Time Machine Restore Question

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  1. expergo, Nov 7, 2007

    expergo macrumors regular

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    Hi,

    I just did my first backup using TM. But I've been thinking about how it works and am not sure if I understand it correctly. It backs up my files like iTunes and Mail, but let's say all of a sudden, all my email is corrupted on my Mac. How would I restore JUST the mail?

    Also when looking for specific files, I can't use iTunes to search? While the search feature is good for looking for specific folders, if I lose data, I'm not going to remember the name of all the files I lost, so how do you restore a certain date?

    Thanks
     
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  2. QuarterSwede, Nov 7, 2007

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    Open Mail and then click on Time Machine (TM) and it'll bring the mail window into TM.
     
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  3. expergo, Nov 7, 2007

    expergo thread starter macrumors regular

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    Does it revert back to that date or bring all the emails from that date to my current mail?

    How do you restore iTunes? It doesn't work the same way.
     
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  4. Father Jack, Nov 7, 2007

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    In Time Machine go back and select the emails you want to recover. When you click on recover a new mail box (recovered messages) appears in Mail. This is where your recovered emails will be .. :)


    Go into your Music folder then start TM
     
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  5. CavemanUK, Nov 7, 2007

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    If you wanted to go back in time with all files then i guess you could...

    • Open Finder
    • Click on your username
    • Open Time Machine
    • Go back to the desired date
    • Hilight all the folders in your home folder
    • Click Restore...

    This is just my theory, Ive never tried it and Time Machine wouldnt delete any files that didnt exist in the backup..

    anyone else think this would work?
     
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