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bad02

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Jun 13, 2015
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Hello,

I have used Time Machine many times since much longer ago than 2011 (probably started in 2009). I was searching for videos that I backed up and found them in the "All of My Files" folder dated early January 2011. I clicked the play button and watched it play for a little bit on the small screen in Time Machine.

I clicked on it a few more times, trying to get it to fast forward, but I accidentally made the screen exit Time Machine. At that point, I was left with my current "All my Files" folder on my screen, without any older files brought into it.

I went back into Time Machine, but that "back-up window" of early January 2011 and all the backup windows before it are now black, and I I can't click back to them. The time-line on the right hand side of the screen doesn't go back to or past January 2011 either.

I expected to at least see the videos in a month later back-up, but I can't find them.

I tried to eject the hard drive and put it back in and enter time machine again, but it was still bad.

Please help me get all of my old back-ups back.

Thank you,
bad02
 
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