How to Recover Mac Data from Time Machine

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Tip 1 - How to restore data from Time Machine in Mountain Lion

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Liz Tellez | permalink

If you use Time Machine regularly, you're ready for whatever technological mishaps life throws at you. Restoring data from Time Machine is just as easy as backing things up in the first place.

For further reading: http://www.macworld.com/article/1165784/how_to_restore_data_from_time_machine.html ^[1]

Tip 2 - How To Restore Data From Time Machine Backups

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Villy Dyhr | permalink

It's really easy to set up Time Machine, the backup software that comes with every Mac. Just point it toward your external hard drive or Time Capsule, then let it do its thing. But how do you get your files back when things go wrong? There are three main ways to do this: Revert all…

For further reading: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/restore-data-time-machine-backups/ ^[2]

Tip 3 - How to easily back up and restore your Mac with Time Machine

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Harold Hale | permalink

Time Machine is OS X Yosemite's "OS X 10.10 Yosemite reviews, features, apps, help, and how-to")'s built-in backup software. It was introduced with OS X 10.5 Leopard and has been there ever since. If you've never used it, please start. Time Machine is absolutely the easiest way to back up your Mac, and is great for recovering individual files you've deleted or restoring your entire hard drive in the event of a catastrophe.

For further reading: http://www.imore.com/how-set-and-restore-time-machine-backup ^[3]

Tip 4 - Ask: How to Make Time Machine Restore to a New Hard Drive

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Ronald Versteijnen | permalink

Have an Apple, Mac, or iOS tech question? We've got the answer. This time we'll show you a workaround for when you have a new or recently restored hard drive on your Mac, but you can't load files from

For further reading: http://www.maclife.com/article/howtos/ask-how-make-time-machine-restore-new-hard-drive ^[4]