cinema HD Displays. See these other discussions:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5778689
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5754920
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6629446
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5707564
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5940039
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6688852
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6652805
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Time-Machine Display Disparities

Curious: I set up a Time-Machine backup for the G4 Powerbook, on a partition of a 500gig La Cie Drive. Now, if the Powerbook is connected, the drive turned on, and I click on the Time-Machine icon in the dock, I get what I guess one should expect: a jazzy sci-fi-ish graphic display showing the previous backups regressing back to the virtual big-bang.
All well and good.
But I set up a similar backup from the (finicky of late)G5 20" iMac, on a different partition of that same drive. When all is hooked up and on, and I click on that Time Machine Dock icon, I DON'T open the Time-Machine environment. All's I get are a stack of two Finder Windows for the "Desktop". They look identical, and just show the files actually on the desktop. And they take a long time to close, too.
What gives? I can't see any very complex series of Preferences to set, so I can't see how the iMac could differ in setup from the Powerbook.
Owen

Hello,
Sorry, not an answer, just a post to say I see what occurs to you since I've seen it last hour on a server I've just setup last week. The computer is a MacPro Octo, use 4 X 1Tb drives, run MacOS X serveur V 10.5.6 and is headless (perhaps the cause ?)
Didn't notice it before, but today, while teaching the local admin how to use the news services, I had to make a time machine demo, and then I saw that when I try to enter Time Machine, I obtain only the 2 windows described before, no time machine interface, and of course impossible to restore any file by this way !!
Additionaly, I saw that the background isn't the one selected (the original one for Leopard Server: Aurora Blue) but a full light blue backgroung, whatever is selected as background picture, the result is the same. Noticed too that create another session give good background but no time machine interface, and swiching back to original account make the background OK until next reboot ...
oh ! I see all of this things using remote desktop ... No trouble of this king on my own MacPro server.
I'd be great of any advice to try to fix this trouble, don't really had time to make all the work to setup the server again !!
Thanks in advance.
Regards
Fred

Time Machine displays wrong 'Mounted At' Name for TC

I made my Time Capsule the primary router in my home network and imported the config file from the Airport Extreme to speed the setup but now Time Machine shows the 'Mounted At' name as "<NetworkName>AirportExtreme" as opposed "<NetworkName>TC" (see below). I can't seem to change the 'Mounted At' Name displayed in the Time Machine Preferences display. Any suggestions?

The configuration file is xml..
So you can edit the name.. directly .. save the file and import it.. it isn't a great way to do things but I have tricked stuff before like that..
But in this situation it is still a different product.. if it was from one TC to another I would say go ahead.. or one extreme to another .. sure.. but you are using an identical configuration .. for two non-identical products.
syDN ..
That maybe the name which is listed in a local DNS table in the TC.
In mine it has the TC name.
<key>syDN</key>
<string>Tardis4</string>
... Changing it has what effect. I don't know.. you can try.. change it and see what happens.. but that is still working around the idea that a factory reset and redo of the setup maybe faster and will surely be better.

Time Machine display does not bridge long period of computer non-use

I have two locations where I work; call then "summer place" and "winter place." The two Mac installations are similar, both with a Time Machine safety net. I am now back at "summer place" and need to see a document from last summer.
The Time Machine history file database appears to be perfect. In fact I can get to any file that I need using Finder.
The problem is that using the Time Machine (elegant) interface, the history stops at the 6-month gap in time -- as if files before did not exist. (they do, just fine). Can this unusual artifact of Time Machine interface be overcome?

Did you use the +Browse Other Time Machine Disks+ option per V.K.'s post?
That name is badly worded (it should be something like +Browse Other TM Backups,)+ but it will take you into the TM interface in a way that should show all backups on the disk, not just those for the current "sequence."
Once you're in the TM Interface, it's possible such a long gap won't show properly (or at all) in the Timeline at the right. (I've never left such a long gap, so can't tell for sure). You may have to move or hold your mouse at the very top for a while for it to scroll back that far.
If that doesn't work, try navigating in the Timeline to the oldest one that does show, and select it.
Then see if there are any "real" Finder windows above the backup you selected in the "cascade" of them.

