Where does restored data from time capsule get placed

Where does restored data from time capsule get placed?
For instance, is the data seamlessly placed where it was missing or corrupted, or does it enter a program under some separate "heading" in the program 1) if letter is restored to Mail, 2) if entire mailbox restored to Mail, 3) if single letter restored to Documents, 4) if several photos to iPhoto, 5) if one folder restored to desktop.

Cannot answer all your questions, but will answer regarding iPhoto.
You cannot restore individual photos to iPhoto, you must restore the entire iPhoto Library.
When you do this, you are given several options. See the shot below for details:
The restored library will be placed in the default location....the Pictures folder

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How to restore data from time capsul

How can you restore your data from Apple Time Capsule?
Would it be an idea to share your back up with others? And can it be done?

Read Q14-17 here.
Q18 covers copying backups to other locations.
http://pondini.org/TM/FAQ.html
If you want a secondary backup use another tool. A direct disk image from superduper is free to do.. and works much better to do a restore of the computer.

HT201250 (1) Where is the "Time Machine menu" and the choice to "Enter Time Machine" (mentioned in the "Restoring data from Time Machine backups" section)?

1) Where do I find the "Time Machine menu" and the choice to "Enter Time Machine" (as mentioned in the "Restoring data from Time Machine backups" section in the Mac Support article "Mac Basics: Time Machine")?
2) How would I restore e.g. a particular photo from a backup I made with Time Machine? I can see how this is done with Word documents, but can't see how to do it with photos?

Welcome to Apple Support Communities
1. The Time Machine icon is on the menu bar.
2. If you want to do that with individual photos, it's the same way as for documents. If you want to do it with iPhoto, you have to restore the whole iPhoto library, not only one photo

HT201250 Circle and cross through iTunes icon afte the seagate hard drive replaced and restored data from time machine backup.

Circle and cross through iTunes icon: had the seagate hard drive replaced and restored data from time machine backup. Why does the iTunes icon have a circle and cross through it? As though incomplete? tried everything and still Circle and cross through iTunes icon.

No it isn't something you'd find on the computer, it has to be custom installed from the 10.6 installer disc or Software Update if it wasn't before. It allows you to use older PowerPC applications on your Mac. On the other hand double check the version of iTunes you have does not require 10.7 minimum either.

How do I transfer data from Time Capsule to a new Mac?

How do I transfer data from Time Capsule to a new MacBook?

Welcome to the Apple Support Communities
Setup Assistant will ask you to restore the backup in your Time Capsule, so turn on the Time Capsule and set up your computer

How Do I Delete backup data from Time Capsule if have 2 computers on 1 TC?

I have been backing up 2 computers (one desktop/one laptop) to a 1TB Time Capsule. I have now added an external hard drive for the desktop computer and would like to delete that computer's backups from Time Capsule to free up space for the laptop computer. How do I delete the desktop computer's backup data from Time Capsule without disturbing the laptop back ups? Do I drag the desktop computer's backups.backupdb and sparsebundle to trash and empty?
Thanks.

Rick Gregory wrote:
Thanks though I am still a bit confused as I had read NOT to delete via Finder, but via Disk Utility (erase). Does it make any difference?
You're probably referring to the advice never to change, move, or delete anything inside your backups via the Finder, as that can corrupt them.
A number of folks have tried to delete a single backup that way, and caused all sorts of troubles.
Deleting the entire sparse bundle is ok.

Restoring files from Time Capsule after upgrading from Leopard to Snow Leopard.

I just purchased Time Capsule so I could back up all 105GB of data from my 2 year old, iMac 24 running Leopard.
I've been having issues, especially with Safari, so I'm (finally) upgrading to Snow Leopard.
My Time Capsule is being used as a SAN and is joining my already existing network via ethernet connection.
When I install Snow Leopard, I plan on blowing out Leopard and running Snow Leopard fresh from scratch, not doing an upgrade.
Will I be able to restore my files, iTunes, and photos from Time Capsule like if I were moving them from a flash drive, even though my iMac has changed?
I don't know if I'm thinking that Time Capsule is getting an image of my iMac and when I blow it out and load Snow Leopard on it, it won't be able to read it again...
But I'm thinking if the answer if yes, which mean I could move files backed up from my iMac to my MacBook Air. Right?
Thanks

Anyone has an answer?

