Time Machine incompatible with clean Yosemite install

If you are considering a clean install, as I did, you should be aware that your Time Machine will no longer be usable to restore single files. You may be able to use Migration Assistant to restore your documents and settings, but I am told that the only way to continue using whatever backup file you have on Time Machine is to do a full restore from it. This restoration you do from Recovery mode, starting up with command-R. That restoration will identify your mac with the backup and allow you to continue using it and to get old files from it. However, there seems little point in going to the trouble of a clean install if you then just put everything back the way it was.
So you should consider, as I did not, that once you do a clean install, you have to start over with your Time Machine backups.

Hey there,
It sounds like you're still having trouble exposing the proper library folder. You can use the following terminal command to do it globally (this will show all hidden files)
Open Terminal from your appliications folder and copy/paste this into it:
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE (press return)
**After that last line you'll need to restart the finder so use:
killall Finder (press return)
Now if you enter Time Machine the correct Library should be visible. To re-hide your hidden files repeat the process above but replace TRUE with FALSE, then use the "killall Finder" again.
I agree with the commenters above, you should restore the Mail library to the desktop and then re-import it to Mail. This is how I was instructed to solve this problem by Mac help, who I chatted with online for quite a while before they figured it out.
Hope this helps

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How do I restore mail from Time Machine after a clean Yosemite install?

I've been having various performance issues with my iMac recently (wifi keeps dropping off, scan functionality on my multifunction printer stopped working, whole system periodically hangs) so decided to do a clean install of Yosemite. I also have a MacBook Air, also running Yosemite, and on which I have no issues with the wifi, printer or system performance.
Before doing the clean install, I made sure I had a current Time Machine backup. The process appears to have worked so far, but I have run into an issue restoring my mail. I think it best if I describe how I have restored my documents and then I can show at what point I run into a problem.
To restore documents, I opened Time Machine, used the keyboard shortcut command-shift-C to show the backups prior to the clean install, and then selected the documents I wanted to restore. This was simple and worked perfectly.
To restore my mail, I opened Mail, selected 'Enter Time Machine' from the shortcut menu at the top of the screen and then used the keyboard shortcut command-shift-C to show the backups prior to the clean install. This is where I got stuck as command-shift-C is a default shortcut in Mail that shows the colours dialog box. Hence I have been unable to view the correct backup. The backup I want is listed on the right hand side of the screen in Time Machine, but I can't work out how to select it.
I thought changing the shortcut in Mail might work, but I couldn't find a way to do that either since it is not listed in the Keyboard section of System Preferences.
Any ideas gratefully received.
OS X Yosenite 10.10.1
iMac 3.5GHz Intel Core i7, 32GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M 4GB
Mail 8.1

Hey there,
It sounds like you're still having trouble exposing the proper library folder. You can use the following terminal command to do it globally (this will show all hidden files)
Open Terminal from your appliications folder and copy/paste this into it:
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE (press return)
**After that last line you'll need to restart the finder so use:
killall Finder (press return)
Now if you enter Time Machine the correct Library should be visible. To re-hide your hidden files repeat the process above but replace TRUE with FALSE, then use the "killall Finder" again.
I agree with the commenters above, you should restore the Mail library to the desktop and then re-import it to Mail. This is how I was instructed to solve this problem by Mac help, who I chatted with online for quite a while before they figured it out.
Hope this helps

Time Machine Backups gone since Yosemite install?

