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JimBraden

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Hi,

Is there any way of recovering individual files from an old external HD which had Time Machine backups on it? The problem I face is that the computer that TM was backing up had FileVault running on it. That HD has 190 GB stored on it, but I cannot access any of the files. All I really want is to be able to get a few old photos.

I read elsewhere that you can find a user.sparsebundle in the Users folder (if browsing the TM using Finder) which you can use to unlock access, but I see no such file.

Any suggestions/advice?

Thanks!
 
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