Why blank sheets in Time Machine display

In the example above, TM's display has 5 blank sheets, as shown arrowed in green, and one at theback. What do they mean? (I don't think they appeared in Mavericks.)
Do the red spots appear only on sheets which include document files which have changed since the last backup? If so, that implies that the blank sheets display backups that have no changed files since the last backup. (Each blank sheet is coupled to its own backup file in TM's folder.) If so, what is the point of displaying these blank sheets?
Thanks.
iMac 2011, Yosemite 10.10.1

Looks like you only have one back up file, the blank files will fill in as time goes on. With every back up a blank will be filled. To prove this run another back up and then check to see if another blank document is filled in.

Time Machine does not display older backups.

Running 10.6.4 with Time Machine saving to a Time Capsule, for the past year.
Opening Time Machine displays the bars for older backups but does not display dates/times against them and I cannot move backwards or forward to select an option to restore. However, it does mount the Time Machine backup disk image on the desktop and I can browse this and restore a file using Finder. So, I know that I have my years-worth of backups on the Time Capsule, but how can I get Time Machine to display them -- I'm guessing it needs a re-instal of Time Machine?
cheers
Birdflier

Hi Pondini,
I got it fixed today, thank you everyone for your help. The thing that ended up fixing it was deleting the hidden files ".com.apple.timemachine.supported" and ".002332b4a7fc" on the root directory of the time machine disk. Now my months worth of backups are viewable again!
I didn't find this on your website (maybe I didn't look hard enough). If it's not there, perhaps it would be a good thing to add to your site? Hopefully it will save a few people some frustration! Thanks for making the site - it looks like a great resource.
--Hayden

Is it possible to boot or Time Machine restore from an external Thunderbolt disk drive?

(There are several questions - search for "?".)
I purchased a Seagate Backup Plus for Mac Desktop Drive 3 TByte with default USB 3.0 interface, and also acquired the Seagate Thunderbolt Adapter for Backup Plus Desktop Drives and Thunderbolt cable.
I do a redundant backup to the Seagate Drive using both Carbon Copy Cloner (nightly) and Time Machine (hourly) using its Thunderbolt adapter. BTW: One never knows when Time Machine will choke - see discussion titled, "UPDATED: Serious Time Machine bug on Mountain Lion", which I had; Rest In Peace Pondini (James Lewis Pond).
Booting from the external Seagate Backup Plus via Thunderbolt inteface from System Preferences -> Startup Disk:
I select the Time Machine OS X, 10.8.5 Startup Disk (Thunderbolt attached drive), click Restart, confirm my choice, the computer reboots, however, it reboots from the internal Macintosh HD OS X, 10.8.5, NOT the selected external Thunderbolt drive. The SSD drive was used as the Startup Drive, not the selected external Time Machine volume as indicated by the display free disk space command (df(1)) and seeing that the Macintosh HD OS X, 10.8.5 volume is mounted as root. That is very deceptive in that both the internal and external drives will appear in the same manner from a GUI point of view! OS X doesn't even inform me that it did not boot off the selected volume. This is the first half of the problem, that is, Is it possible to boot from an external Thunderbolt disk drive? In my case, the answer is deceptively No. Can anybody else boot off a Thuderbolt attached disk drive? Note that if I remove the Thunderbolt adapter, and attach the drive via its USB 3.0 cable, the MBP boots off the external Seagate Backup Plus just fine, as is expected.
Booting from the external Seagate Backup Plus via Thunderbolt inteface from boot-time "Option - Select startup disk" method:
When I restart the MBP using the startup Option key to select the startup volume, the externally connected Seagate drive ONLY SHOWS UP if it is attached with the USB 3.0 cable, not when it is attached with via the Thunderbolt interface. Can anyone else boot off a Thunderbolt drive with the startup Option key sequence? At least the MBP doesn't deceive me in this case - I know right away that the external Thunderbolt drive is not an option when connected as such.
Time Machine restore from the external Seagate Backup plus via Thunderbolt interface from the "command-R - Recovery Parition" method:
After booting from the recovery partition, I attempt to perform a Time Machine restore from the Thunderbolt connected Seagate Backup drive. When Time Machine attempts to present me with a viable backup Time Machine volume, the external Thunderbolt drive is never offered as an option. So I switch the Time Machine volume to use its USB 3.0 interface, and then Time Machine displays that drive as an option, and the MBP proceeds with the restoration as expected. The interesting thing to note is that while booted in the recovery partition via the Thuderbolt cable, the MBP Disk Utility may be selected, and the Thunderbolt attached drive may be operated on just fine. Can anybody else restore their MBP using Time Machine and the Recovery Partition via the Thunderbolt interface?
This is also a big problem for me in that I am forced to restore my MBP via Carbon Copy Cloner using the USB 3.0 interface, because I cannot even boot off that volume's Thunderbolt interface. Of course, the option may be that I could use yet another eternal USB 3.0 drive, boot from it, and then use Carbon Copy Cloner to restore the Macintosh HD via the aforementioned drive connected by a Thunderbolt cable, but that is less than ideal and not elegant, so I'm not going there.
Another side issue is that the commercially available program, TechTool Pro 7's eDrive, which I installed on the Time Machine volume, will not boot off that eDrive as advertised, but I won't got through those steps here, because that would be beyond the scope of this issue, however, I must say, It does not work either when the Time Machine volume is connected via the Thunderbolt interface, but works just fine when connected via the USB 3.0 interface.