And on a second, possibly related, issue (as discussed in this thread: TimeMachine backups are not accessible after the clean install of Yosemite):
Just had a weird glitch with Dropbox recently whereby files and folders disappeared but I thought "It's ok. Everything is Time Machined. I'm fine!" only to discover that my backups on the Time Machine only extend to the last week... which is shocking, to say the least.
I know for a fact that a few days ago I saw that my 750GB external TM drive was down to about 8GB free and now there is suddenly 82GB free, plus a never before seen folder called "lost+found" next to the Backups.backupdb folder. What is it and where did it come from?
Just noticed now that my 750 GB drive holds 13.68 TB of data (that is seriously impressive), and that the lost+found folder is 22.66 GB big.
Fortunately, Dropbox has the "Restore Files and Folders" feature so hopefully nothing is lost but this Time Machine glitch is a horrible eye opener - all of a sudden I cannot rely on my backups extending back at least a few months, like I have entrusted it to do for years.
Since upgrading to Yosemite I have had a whole bunch of... seemingly trivial... glitches and bugs (dropbox syncing errors, re-establishing Apache and a local test-server issues plus a few other minor irritants plus the unexpected random reboot of the computer twice in the last 2 weeks) that have now all added up to leave me anxious about what new problem is going to manifest.
For example, in trying to view any Time Machine logs that might give a clue as to when or why the backups have disappeared I opened Console only to find that the console window doesn't appear. Anywhere. Even new ones.
I'm not a geek and have no idea how Console might help me but i was simply following the instructions in this link http://www.macworld.com/article/1131534/tmeye.html but Yosemite is not doing what I think it should.
This is what that app LogViewer Time Machine displays (seriously, my Console doesn't show a window - how do I fix that?) about the earliest backup, which is from Tuesday, Nov 18, 2014.
8:28:28 am - Starting automatic backup
8:28:35 am - Backing up to /dev/disk3s2: /Volumes/BackUp Brain/Backups.backupdb
8:28:43 am - Will copy (1.53 GB) from Macintosh HD
8:28:43 am - Found 1321 files (1.57 GB) needing backup
8:28:43 am - 3.72 GB required (including padding), 15.03 GB available
8:35:24 am - Copied 1530 items (1.57 GB) from volume Macintosh HD. Linked 7172.
8:35:43 am - Created new backup: 2014-11-18-083543
8:35:45 am - Starting post-backup thinning
8:35:45 am - No post-backup thinning needed: no expired backups exist
8:35:45 am - Backup completed successfully.
This one from this morning throws up a weird error - seems like my iMac has developed a number 2 after it's name (I will avoid the obvious joke that if these glitches keep occuring under Yosemite then it's very apt):
8:16:19 am - Starting automatic backup
8:16:19 am - Backing up to /dev/disk3s2: /Volumes/BackUp Brain/Backups.backupdb
8:16:37 am - Will copy (2.5 GB) from Macintosh HD
8:16:37 am - Found 2730 files (2.55 GB) needing backup
8:16:37 am - 5.44 GB required (including padding), 38.76 GB available
8:24:45 am - Copied 3029 items (1.97 GB) from volume Macintosh HD. Linked 11142.
8:24:52 am - Created new backup: 2014-11-24-082451
8:26:05 am - Starting post-backup thinning
8:26:05 am - Error: Error Domain=NSOSStatusErrorDomain Code=-50 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (OSStatus error -50.)" (paramErr: error in user parameter list) deleting backup: /Volumes/BackUp Brain/Backups.backupdb/Diarmaid’s 27" iMac (2)/2014-11-24-081624.inProgress/B129B56F-A2A5-46DB-B181-719D23BF3FE5
8:28:15 am - Deleted /Volumes/BackUp Brain/Backups.backupdb/Diarmaid’s 27" iMac (2)/2014-11-23-055154 (1.41 GB)
8:28:36 am - Deleted /Volumes/BackUp Brain/Backups.backupdb/Diarmaid’s 27" iMac (2)/2014-11-23-043709 (1.1 MB)
8:28:46 am - Deleted /Volumes/BackUp Brain/Backups.backupdb/Diarmaid’s 27" iMac (2)/2014-11-23-033533 (868 KB)
8:29:32 am - Deleted /Volumes/BackUp Brain/Backups.backupdb/Diarmaid’s 27" iMac (2)/2014-11-23-023006 (1.9 MB)
8:30:28 am - Deleted /Volumes/BackUp Brain/Backups.backupdb/Diarmaid’s 27" iMac (2)/2014-11-23-012426 (1.1 MB)
8:30:28 am - Post-backup thinning complete: 5 expired backups removed
8:30:29 am - Backup completed successfully.
Any help or assistance or guidance would be deeply appreciated. Haven't had any major issues with this machine since I got it, till the Yosemite update.

