Trouble with my time machine and macbook pro

I had my macbook pro's screen repaired because the it kept going black. It was not the video card, but a faulty screen. I just got it home and plugged my time machine into the computer. Now I can't browse any of my old backups on the time machine. It acts as if they were never there. Nothing except for what was just added to the time machine today is there. I live 2 hours away from the closest Apple store and my Apple care plan ended. I work as staff for a business and they need me to be able to browse the backups. The time machine was working perfectly before I had the computer repaired. Is it possible that they changed something on my computer so it doesn't reconize my files? Is there a way that I can change it back or fix this problem myself?
I just called Apple store and they told me that there is basically no way that I will be able to get access to my old files because they changed out something in my computer when they repaired the screen. If you know of any other way that I can still have access to these files let me know! On a PC you can plug an external into any computer and access files. My files are still on my Time Machine. I just can't access them. Please help me.

wrong forum, and not sure what anyone can offer.
You want to find MacBook Pro support and repair services?
The place to start along with google is
http://www.apple.com/support/macbookpro
Before you send equipment in rescue the hard drive data or even the hard drive, replace if necessary (put in USB case).

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Integrating new ext HD with Time Capsule and MacBook pro

I just purchased a 4 TB Seagate Backup Plus that I’m looking to integrate with my mid-2009 MacBook Pro and 2 TB Time Capsule that I’m currently using to store my iTunes library (I know, bad move, one of the reasons for the new Seagate) and run my Time Machine backups. If I can use the TC only as an external HD and backup with Time Machine to the new Seagate I’m willing to do that. If I can’t, I understand the limitations of the larger capacity Seagate with the smaller TC. Probably won’t top 2 TB for a while so I’ll cross that > 2 TB of info bridge when I get to it and need a larger drive for Time Machine backups
The current plan is to move the iTunes library to the Seagate along with the new, and ever growing Aperture library (currently on the MB) while backing up both the MacBook and Seagate to the Time Capsule; unless I can switch them and use the TC as an ext HD and the Seagate for backups. How do I go about doing this? How do I answer the “Do you want to use this new drive with Time Machine” prompt being that I’m currently not planning on backing up to the Seagate but want to backup the Seagate up to the TC? Do I need to reformat the Seagate disc? Still figuring out how I want to configure the Aperture (which I’m still learning) library but I’d like to keep the mobility advantage of the laptop and use the internal HD for a working library and move the post-processed images to the Seagate for archival. I’ll be checking on the Aperture forum.
Thanks for any help to this incredibly newbie type question. There’s usually a similar, but not exact, answer to my questions on forums or the threads are a few years old, so figured it would be faster and more accurate to just ask.

I just purchased a 4 TB Seagate Backup Plus... If I can use the TC only as an external HD and backup with Time Machine to the new Seagate I’m willing to do that.
The Seagate Backup Plus portable drives are Time Machine compatible so you shouldn't have any issues backing up your MacBook Pro to this drive. You also shouldn't have any issues using the TC as an "external HD" if you actually meant "network" drive. That is, it will still be available on the network as a storage device.
The current plan is to move the iTunes library to the Seagate along with the new, and ever growing Aperture library (currently on the MB)...
That shouldn't be a problem.
...while backing up both the MacBook and Seagate to the Time Capsule
Backing up the MacBook Pro using Time Machine will not be an issue, but you will not be able to use Time Machine to back up the Time Capsule to the Seagate. It may still be possible to use some other back up solution for this.
How do I answer the “Do you want to use this new drive with Time Machine” prompt being that I’m currently not planning on backing up to the Seagate but want to backup the Seagate up to the TC?
At this point, just answer "No." You can always choose the Seagate as a Time Machine destination later via the Time Machine interface. Again, you CANNOT back up the Time Capsule to the Seagate with Time Machine.
Do I need to reformat the Seagate disc?
If you got the Mac version of this Seagate drive it is already properly formatted. However, if you got the PC version, you will need to reformat it for HFS+ in order for the TC to share it out properly. That means you will need to temporarily connect it to your Mac, via USB, and then, use the Disk Utility to format it.

Time Machine on Macbook Pro and on my PowerMac G5 Quad????

Can I have two time machine backups installed on one external hd? Right now I have my time machine backups on my external hd for my macbook pro? but can i back up my g5 on the same hd?

Hi-
Along with the need for partitioning, there are recommended partition map differences for Intel and PPC Macs; GUID vs. APM.
Time Machine needs lots of space to work well.
I'd get a drive for each machine for peace of mind and avoidance of problems.

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I am hoping there is a way to fix this. I have a Mac Pro with all four internal HD bays filled. One is, naturally my boot drive, one drive is a brand new drive I've designated for Time Machine, one other is a 500 GB drive nearly filled to capacity with my music and movies, and the four drive is the backup drive for said music and movies. Time Machine will allow me to eliminate any external drives I've got (and there are 6 of them), but not any of the internal drives.
Any one else have this problem?

So you want to specify that you only back up one of the internal drives or something?
I don't have any problems doing that... I have 4 internal drives, and I back up exactly one of them (that has my home folder) using Time Machine to an external drive.

Help! Time Capsule and MacBook Pro not talking

I'm really hoping some bright spark out there has some suggestions.
I recently took my MacBook Pro and Time Capsule to an Apple store due to 2 problems:
1. The computer was slowing down and occasionally crashing.
2. Whenever Time Machine tried to back up to my previously happy Time Capsule, it said it "could not mount the back up disc image" and failed.
They suggested that changing the hard drive would fix both problems as the time capsule issues were probably related to the struggling hard drive. They then planned to get back the previously saved information from the Time Capsule to give me back all the stuff from the old hard drive. After a great deal of trouble getting the hard drive actually changed over (after doing a lot of backing up to USB sticks), they called to say they had some issues getting the info back out of the Capsule because it hadn't saved properly last time. They didn't seem interested in pursuing the idea of getting the most recently saved snapshot that had worked (a month or so ago now) so just gave me back computer and a Time Capsule that they said was working but apparently with my info imprisoned inside.
So, I took it home and I've now got a computer (with none of my user info) and a Time Capsule set up for direct connection rather than wireless. When I went to set up my Time Capsule as something connecting wirelessly to the computer, it updated the settings but the Time Capsule failed to reboot and ever since has been giving me the flashing amber light. Every time Airport Utility scans for wireless devices, it can't find the Time Capsule.
I've already tried:
- Re-installing my original Leopard from scratch.
- Updating to most recent Leopard and Airport utility.
I'm nervous about resetting the factory settings on the Time Capsule because I don't want to lose the data in there, I'm keen to try and get it back somehow (I've backed up most vital things but there are always going to be some things I'll lose otherwise.
Sorry it's a long entry but I'm looking for all the help I can get!
Thanks to anyone who tries.

The new TC will need to be setup again in the MBP..
Just go to TM and select the target disk for backup again.
If you have issues plug in by ethernet and make sure the wireless setup is configured correctly.
Read the stuff in pondini about resetting TM.. that can help.
A4 http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html

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