This is correct, but the time machine controls are a slider you must interact
with in order to change the date and time of the Finder folder.
Take Care
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Director
Mac for the Blind
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Email, john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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On Dec 18, 2019, at 8:47 PM, trish <patricia.zoellers@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi John,
Here is the steps I was given.
steps we took today to restore a file via time machine went something like
this.
1. Open the folder where you are attempting to restore a file from in Finder.
2. VO + M + M to get to menu extras, then enter time machine
3. VO + F2 + F2 for the window chooser, then choose time machine controls
4. Use the controls to go back to the date and time where you think the file
was present.
5. VO + F2 + F2 again for window chooser and choose the other window (this
should be the finder window, folder name)
6. Navigate through the folder for the file you are looking for.
7. Once found, you can copy and paste, use the restore button, or secondary
click and restore the folder/file
On Dec 18, 2019, at 7:03 PM, John Panarese <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Hi Trish,
I am assuming you are using the Time Machine interface?
If you have a lengthy deep history, you have to give it time to populate.
Interact with the slider and navigate back to the time you want. Stop
interacting and you might have to wait several seconds. Then, use the window
chooser menu to locate the desired time. For example, if it’s Finder, it
should say, Docments and the date.
Another alternative is opening Finder and your TM disk and using the
interface to navigate to the desired time. The folders should be organized by
date. Again, though, this is just for Finder file recovery.
Take Care
John D. Panarese
Director
Mac for the Blind
Tel, (631) 724-4479
Email, john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com ;<http://www.macfortheblind.com/>
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On Dec 18, 2019, at 5:52 PM, trish <patricia.zoellers@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:patricia.zoellers@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
oh ok,well John, could you please tell me how to get a saved backup file in
TM?
I get to the section for date and can only go back so far, seems to hang and
the previous button is dimmed after that.
this disc starts in March 2018 to present date,but no way have I been able
to get to 2018 through time machine.
Do you have any suggestions?
Thanks,
Trish
On Dec 18, 2019, at 3:03 PM, John Panarese <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
For Mojave and, I believe, Catalina, Time Machine is not formatting APFS
for the drive. However, it still backs up APFS volumes and you can recover
files as usual or restore entire backups.
APFS containers, on a side note, are pretty interesting to work with.
You can create, for example, an operating OS within your system disk or an
external disk as if you are partitioning a drive.
Take Care
John D. Panarese
Director
Mac for the Blind
Tel, (631) 724-4479
Email, john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com ;<http://www.macfortheblind.com/>
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On Dec 18, 2019, at 2:53 PM, trish <patricia.zoellers@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:patricia.zoellers@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Hi John,
Please explain further on the APFS not working in Time Machine?
I am pretty sure that my backup disc is setup this way,if it is not
allowing for recovery of backups then how would I get older backups if I
should need to?
I am not part of the other discussion listed here,this is just for older
files from my home group that I might need to get back.
Appreciate any help,
Trish
On Dec 18, 2019, at 12:53 PM, John Panarese <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
The thing is Apple has really tightened up security in Mojave and
Catalina. You really have to understand how disk security and APFS works
for considering backup solutions. You need to give Mojave and Catalina full
disk access in System Preferences for it to work and then use Security
Utility from the Recovery HD to make sure you can boot from an external OS
properly.
Time machine will still work even though it is not using APFS at the
moment. You can still restore from a Time Machine backup as before.
Take Care
John D. Panarese
Director
Mac for the Blind
Tel, (631) 724-4479
Email, john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com ;<http://www.macfortheblind.com/>
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On Dec 18, 2019, at 8:30 AM, grtdane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:grtdane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi,
I’ve just been through an interesting experience with the new Mac OS
Catalina and older HFS/Mac Extended Journaled formatted drives I’ve used
for quite some time, going back to the days of older Mac Operating systems.
Problems started arising when I wished to restore backed up data and
Superduper refused to restore from a Mac OS Extended Journaled drive to
the new modern APFS formatted drive so it was time to do some poking about
with Google to see if I could find information on this subject.
The Developers of Superduper themselves cover the topic extremely well in
a discussion I found and I include the link here as I’m sure others will
be interested in the read and may wish to save this in their Mac Tech
Reference file.
https://www.shirt-pocket.com/forums/showthread.php?p=26877 ;
<https://www.shirt-pocket.com/forums/showthread.php?p=26877>