Just back from an Xmas break in the wilderness and took a look at my Mac. Firstthing I see is that Time Machine has not backed up since 24th Dec. LogViewer for TimeMachine reports the following:
12:15:13 am - Starting automatic backup
12:15:14 am - Error determining directory contents for /Volumes/BackUp Brain: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=256 "The file “BackUp Brain” couldn’t be opened." UserInfo=0x7fa539607ad0 {NSFilePath=/Volumes/BackUp Brain, NSUserStringVariant=(
Folder
), NSUnderlyingError=0x7fa539607e30 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (OSStatus error -36.)"}
12:15:14 am - Backing up to /dev/disk3s2: /Volumes/BackUp Brain/Backups.backupdb
12:15:15 am - Error -36 applying backup protections to /Volumes/BackUp Brain/Backups.backupdb/Diarmaid‚Äôs 27" iMac
12:15:15 am - Error: (22) setxattr for key:com.apple.backupd.HostUUID path:/Volumes/BackUp Brain/Backups.backupdb/Diarmaid‚Äôs 27" iMac size:37
12:15:15 am - Backup failed with error 2: 2
With variations of the same till today. My 750GB WD Elements external is still there visible on the desktop, displaying 66GB free with the "lost+found" folder and the Backups.backup folder, only this time neither is displaying any contents.
Seriously, does anyone have any idea what is going on with Time Machine? If I cannot rely on it for automatic backups I don't know what I am going to do. It has ALWAYS been there, working perfectly in the background and saving my *** numerous times.

