TimeCapsule - trying to access old data from new mac
I just got a new MBP after my previous one got severely corrupted and became un-recoverable.
I migrated all my data over from the Time Capsule, but immediately after the new MBP started showing the same symptoms as the dead one. Apple tech suggest wipe and clean re-installing Mavericks. I did and it works fine.
I have spent all day reloading software and some data from other discs, but there is some stuff that is only on the Time Capsule now. Problem is - i cannot find it on the Time Capsule.
When i try connecting to TC it lists a SparsediskImage named to match the new computer not the old one, even though the created date is for the old mac. It has 941gb of data, yet it wont let me look any further back than today.
Is there any way to access the data that is in TC and just rescue those few useful files?
You should never use Mavericks Time Machine over an old backup.
Mount the sparsebundle in Finder and you can manually open it to an earlier date and extract info from it.
See Q15 here.
http://pondini.org/TM/FAQ.html
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