Press command comma to open finder preferences, check the option to show the hard drive on your desktop. There are a few ways you can restore from a backup, you could just copy the files to the appropriate place, alternatively, you might give the migration assistant a try, it should be able to transfer your files from a backup. On Dec 12, 2012, at 9:32 PM, Kristeen Hughes <khwi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> My hard drive failed in my Mac Mini. I got it back today with a new hard > drive, but I have a couple of questions. The first is that when I go to the > desktop, I can't see the new hard drive. It usually says Macintosh HD, but I > can't see anything except my external hard drive. What can I do to be able to > see it? > > I have a backup from before the old hard drive failed. I would like to > restore some of this data to the new hard drive. I have never done this > before. Can someone tell me how you restore data from a back up? I can't > figure it out. > > Thank you very much in advance. > > Kristeen Hughes > Skype: lostonsylvane > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > mac-access@mac-access.net > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