Second Time Machine backup wiped after Yosemite install

Following on from my initial thread a few weeks ago (https://discussions.apple.com/activity?streamSource=connections&streamID=1989606) regarding the disappearance of my Time Machine backups from my iMac after installing Yosemite (7 people reporting a similar experience) and having noticed that the data seems to be 'hidden' on the backup drive, my partner upgraded her macbookpro and wow... lo and behold, the exact same damned 'glitch'.
Having not connected the external to the laptop for a few weeks after upgrading (yeah, yeah, I know) the reminder said something like "Time Machine has not completed a backup since 5th January" so we attached the external only to be given the error that the external didn't have enough room to backup the data and that the last successful backup was sometime in September 2014.
LogViewer for Time Machine states:
5:35:09 pm - Starting manual backup
5:35:09 pm - Backing up to /dev/disk2s2: /Volumes/Extreme Brain for Backup/Backups.backupdb
5:35:10 pm - Event store UUIDs don't match for volume: HD
5:35:10 pm - Deep event scan at path:/ reason:must scan subdirs|new event db|
5:35:10 pm - Running event scan
5:38:12 pm - Finished scan
5:38:14 pm - Saved event cache at /Volumes/Extreme Brain for Backup/Backups.backupdb/Melanie’s MacBook Pro/2015-02-01-173510.inProgress/217DA034-93A7-423F-9E1B-AFD794855456/.087C6F9B -067A-3B9C-B8C3-EA26A092B101.eventdb
5:38:14 pm - Not using file event preflight for HD
5:41:23 pm - Found 527595 files (98.94 GB) needing backup
5:41:23 pm - 118.74 GB required (including padding), 12.28 GB available
5:41:23 pm - No expired backups exist - deleting oldest backups to make room
5:42:47 pm - Deleted backup /Volumes/Extreme Brain for Backup/Backups.backupdb/Melanie’s MacBook Pro/2014-08-17-151644 containing 6.42 GB; 18.72 GB now available, 118.74 GB required
5:42:47 pm - Removed 1 expired backups so far, more space is needed - deleting oldest backups to make room
5:42:47 pm - Deleted 1 backups containing 6.42 GB total; 18.72 GB now available, 118.74 GB required
5:42:47 pm - Backup date range was shortened: oldest backup is now Feb 1, 2015
5:42:47 pm - Backup failed with error 7: Not enough available disk space on the target volume.
6:32:00 pm - Starting automatic backup
6:32:00 pm - Backing up to /dev/disk2s2: /Volumes/Extreme Brain for Backup/Backups.backupdb
6:32:01 pm - Forcing deep traversal on source: "HD" (device: /dev/disk1 mount: '/' fsUUID: 087C6F9B-067A-3B9C-B8C3-EA26A092B101 eventDBUUID: 83559EC0-09D1-410C-BDEF-BBF54FE7A56C)
6:33:30 pm - Total content size: 198.52 GB excluded items size: 77.96 GB for volume HD
6:33:30 pm - Found 617219 files (120.56 GB) needing backup
6:33:30 pm - 142.04 GB required (including padding), 18.72 GB available
6:33:30 pm - No expired backups exist - deleting oldest backups to make room
6:33:31 pm - Backup failed with error 7: Not enough available disk space on the target volume.
6:32:00 pm - Starting automatic backup
6:32:00 pm - Backing up to /dev/disk2s2: /Volumes/Extreme Brain for Backup/Backups.backupdb
6:32:01 pm - Forcing deep traversal on source: "HD" (device: /dev/disk1 mount: '/' fsUUID: 087C6F9B-067A-3B9C-B8C3-EA26A092B101 eventDBUUID: 83559EC0-09D1-410C-BDEF-BBF54FE7A56C)
6:33:30 pm - Total content size: 198.52 GB excluded items size: 77.96 GB for volume HD
6:33:30 pm - Found 617219 files (120.56 GB) needing backup
6:33:30 pm - 142.04 GB required (including padding), 18.72 GB available
6:33:30 pm - No expired backups exist - deleting oldest backups to make room
6:33:31 pm - Backup failed with error 7: Not enough available disk space on the target volume.
This is disappointing. Like seriously (insert swearword here) disappointing. No one has any idea what the glitch might be? Two different machines experience the exact same issue with Time Machine after upgrading is more than a coincidence in all my years of Apple fanboy-ism.
I am annoyed. Just letting folks know that

Not exactly the same error message, but start with C4 in the 1st linked article.
Time Machine Troubleshooting
Time Machine Troubleshooting Problems

Restore iBooks files from time machine backup after clean install

I just did a clean install of Yosemite. I still have a Time Machine backup of my Mavericks install. iBooks in my new Yosemite install does not have all of my books and pdfs in it - just the ones I can download from the iBookstore.
Is there an easy way to access my Mavericks Time Machine backup to retrieve my old iBooks files?

When I go back to the backup it does not let me go back to the previous backupprobably because the last backup was Lion and I am on Mt. Lion now. don't what to do another backup if that is going to mess up the old one. I can access it though by just going to it. So i am putting that one on my desktop and I am going to rename it and see if I can open in Iphoto.

