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Time Machine only restored 80% of my files...help!
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Is there any chance that you had inadvertently deleted those files subsequent to them being backed up? If so... then they may be in Time Machine's history. Look back in time for the files.
Is there any chance that you were double backing up your machine? This is exactly why I always recommend at least dual backup... with at least two different applications. Applications can fail.
/Jim
There were a lot more files than just the mp3s. My entire desktop of folders is not there, ... but everything else is.
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Also when I go into the time machine and view the files, some folders are locked and say that I cannot view them. How do I view those to see if my files are really in there??
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Also when I go into the time machine and view the files, some folders are locked and say that I cannot view them. How do I view those to see if my files are really in there??
Get info on them, then sharing and permissions and add you as a user with read/write permissions, that is, this is how it works on my older OS X.
"Please...do yourself a favour...stop using Time Machine and start using Carbon Copy Cloner."
Tony sure has that right.
To the original poster:
I realize it may be too late now, but if you had been using CCC to create a bootable clone of your internal drive, you would have been up and running in a few minutes with 100% of your files "right there", in POFF (plain old finder format).
Just yesterday, I responded to a different poster who, having relied on Time Machine, could not "get his files back" in a moment of need.
Time Machine makes backup "look so easy", just connect the drive, flip the switch, and . it takes care of everything, right?
Easy -- UNTIL you have to get your files back.
CCC, on the other hand, requires a bit more effort to initiate the backup, but once it's done, you'll have a good solid backup that you can BOOT FROM if need be. CCC gives you a better chance at recovery, when you most need it.
Tony sure has that right.
To the original poster:
I realize it may be too late now, but if you had been using CCC to create a bootable clone of your internal drive, you would have been up and running in a few minutes with 100% of your files "right there", in POFF (plain old finder format).
Just yesterday, I responded to a different poster who, having relied on Time Machine, could not "get his files back" in a moment of need.
Time Machine makes backup "look so easy", just connect the drive, flip the switch, and . it takes care of everything, right?
Easy -- UNTIL you have to get your files back.
CCC, on the other hand, requires a bit more effort to initiate the backup, but once it's done, you'll have a good solid backup that you can BOOT FROM if need be. CCC gives you a better chance at recovery, when you most need it.
I agree. The OP's problem notwithstanding... I think TM is an important part of any Mac backup strategy if for no other reason... it's excellent versioning.
The only problem that I have seen with TM is when someone went into the sparsebundle and manually manipulated data. I am not suggesting that is what the OP did... I am just stating my own personal direct experience in helping others.
I do recommend at least a dual backup strategy... using two different backup programs... at least one of which is automatically backing up off-site without any human interaction.
/Jim
In the screenshot below there is an example on a Folder without My permissions, in the info you see Sharing & Permissions, you have to click the lock, a Pop Up Window will appear, enter password and now you can add a User by Clicking on the + box, another window will appear with available Users, click on your User Name and click the select Button.
After this behind the User you added it should read "Read & Write", If this is not the case set it to Read & Write.
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I agree - I use TM as a full backup (although I have used CCC in the past as well) with a concurrent sync strategy using:
1) SyncPro (Decimus Software) to sync my documents folder to an external flash drive in real time
2) ForeverSave2 (Total Force Software) to keep prior versions in case I accidentally delete or overwrite a file
I really like Sync Pro because it allows you to setup multiple syncs - locally and across networks and in the event of a failure of my HD I at least have a full set of my documents to use on another machine.