If this helps anybody else make a decision about whether to consider Apple because of Apple's superior customer service:
Apple sells this entire line of drives right in their store, from 1TB to 4TB. I spent 1 and 1/2 hours, yesterday, confirming that the 3TB model IS NOT 100% Thunderbolt compliant. A MBP cannot boot, nor can it Time Machine restore from this drive, though EVERYTHING about the drive is normal.
Apple's South Coast Plaza store management had at least two responses to me personally about how to proceed:
1. Buy a different drive from another drive manufacturer, and to attempt to return the drive to COSTCO. A lead genius suggested going with GTech drives, for instance.
2. Wait for Seagate to fix their problem.
I told Apple management in the store that the drive is advertised as Mac Compatible (see picture) and that it is advertised as being a Thunderbolt drive (see picture). I pressed management that my purchasing decsion to get the best possible MBP Retina was based on the availablity of Inexpensive Devises (raID), and that not having this complete compatibility is a show-stopper for my needs, and that I wanted a refund. Their response? They needed to talk with "Merchendising" to see if they are on or off the hook for these kind of 3rd party assertions, and would get back to me.
I am not holding my breath.
Note: I do not hold this against the Geniuses that helped me, nor against the management I've dealt with, nor the upper level engineers that I've corresponded with through Apple Care - their problem solving skills were helpful - although I could have arrived at similar conclusions given enough $$$. (For instance, try a Lacie TB drive and see if that works - we did, and it did not work. Or, we have a different TB cable and a different TB adapter, let's try those - we did, and it did not work.) I blame myself for not doing enough homework before going with Apple's solutions.