Time Machine worked- with caveats- but worked

Ok, TIme Machine rocks!
I screwed with some applications, I tried to make the dock and desktop my own and F'd things up.
What I was trying to do was to create stacks in doc.
I wanted stacks for apple apps, stacks for business apps, stack for art, and stacks for personal.
Plus I wanted easy buttons for kids to pick out games as well.
Idea was good but I did not execute it well.
While I can do everything that I wanted to do, what I needed to do was create alias of apps and then put those into folders and drag them into doc. I did not I put apps in folders and tried to put those in dock. I screwed up the computer, BUT I had Time Machine.
With Time Machine you can rescue the whole drive. There are a few caveats here too.
One you have to do this reinstall with the OS-X install disk.
Information is not truly clear on line and I called apple.
When I was trying install the screen said it was going to reinstall system. This made me think that I was going to install system and applications but what about my docs. I was not sure. I called apple and the tech I got on line said no problem I would get all back, he was sure! Then he put me on hold, ask someone made sure, but came back saying I would get everything back. System, programs and docs.
When you do a restart from install disk it gives you choice of install, you have to choose from the above drop down menus- reinstall from time mach. NOT install from main instruction on screen. This is a little hidden but for those with some experience should be easy to find.
I then ran into another issue. I ran reinstall and it looked good till about 4% was completed and then failed. Message said try again or lose all. Not a great message. I did this over and over 5 time, each time same results. I at this point thought I maybe was losing battle. For anyone that has lost data, they know it is a battle to get back data.
I then thought that I have external drives in a dazzy chain over firewire configuration. How about taking the drive with Time Machine back up and making 1st and the solo drive- WORKED.
Took about 3 hours to back up. I have older iMac and others may go quicker.
I did get everything back and was very happy.
Interesting thing after reboot was that the computer had to reintroduce it self.
Programs came up like mail and had too find accounts, mail saved, trashed and still valid.
iphoto and iTunes needed to find their associated files. As when iTunes came up it 1st showed no music, no video, Tv shows, but quickly started to find items.
Lastly Time Machine had to rescan the computer as it does when you 1st install program.
So over all great program!
My one question would be if I am using time mach and computer dies and I tried this reinstall on a new computer would it work as well?

This looks like it was a TERRIBLE restore. The whole point of restoring from a backup is that everything should work as it did on the date of the backup. No missing files, no reconfiguration of applications...

Re: Migrating my IPhoto from Time Machine Backup to my just-installed Snow Leopard OSX... the program is there, all my photos are there..... but my photos had all been neatly arranged in folders, and there is absolutely no sign of my folders. What a mer

re: Migrating my IPhoto from Time Machine Backup to my just-installed Snow Leopard OSX... the program is there, all my photos are there..... but my photos had all been neatly arranged in folders, and there is absolutely no sign of my folders. What a mess, 20,000 photos. How can I restore my folders?
(iphoto 08)

Restore the library from Time Machine as shown in this screenshot:
Then open the library with iPhoto. No importing necessary.
OT

Will Time Machine work with an external hard drive connected (via usb) to Airport Extreme?

Will Time Machine work with an external hard drive connected (via usb) to Airport Extreme?

Sorry, but this article is about 4 years old, and was printed based on preliminary information at the time.
The bottom line here is that Apple does not officially support Time Machine backups to a drive at the USB port of the AirPort Extreme.
If it works for you, great.
You might want to review the Apple Support documents below, which are far more recent than the article you reference:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.6/en/15139.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2038
It is supported.....
This is NOT correct. Please do not post false information on the forums.

Unable to re establish Time Machine connection with Machine A

Hello,
Time Machine was working on machine A. I was able to go into time machine, look at the files in my backup and restore a file if I needed to.
My machine A was out of service due to a power supply and I used a Machine B to access my time machine files. Machine B had 2 userid's. Both users were ADMINISTRATORS. The 2nd user ID was able to SEE the files, I was NOT ABLE to RESTORE. (insufficient privileges). The 1st user ID. I was able to restore and discovered this by accident. I restored what I need to and was able to work off a laptop until Apple fixed my machine A (it took 7 days)
Problem:
When I got my workstation back I plugged in the hard drive that contains my backup and figured...I am off and away just as before.
1. I was not able to get TIME MACHINE started. ( I cannot recall the series of steps)
2. Now when I select time machine the menus offers me...
BROWSE OTHER TIME MACHINE DISKS
OPEN TIME MACHINE PREFERENCES.
When I select browse the 1st item, I am not even able to see the backup that was there.
When I select the Open Time machine preferences, I cannot figure out how to re - attach the time machine backup that I used to have connected to this workstation.
Thanks in advance for your assistance.

