Does Time Machine not back-up the trash??

[bananabar]

In between back-ups, I created and then trashed a document. I have since emptied the trash and realised I need it.

I've gone into Time Machine but can't seem to view the Trash. Surely it saves the contents of the trash? I thought that was the idea?! How can I find it?

 

[netnothing]

In between back-ups, I created and then trashed a document. I have since emptied the trash and realised I need it.

I've gone into Time Machine but can't seem to view the Trash. Surely it saves the contents of the trash? I thought that was the idea?! How can I find it?

Time Machine does NOT backup the users trash folder.

Your trash files are stored in ~/.Trash

This directory does not show up in any Time Machine backup.

Here's a discussion on it:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1208460

-Kevin

 

[Le Big Mac]

In between back-ups, I created and then trashed a document. I have since emptied the trash and realised I need it.

I've gone into Time Machine but can't seem to view the Trash. Surely it saves the contents of the trash? I thought that was the idea?! How can I find it?

Bummer -- yours is clearly the extremely rare case of the person who creates and deletes a document so quickly that it's not caught in a backup but you still need the doc.

 

[mooncaine]

Time Machine does NOT backup the users trash folder.

Your trash files are stored in ~/.Trash

This directory does not show up in any Time Machine backup.

Here's a discussion on it:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1208460

-Kevin

Bummer, Apple discussions are down for the moment.

Oi, Le Big Mac, I don't think this case is so rare (where one creates a document, then trashes it, then empties the Trash, before Time Machine has a chance to create a backup copy of it).

Video and audio editors can sometimes generate huge files, in a very short time, and trash them, and empty the trash immediately, to get the disk space back. 3D artists, too.