Hello!
How can I extract all the files from a Time Machine backup harddrive?
Before starting: Permissions are not important in this case, it is only a work folder I am talking about. I did a clean install on my MBP, without the help of my time machine backup HD.
There are about 15 different folders with different dates on my external Time Machine HD. I want to copy the latest versions of my files as well as the deleted ones - that don't show up in the latest date folder. (Let's say I had folder A in my work folder, deleted it 2 years ago, now I want to backup the folder A. If I just drag and drop the latest time machine folder onto my backup HD, folder A won't be there).
I could start copying the first folder onto a new HD, then copy the second folder into the first and modify the older files and so on. But there has to be another way.
I didn't assign the time machine HD to my new system (yet). Since I don't trust time machine that much, I'd like to save my files before doing that. Do I see all the files (even the deleted ones) in the last folder in the time machine application, when I launch it? Can I copy it from there onto a new HD?
If anyone has an idea - thank you!
..and yes, I did search and read threads for hours - but I couldn't find a solution for my problem
How can I extract all the files from a Time Machine backup harddrive?
Before starting: Permissions are not important in this case, it is only a work folder I am talking about. I did a clean install on my MBP, without the help of my time machine backup HD.
There are about 15 different folders with different dates on my external Time Machine HD. I want to copy the latest versions of my files as well as the deleted ones - that don't show up in the latest date folder. (Let's say I had folder A in my work folder, deleted it 2 years ago, now I want to backup the folder A. If I just drag and drop the latest time machine folder onto my backup HD, folder A won't be there).
I could start copying the first folder onto a new HD, then copy the second folder into the first and modify the older files and so on. But there has to be another way.
I didn't assign the time machine HD to my new system (yet). Since I don't trust time machine that much, I'd like to save my files before doing that. Do I see all the files (even the deleted ones) in the last folder in the time machine application, when I launch it? Can I copy it from there onto a new HD?
If anyone has an idea - thank you!
..and yes, I did search and read threads for hours - but I couldn't find a solution for my problem