Hello Scott,
I tried a sudo cmd from the terminal application and wound up with the same error.
Prior to runnin this cmd, I managed to borrow an external hard drive and backed up all of the data I needed in case the sudo cmd did something to prevent me from seeing data on my hard drive.
Sudo cmd did not work. Time Machine was giving me the same access errors.
Since by now I had made a back up of my data to another hard drive,
I reformatted my original external hard drive.
I went back to time machine and selected the external drive I just reformatted
I received the same error again, but about 30 seconds later, Time Machine responded with ....the drive has been selected for back up and about 90 seconds later, Time Machine initiated and is starting a backup in the background.
To summarize
Prior to doing the sudo command (I am a little cautious about doing things I have no idea what the end result will be....)
I backed up the external drive A to external hard drive B
used Deja Vu to perform an entire system back up of my workstation as well as another one of everything in my USERID
I tried the sudo command...when it failed
Reformatted external drive A
Time Machine is now working again
Thanks for your comments and feeback. Between your comments and VK was enough for me to put together the pieces and decide on a course of action.
I would recommend to anyone reading this to always back up as the safest course of action

I can't install OSX 10.6.3 as it says HD used for Time Machine backup, I can't install OSX 10.6.3 as it says HD used for Time Machine backup

I've just received Snow Leopard disc and tried to install it but nothign is ever that easy. It says that hard drive in use for Time Machine backup so can't install. I've never used Time Machine and settings appear to confirm that. I don't want to set it to restore and lose everything and have to install it again so not sure what to do. Can anyone advise me

Jane Doubleday wrote:
I've got an Intel mac otherwise I wouldn't have bought Snow Leopard.
Please update your profile info, then Jane - we can only go on the info you give us.
Glad you're sorted though

Access my Time Machine backup with another Mac?

The HD on my 24" iMac just bit the dust and I am using my old eMac to try to get some work done while I wait for another. Fortunately, I have a Time Machine backup. Is it okay to access files off my Time Machine backup with my eMac, as long as I don't change anything? I don't want to mess up my backup before I can restore it to my new Mac.
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Should be, if the eMac is running 10.5.x be sure to turn off TM backups though.

Does time machine work with the trash folder?

Does time machine work with the trash folder? So if I have the entire aperture library backed up to the time machine. Is it safe to empty the trash folder in aperture? I am able to recover files from time machine later?

So make a top-level Project called "_Circular File". Put Images in there that you what to have out of your way but not discarded.
It really is good and proper to treat the Trash as trash. I instruct everyone to _empty_ the Aperture Trash at the end of _every_ session. The reason is this: it is the only time you will remember whether it is safe to delete the items in there. If you wait, you will then waste time trying to answer "Did I really mean to throw that out?" or, periodically, you'll give up trying to remember, and will empty the Trash without reviewing it. At the end of every session, examine the Trash, confirm that the items there are trash, and empty it.
Shocking, perhaps, but you should also empty your system trash every day. The real-life equivalents are good guides here. No-one in an office hoards their trash. If you mean to throw something out, throw it out. If you don't mean to throw it out, do not put it in the trash.
I don't know how TM handles the Aperture Trash. I do know, however, that I would not expect this behavior to remain consistent, and would absolutely recommend against a workflow based on it.

Does Time Machine work with a NAS?

Does Time Machine work with a network attached storage drive?
Thanks!
John

the only supported NAS for TM backups is Time Capsule. it also works with drives connected to an Airport Extreme Base Station. al other NASes are unsupported. there are hacks to make TM work with them but you are on your own if you use them
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080420211034137&query=time%2Bmach ine%2BNAS