Time Machine + Time Capsule problems

Hi,
I'm having this issue for a coiuple of years now. Recently updated from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion and thought to give it another try. Same outcome.
Back then I even brought it to the Genius guys and the time machine worked fine.
I created everything from scratch. Set up File sharing in Airport Utility with new name, etc.
When I select the new backup disk (my Time Capsule with different name - no facny characters, etc.), Time Machine spends some time first "preparing backup", then I see a volume created (disk image), called Time Machine Backups, and then Time Machine displays: Looking for disk (or similar).
That goes on for a while and then I get the error message:
"Time Machine couldn’t complete the backup to “Time Capsule”
The backup disk image “/Volumes/TomsTimeCapsule/Intel Mac mini.sparsebundle” could not be accessed (error -1)."
And the Time Machine Backups disk image is still sitting on my desktop, doesn't unmount.
In the meantime I do see a sparsebundle file has been created and it is with every try exactly 872.5MB large.
here is the log:
Starting manual backup
Attempting to mount network destination URL: afp://[email protected]/TomsTimeCapsule
Mounted network destination at mount point: /Volumes/TomsTimeCapsule using URL: afp://[email protected]/TomsTimeCapsule
Creating disk image /Volumes/TomsTimeCapsule/Intel Mac mini.sparsebundle
Failed to hide extension on /Volumes/TomsTimeCapsule/Intel Mac mini.sparsebundle, error: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=4 "The file “Intel Mac mini.sparsebundle” doesn’t exist." UserInfo=0x7ff0cd04b8e0 {NSURL=file://localhost/Volumes/TomsTimeCapsule/Intel%20Mac%20mini.sparsebundle /, NSFilePath=/Volumes/TomsTimeCapsule/Intel Mac mini.sparsebundle, NSUnderlyingError=0x7ff0cd03fa00 "The operation couldn’t be completed. No such file or directory"}.
Failed to eject volume /Volumes/TomsTimeCapsule (FSVolumeRefNum: -122; status: -47; dissenting pid: 0)
Waiting 60 seconds and trying again.
Network destination already mounted at: /Volumes/TomsTimeCapsule
Failed to eject volume /Volumes/TomsTimeCapsule (FSVolumeRefNum: -122; status: -47; dissenting pid: 0)
Waiting 60 seconds and trying again.
Network destination already mounted at: /Volumes/TomsTimeCapsule
Failed to eject volume /Volumes/TomsTimeCapsule (FSVolumeRefNum: -122; status: -47; dissenting pid: 0)
Giving up after 3 retries.
Backup failed with error: 21
[SnapshotUtilities mountPointForVolumeRef] FSGetVolumeInfo returned: -35
Failed to eject volume (null) (FSVolumeRefNum: 0; status: -35; dissenting pid: -1)
Failed to eject Time Machine disk image: /Volumes/TomsTimeCapsule/Intel Mac mini.sparsebundle
Thank you!

I have a Comcast cable modem: Arris Model#: TM702G/CT.
TC functions as a router
Mini uses Ethernet, but I tried with wireless as well.
Will try the isolated setup next.
in the meantime I found somewhere somebody erased all contents of his Library/System Configuration folder as well as the Library/Cache folder. Also deleted the com.apple.TimeMachine.plist file.
Then rebooted and tried again - this time I got the following error log:
(IntelMacMini is my file sharing name)
Macintosh is the hard drive name
Starting manual backup
Attempting to mount network destination URL: afp://Thomas%[email protected]/TimeCapsuleBackup
Mounted network destination at mount point: /Volumes/TimeCapsuleBackup using URL: afp://Thomas%[email protected]/TimeCapsuleBackup
Renaming /Volumes/TimeCapsuleBackup/Macintosh.sparsebundle to /Volumes/TimeCapsuleBackup/IntelMacMini.sparsebundle
detach: could not open /dev/disk2
Failed to eject volume /Volumes/TimeCapsuleBackup (FSVolumeRefNum: -106; status: -47; dissenting pid: 0)
Waiting 60 seconds and trying again.
Network destination already mounted at: /Volumes/TimeCapsuleBackup
Failed to eject volume /Volumes/TimeCapsuleBackup (FSVolumeRefNum: -106; status: -47; dissenting pid: 0)
Waiting 60 seconds and trying again.
Network destination already mounted at: /Volumes/TimeCapsuleBackup
Failed to eject volume /Volumes/TimeCapsuleBackup (FSVolumeRefNum: -106; status: -47; dissenting pid: 0)
Giving up after 3 retries.
Backup failed with error: 21
[SnapshotUtilities mountPointForVolumeRef] FSGetVolumeInfo returned: -35
Failed to eject volume (null) (FSVolumeRefNum: 0; status: -35; dissenting pid: -1)
Failed to eject Time Machine disk image: /Volumes/TimeCapsuleBackup/IntelMacMini.sparsebundle

External hard drive not appearing when entering time machine.