Recovering data from Time Capsule after conversion from Snow Leopard to Lion

Had a problem with my iMac, which was running Snow Leopard O/S. Data was backed up on Time Capsule using Time Machine, although recent back-ups had failed (but earlier back-ups had been OK). Apple support determined that I needed to re-install the O/S and they walked me through it. After blowing away all data (believing that once O/S reinstalled, could recover from Time Capsule), the reinstall failed. Took to Apple store, where they installed Lion at my request. Then tried to recover from Time Capsule, but couldn't do so. Sparse file doesn't work (it shows 10GB, which is wrong as it had several hundred GB's before due to lots of photos). Apple Support couldn't solve issue, believes it was corrupted with the last backup. Ultimately recommended that I have professional data recovery service recover data from the iMac hard-drive (as opposed to Time Capsule). Spoke to recovery service recommended by Apple, and it is very expensive (also, given the O/S reinstall, anything they recover will have new file names and no directory structure). They also said getting data off the Time Capsule is even more difficult and expensive to recover. I'm not a happy camper.
I would welcome any thoughts on what to do. FWIW, I live in South Florida and there appear to be lots of data recovery companies locally, but Apple support had said that they have only a few authorized vendors that can do it without voiding warranty, so I'm reluctant to even call them. Thanks. Steve

Your backups may be corrupted.
Try to repair them, via Disk Utility (in your Applications/Utilities folder).
Mount the sparse bundle by opening the TC in the Finder and double-clicking on the sparse bundle. Drag the sparse bundle into Disk Utility's sidebar, and do a +*Repair Disk*+ (not permissions) on it. If it finds errors it can't fix, run it again (and again), until it either fixes them all, or can't fix any more.

After restoring imac from time capsule stuck at apple booting screen

Hello,
I had an IMAC with hard drive that crashed. I installed a new internal HD.
Restored from time capsule. After 10 hours of restoring, it restarted.
Now it has been stuck at the Apple boot screen with the spinning wheel now for 3 hours.
Does it take that long? Anything wrong maybe.
Thanks for all your help.

Hello Brenden,
Thanks for the link. I have already tried everything in that kink but still getting the same issue.
One clarification if you can help me.
When I replaced my HD, I booted up using Mountain Lion CD.
I went to Disk Utility I paritioned the new drive.
I then went to System Restore and tried to restore from my time capsule a backup from Yosemite, Maverick and Snow Leopard
When imac restarted i was getting messages that it cannot boot up..Same message over and over.
Therefore, I once again went in and booted up using Mountain Lion CD,
Went to Disk Utility and erased all contents of the whole drive. Clean.
This time I went ahead and ran the Mountain Lion Installer.
Imac restarted and booted fine to Mountain lion.
Did all updates and so forth.
Now went to Utilities folder and selected Migration Assistant and chose to restore once more.
Restored finished, and this time I am getting the issue I originally reported.
My question is, since I am running Mountain Lion, if the backup was made using Yosemite, just before my IMAC crashed,
is this the problem why it is stuck at Boot. Because i need to be running Snow Leopard at leat to upgrade to Yosemite.
However, how come none of my backup s can be restored , just by going straight to restore backup instead of installing some mac os x first.
Thanks,

How can i format my MacBook Pro hard disk and recover my data from time capsule?

Hello,
My MacBook Pro is running slow, more and more. Everything started with the "upgrade" to Lion.
Can I re-format my hard disk and recover from Time Capsule only the data and applications I really need (including Snow Leopard as OS, maybe)?
Thanks

The problem is that it is a Western Digital 3.5 inch internal hard drive housed inside a hard drive caddy. So the only way to connect it to my computer is through a dock.

How can I retrieve data from TIme Capsule?

I have lost my contacts on my IPhone and also on contacts on my Mac. How can I resrore this information from time capsule? I have opened Time Capsule and clicked resrote on Contacts and nothing seems to happen

See if this Helps
Video on Restore From Time Machine
http://support.apple.com/kb/VI29

Can the new iPad stream data from time capsule?