"Time machine not configured" after yosemite clean install

I'm on a MBP early 2011, 16gb Ram, Seagate 500gb used to back up with Time Machine. I was doing manual backups once a month. Having wifi problems like everyone else and general slowdowns on the machine even before the regular install of Yosemite (on top of Mountain Lion, on top of Snow Leopard) I decided to do a clean install. Start fresh. Followed all the directions. But,little did I know that by changing my user name (not deliberately) on my brand new OS, I don't have access to TM. At least that's what I think is up with this "TM not configured"
How should I proceed?
Can I configure the drive now with my new username and still have access to my files? I wanted to bring over some of them, not all of them. If it's possible to do this, and I do, will I have all kinds of permissions or other problems? Will I lose my old backups if I configure it?
Or should I just start over with another kind of clean install? It's only been a couple of days.If I restored from the backup or whatever options there are, am I actually reinstalling the problems I was trying to eliminate? The upgrade to 16gb ram was part of my initial troubleshooting.
Other options?
Thanks!

My family upgraded to Yosemite on our 3 Macs four days ago: on an iMac, a MacBook Pro, and a MacBook Air, all three Macs from early 2014.
In Mavericks there was never any trouble with the Time Machine. But now on all three Macs, the TM doesn’t function properly.
1) on entering TM, the Restore and the two Arrow buttons for selecting the date are dimmed out 90% of the time; nothing can be done, for example, clicking on the Finder folders or files and so on is impossible.
2) sometimes, however, only the Restore button is dimmed out, or vice versa, only the two Arrow buttons.
3) on two occasions, no buttons were dimmed out, but on the very first click, all the buttons were again dimmed out
4) on the iMac and the Mac Book Pro, thank God, the backups still seem to be working; however, on the MacBook Air, a „preparing backup“ message just keeps on running and running.
The TM is a major feature of OS X that Apple pushes hard in its ads. Hopefully this means we’ll soon have an update. As a normal Mac user, I would find it difficult to apply any more exotic workaround solutions that some Mac experts might offer. My patience and ability to troubleshoot doesn’t go much beyond David Pogue’s latest OS X manual.
Anyway, a last more point: the previous TM was a thing of beauty, and I really enjoyed being sort of shot into space with the stars, like Dante on his way to the Empyrean; but now, on entering the TM in Yosemite, it looks like the Finder has fallen into an ugly pool of mud.
Thanks for any help or feedback you can offer.

Help with iTunes database and Time Machine after Lion clean install

I did a clean install of OS X Lion and think I've given myself problems with my Snow Leopard Time Machine backup and with my iTunes Library database files.
My iMac (2007) had become very sluggish so I opted for a clean install. Before the install of Lion my Snow Leopard 10.6.8 internal 1TB HD was at about 600GBs. I was using Time Machine to backup to an external 1TB drive. I had my iTunes 10.? library on the same drive.
For the Lion install I partitioned my internal 1TB HD into two partitions - a 250GB Lion boot partition and the rest for Lion data files.
Now I have two problems - 1. I can't work out how to re-connect my Time Machine backups, since they were related to a much bigger original drive, and 2. I can't seem to find my iTunes database files.
I also don't want to restore any application files at this stage, as I'm determined to do a fresh install of only the applications I need as I go along, and hopefully avoid the issues of sluggishness I had with Snow Leopard.
I have all my iTunes files in their pre-Lion external HD folder, but that folder does not seem to have the iTunes Library.XML or iTunes Library files. I didn't delete them so I'm hoping they were in my iTunes folder on my SL boot drive. But that drive was deleted during the install, so I'll be depending on Time Machine to restore the database.
Can anyone suggest a way to deal with Time Machine for my Lion install, and a way to restore my iTunes database? I'd like to keep as much of the Snow Leopard Time Machine data as I can, while continuing to do Time Machine backups from my Lion installation.
Anyone know where iTunes stores those database files, if not in the external drive iTunes folder? Spotlight search doesn't find the files, but is there a way to search my old Time Machine backups without having the Time Machine backups folder re-connected in Lion?
Thanks.

My iTunes folder is organised like this if it helps:
And iTunes uses them from the Prefrences like this:
Regards,
Colin R.

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