Why does my external hard drive back up on time machine ok, but when I enter time machine (and the external device isn't plugged in) i can't see it?
It appears in time machine fine when the external drive is plugged in, but just not if it's been ejected or
I want to have the ext drive backed up in case I lose it or it corrupts....and if that happens I won't be able to plug it in to see the drive in TM - does that make sense?
I am running OSX 10.9.3 on a Mid 2010 Mac Book Pro. The external drive is a samsung and is formatted to Mac OS Extended (journaled). Time Machine is a standard Apple one and has been working fine for a couple of years

Try holding down the Option Key when selecting the Time Machine menu, then select Brows Other Time Machine Disks. See if you can then browse the backup of that drive. The normal Time Machine display is kind of a “live” restore point thing, if that makes sense.
I’m not sure if there is anything in Pondini’s FAQ, but you might peruse it and see if he discusses that issue: http://pondini.org/TM/FAQ.html

Problems restoring files with Time Machine after hard drive failure

Hello everyone,
I had a Mavericks (10.9.5) installation on my Mac Mini when my hard drive suddenly "died". I therefore replaced the hard drive with a new one and started the recovery mode using the cmd + R keyboard shortcut during booting. I then partitioned and formated the new hard drive and afterwards selectd "Restore from Time Machine Backup" (see the screenshot on the following page: https://www.apple.com/osx/recovery/). To my surprise, the following error message was displayed: "An error occurred while adding a recovery system to the destination disk". After some research, I discovered that this problem is probably caused by a Mountain Lion installation bug (http://macdailynews.com/2013/02/28/new-macs-suffering-from-os-x-mountain-lion-in stallation-bug/). This leads to my first question:
1) Why does the recovery mode start the Mountain Lion (10.8.5) installer and not the Mavericks (10.9.5) installer?
Anyway, since this problem left me no alternative, I selected "Reinstall OS X" instead, which downloaded Mountain Lion from the Internet. After the installation was complete, I used Migration Assistant to recover my two accounts, their apps and data. However, after the process was completed, I discovered that some files were missing in a folder that I was using before the hard drive "died". This leads to my second question:
2) Why are some files missing from that folder?
Anyway, I though I could quickly recover these lost files by entering Time Machine. I did that and selected the respective folder. However, having that folder or any other folder selected, Time Machine doesn't display any previous back-ups on its timeline although the latter goes back as far as 26 August 2013.
3) Why doesn't Time Machine display older versions of that folder on its timeline?
I will greatly appreciate any help!

Try E2/4 in the 1st linked article.
Time Machine Troubleshooting
Time Machine Troubleshooting Problems
James Pond (Pondini) died last year unfortunately.

Time Machine and Lexar SSD - how to use it?

I have Lexar SSD - 16 Gig version, it's formated with MacOS Extended (Journaled) filesystem, so it should work, right? No, it doesn't. Time Machine displays nothing in target drive window - it's completely empty, no sign of SSD whatsoever... What should I do? I'm considering enabling unsupported drives for time machine, but this is not exactly what I want - only reason I bought this drive was to use it as my backup device. Now it seems, that it was better idea to buy 160 gig iPod - my bad :/

Not easily. It's not a single display. The "moving parts" are separate.
The basic background is at:
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Backup.framework/Versions/A/Resources/vortex.p ng
You could select and right-click it, and select it as your desktop picture, but it won't move.
Or display it with Preview, save it as a jpg, import it into iPhoto, make an album containing it, then select the album as your screen saver.

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