I recently purchased a time capsule (2tb), I am able to access my shared data on time capsule via my mb air but I wish to access the movies and pictures on time capsule through iPad as well as iPhone 4s. Is that possible?

it can if time capsule support upnp if you get an app that support connecting to upnp nas servers

How can I restore photos from Time Capsule/Machine w/o getting lots of duplicates?

Hi All,
I recently "lost" some photos and tried going into Time Capsule/Machine to restore them. I went to applications, opened Time Machine, got the "Star Wars" like screen, scrolled to the appropriate date (I thought), clicked on that date, went to my user name, clicked on Pictures and then clicked on iPhoto Library. It asked me if I wanted to create a copy called iPhoto Library2 and I said yes.
Next I clicked on restore and it began restoring my iPhoto Library from that day. Unfortunately it created copy after copy after copy of each photo, hundreds!! And it broke down each photo into faces. Again and again and again. Bottom line is that since I must have picked the wrong date my pics weren't there.
I decided to delete iPhoto Library 2 and there were some 130,000 items to delete. Then it took about 24 hours to secure empty my trash.
So my question is how can I avoid this next time? I really want to get these photos back but am afraid to try it again.
Thanks in advance for any advice! They are of my 19 year old niece's visit to Australia so the pressure is on!
Kindest regards,
Becky

You might post this query on the iPhoto forum and perhaps someone there can provide an answer.
I tried this on my MBP and it seems that you have to restore the entire iPhoto Library. What I did was put the current library in a separate folder on the desktop and then I restored the library from a prior date. If you were to do that, you then could extract the desired photos and then delete the restored library. Then place the current library back to the original location and import the desired photos.
Not tidy but it seems it will work.
Ciao.

Cannot access previous backup data from Time Capsule.

I have had a Time Capsule running for over a year and, from what I can tell, it has been working properly. There have been a few occasions where I have needed to restore old data and was able to do so from a previous backup in Time Machine stored on the Time Capsule.
I noticed last week that my MacMini and iMac were taking an unusually long time to run the routine periodic backup process and never seemed to finish, so I used "Stop Back Up" and attempted to enter Time Machine. When I go to "Enter Time Machine", my Time Capsule mounts and, after what seems like an unusually long time, I finally get the expected Time Machine window to appear.
The problem is that there are no previous backups to access for either computers. It seems like I have lost all my old backup data. Yet, my 1T Time Capsule shows that it is only about 50% full. So it makes me wonder what is on the TC.
It would seem that the data must be on the Time Capsule but for some reason Time Machine cannot locate/access it. I have not altered any preferences nor configurations.
Any ideas as to what may have happened and how to go about fixing it would be greatly appreicated.
Thank you,
Marcantonio

It sounds like the backups may be damaged/corrupted. Repair them per #A5 in Time Machine - Troubleshooting.
If that doesn't help, see #E4 there.

Changed my laptop-transferred old data from time capsule but cannot access

So I was backing up onto TC with my old laptop as normal. I then changed laptops and restored from the TC to get all data onto the néw laptop. No problem there.
I then started backing up my new laptop onto the TC however the old backups and new one are not linked. Whe I go into Time Machine I can see that there are old backups there (from the old laptop) but they are greyed out and I can't get back to pull any data out.
How can I get the old and new linked?

jiggy44 wrote:
I then started backing up my new laptop onto the TC however the old backups and new one are not linked.
Welcome to Apple's discussion groups.
You've posted your message in the Time Capsule message section, but where it really should have gone is in the Time Machine section of the OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard area:
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1342
A Time Capsule is an Apple AirPort Wi-Fi base station with an integrated disk drive. Time Machine is backup software that has been included with OS X since version 10.5.
That's the way Time Machine works. It identifies a backup with a particular computer. Since you have a different computer, Time Machine created a new backup. This message thread discusses your situation:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=10726382
When I go into Time Machine I can see that there are old backups there (from the old laptop) but they are greyed out and I can't get back to pull any data out.
How can I get the old and new linked?
I don't believe you can combine the two sets of backups. Your options now are (a) abandon the new backup and reconfigure your Mac to continue with the old backup or (b) continue with the new backup and use Time Machine's option to "Browser Other Time Machine Disks" (available with a click-and-hold on the Time Machine icon in the Dock, among other techniques) to access the contents of the old backup.

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