Hello, I don't think this is what she meant. I think she's saying, couldn't you open the folder with the time machine backups are stored, find a date where you are certain the file was still there, and manually retrieve it.
Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On May 3, 2013, at 11:01 AM, Paul Erkens <paul.erk...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Gigi, > > I'm not sure I understand your suggestion. I did use finder to look in all > conceivable places on my mac, but I cannot find the file. I even indexed all > my external hard drives with spotlight and did a search again, but no luck. > So, the only hope remaining, is the time capsule. I don't know the date when > the file got lost. You discover that when you need the file and then notice > it's gone, but having no idea why it went, because I tend to archive my stuff > very carefully. Are you saying there is a way to have finder go through all > backups on the time capsule in one big go? That would be the solution for me. > If you know how to make that happen, please describe how one can go about > this. Again, I don't know when the file got lost, so going to a specific date > with time machine is not a good option in my case. If anyone else can chime > in, please do. > > Kind regards, > Paul. > On May 3, 2013, at 4:16 PM, Eugenia Firth <gigifi...@me.com> wrote: > >> Hi Paul >> You may have already tried this, but have you gone into Finder to see if you >> can find the file? The way I understand things, you don't have to know the >> date it was put on there if it was on your computer say at the last update >> or maybe you could check a specific date you know for sure it was on there. >> Just a thought. >> >> Regards, >> Gigi >> >> On May 3, 2013, at 7:02 AM, Paul Erkens <paul.erk...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi John Panarese, >>> >>> Thanks for your reply. I have that in my answers archive now. The problem >>> I'm trying to solve though, is this. What if I have no idea about the date >>> or time when a file was deleted. I just know that it has existed somewhere >>> in time on my machine, and so it should now be present somewhere in my time >>> capsule. Question is: how do I get to it? If the backups that time machine >>> makes were not stored inside big backup archive files, but instead would >>> have been stored as plain files and folders, then, what I would have done >>> to find a file from the past, would be a simple filefind on the entire >>> disk. But with time machine, this seems impossible. Do you happen to know a >>> way to have time machine search all backups, i.e. all that it has, for my >>> computer, and then find the file I lost? >>> >>> Kind regards, >>> Paul. >>> On May 2, 2013, at 7:24 PM, John Panarese <jpanar...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Paul, >>>> After you open up Time Machine and hear that sonogram >>>> sound, you need to use the Window Chooser menu to go to the Time Machine >>>> Controls. In there, there is a scroll area that you must interact with >>>> and go back in time. When you are at the spot you want to view, you then >>>> have to use the Window Chooser menu to select the view of that date. I >>>> have not used this in conjunction with a search, but I am assuming it will >>>> work the same way. >>>> >>>> Take Care >>>> >>>> John D. Panarese >>>> Director >>>> Mac for the Blind >>>> Tel, (631) 724-4479 >>>> Email, j...@macfortheblind.com >>>> Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com >>>> >>>> APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX Mountain Lion and LION >>>> >>>> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE >>>> >>>> MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On May 2, 2013, at 6:40 AM, Paul Erkens <paul.erk...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi list, >>>>> >>>>> Given that I don't exactly know when my important file was deleted, I'm >>>>> looking to find out how I can restore it from my time capsule. I googled >>>>> it and I tried the following. >>>>> >>>>> 1. I remember that the file once was on my desktop, so I went there to >>>>> begin with. Problem is though, that it could have been in many places, >>>>> because it was a work in progress. So I went to the desktop for a start. >>>>> 2. I then went into the extra menus, vo and then twice the letter m as in >>>>> Mike. I went to time machine, and clicked on open time machine. >>>>> 3. In this window, I'm stuck. I type in the search criteria, which in my >>>>> case was just the filename Rutter 11.txt, hit enter, and hoped for the >>>>> file to turn up, but it does not. I typed my search into the finder >>>>> toolbar in this time machine window. >>>>> >>>>> I think time machine wants an exact date when the file was still present, >>>>> but I just don't know when it got deleted, or why. So, I'd like time >>>>> machine to search its entire backup set for my mac mini, and then come up >>>>> with the latest version of that file. 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