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#timemachine

  1. K

    Help getting files off of an old decommissioned time machine hard drive

    I have an old time machine drive that I took offline because it was nearly full. I subsequently started a new time machine backup on a new drive. I have had a mishap and would like to retrieve files from the old decommissioned drive. When I plug it in and select the disk, I am unable to see the...
  2. R

    How can I compact a Time Machine backup history in .backupbundle format?

    Hi to all, I just got a more recent MacBook Pro than my current Late 2013 and in the transitory time in which I'll still have both but using only the newer one, I would like to keep the most recent part of the Time Machine history of the older one which went way back, occupying some 1TB of data...
  3. RBel

    Turning Back Time (Machine)

    Hello-- If I want to retrieve iNotes from 2018 that are in my Time Machine, how can I do this without losing all Notes as of now. The OS ate a bunch of On My Mac Notes sometime in the past year or so, and I want them back. Thanks.