Hi Jennifer, You did have Mail selected before you entered the Time Machine interface. You did enter Time Machine from the Mail window to see the backups listed in the timeline?
Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 26/12/2012, at 10:21 PM, Jennifer Lefroy <lefroy.jenni...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you, Ronni. Your reply clarifies that I need to get back to the > person who transferred it all for me. > > Have a happy and satisfying 2013 and thank you for all your help in the > past year. > > Regards, Jennifer > > On 26 December 2012 21:40, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: > >> Hi Jennifer, >> >> Without knowing how you transferred all your data and settings from the >> old Mac to new iMac? >> Or what OS X version was on the old computer and now on the new iMac, it >> is hard to answer your question. >> >> When you first connected your Time Machine backup to the new iMac you >> would have been asked do you want to create a new backup, inherit backup, >> or Reuse Backup. Depending on what OS X you were using for the TM backups >> prior to the new iMac >> >> If you choose Inherit Backup (or Reuse Backup), Time Machine will "add on" >> to the existing set of backups. >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> >> Sent from Ronni's iPad4 >> >> On 26/12/2012, at 5:46 PM, Jennifer Lefroy <lefroy.jenni...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Hello Everyone, >>> >>> When I was having trouble with screen freezing (Solved by a lovely new >>> iMac), I was advised to remove all externals. I disconnected my external >>> Time Machine back up drive except for periodic back ups. Now I cannot >>> access emails on time machine before the new computer installed (the date >>> bars are dim), but seem able to get desk top, documents etc. Any >>> suggestions about whaT I should do ? >>> >>> Belated Christmas greetings to everyone. >>> >>> Jennifer >>> -------------- next part -------------- >>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >>> URL: >> http://lists.wamug.org.au/pipermail/wamug.org.au-wamug/attachments/20121226/77e0873f/attachment.htm >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>> Settings & Unsubscribe - < >> http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: >> http://lists.wamug.org.au/pipermail/wamug.org.au-wamug/attachments/20121226/f514e2a4/attachment.htm >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - < >> http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://lists.wamug.org.au/pipermail/wamug.org.au-wamug/attachments/20121226/00e19bad/attachment.htm > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.wamug.org.au/pipermail/wamug.org.au-wamug/attachments/20121227/abef3fb9/attachment.htm -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
