Comments on: MacMost Now 237: Time Machine For Photos, Email and Contacts http://macmost.com/time-machine-for-photos-email-and-contacts.html MacMost: Making the most of your Mac, iPhone, iPad, iPod, and Apple TV. Thu, 24 May 2012 22:20:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Gary Rosenzweig http://macmost.com/time-machine-for-photos-email-and-contacts.html#comment-43776 Gary Rosenzweig Tue, 01 May 2012 04:05:37 +0000 http://macmost.com/time-machine-for-photos-email-and-contacts.html#comment-43776 Time Machine works well with the "Mail" app on your Mac, but it does not integrate wit Entourage, which is not made by Apple. Not sure what Entourage has that could help you get the email back. Haven't used it in years. Time Machine works well with the “Mail” app on your Mac, but it does not integrate wit Entourage, which is not made by Apple. Not sure what Entourage has that could help you get the email back. Haven’t used it in years.

]]> By: Alan http://macmost.com/time-machine-for-photos-email-and-contacts.html#comment-43775 Alan Tue, 01 May 2012 02:45:35 +0000 http://macmost.com/time-machine-for-photos-email-and-contacts.html#comment-43775 I came across this Q&A about Time Machine to discover how I can retrieve old draft mail I mistakenly trashed the other day. I am running Mac OS 10.6.8. When I have my mail app (MS Entourage from MS Office 2008) running, I then launch Time Machine but it doesn't show multiple versions of the mail window, it goes back to the finder window. I must be doing something wrong? Can you help. Thanks cheers Alan I came across this Q&A about Time Machine to discover how I can retrieve old draft mail I mistakenly trashed the other day. I am running Mac OS 10.6.8. When I have my mail app (MS Entourage from MS Office 2008) running, I then launch Time Machine but it doesn’t show multiple versions of the mail window, it goes back to the finder window. I must be doing something wrong? Can you help. Thanks cheers Alan

]]> By: Kevin http://macmost.com/time-machine-for-photos-email-and-contacts.html#comment-40148 Kevin Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:11:17 +0000 http://macmost.com/time-machine-for-photos-email-and-contacts.html#comment-40148 My iMac dumped some of my Mail Inbox into the trash last night and simply lost more than 6 months of messages. Similar thing has happened to me twice in the past and I could not recover from Time Machine. Right now in TM I see the missing messages, click Restore, then couldn't figure out how to exit TM until I tried Escape. That worked, but the messages were not back in my Inbox. So glad to hear I'm not the only person who saves so much email. Does this tend to cause problems. Last time it happened and I talked to the folks at Apple they just said, "Wow, that's a lot of messages to save" and they really couldn't help me. Got any suggestions? My iMac dumped some of my Mail Inbox into the trash last night and simply lost more than 6 months of messages. Similar thing has happened to me twice in the past and I could not recover from Time Machine. Right now in TM I see the missing messages, click Restore, then couldn’t figure out how to exit TM until I tried Escape. That worked, but the messages were not back in my Inbox. So glad to hear I’m not the only person who saves so much email. Does this tend to cause problems. Last time it happened and I talked to the folks at Apple they just said, “Wow, that’s a lot of messages to save” and they really couldn’t help me. Got any suggestions?

]]> By: Robin Stefan http://macmost.com/time-machine-for-photos-email-and-contacts.html#comment-40013 Robin Stefan Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:52:46 +0000 http://macmost.com/time-machine-for-photos-email-and-contacts.html#comment-40013 Thank you Gary. Wow, so nice to communicate with someone who really knows his stuff!!! But what a disappointment. Thanks for the link. Robin Thank you Gary. Wow, so nice to communicate with someone who really knows his stuff!!! But what a disappointment. Thanks for the link. Robin

]]> By: Gary Rosenzweig http://macmost.com/time-machine-for-photos-email-and-contacts.html#comment-40009 Gary Rosenzweig Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:44:22 +0000 http://macmost.com/time-machine-for-photos-email-and-contacts.html#comment-40009 Things changed with Lion. You can no longer browse inside of an iPhoto library with Time Machine. See http://www.macworld.com/article/161877/2011/08/lion_time_machine_iphoto.html Things changed with Lion. You can no longer browse inside of an iPhoto library with Time Machine. See http://www.macworld.com/article/161877/2011/08/lion_time_machine_iphoto.html

]]> By: Robin Stefan http://macmost.com/time-machine-for-photos-email-and-contacts.html#comment-40005 Robin Stefan Wed, 25 Jan 2012 06:22:18 +0000 http://macmost.com/time-machine-for-photos-email-and-contacts.html#comment-40005 Your video is great and that is just how I thought TM should work. For mail and videos, etc, works fine, but I can't get to individual photos or even albums in TM. When I open iPhoto and then "enter TM" by the menubar icon for TM, the Desktop window opens in TM, not iPhoto. So while still in TM, I select home folder, then picture folder, then iPhoto library and what come up is a window that says "iPhoto Library" with a small box in the upper left hand corner that says "open with iPhoto" Nothing happens if I click on that. Any suggestions? An Apple Care guys couldn't help me with this. Would love your advise!!!! Robin Your video is great and that is just how I thought TM should work. For mail and videos, etc, works fine, but I can’t get to individual photos or even albums in TM. When I open iPhoto and then “enter TM” by the menubar icon for TM, the Desktop window opens in TM, not iPhoto. So while still in TM, I select home folder, then picture folder, then iPhoto library and what come up is a window that says “iPhoto Library” with a small box in the upper left hand corner that says “open with iPhoto” Nothing happens if I click on that. Any suggestions? An Apple Care guys couldn’t help me with this. Would love your advise!!!! Robin

]]> By: Gary Rosenzweig http://macmost.com/time-machine-for-photos-email-and-contacts.html#comment-39464 Gary Rosenzweig Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:14:11 +0000 http://macmost.com/time-machine-for-photos-email-and-contacts.html#comment-39464 The Dock is another way to do it. The key is to not switch to another application (Mail to Finder). Either the menubar icon or the Dock let you launch Time Machine without switching away from Mail. The Dock is another way to do it. The key is to not switch to another application (Mail to Finder). Either the menubar icon or the Dock let you launch Time Machine without switching away from Mail.

]]> By: Sharon http://macmost.com/time-machine-for-photos-email-and-contacts.html#comment-39463 Sharon Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:04:24 +0000 http://macmost.com/time-machine-for-photos-email-and-contacts.html#comment-39463 It DID work after I put Time Machine on the dock with Mail opened. Thanks so much ... you always come through! It DID work after I put Time Machine on the dock with Mail opened. Thanks so much … you always come through!

]]> By: Gary Rosenzweig http://macmost.com/time-machine-for-photos-email-and-contacts.html#comment-39446 Gary Rosenzweig Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:49:12 +0000 http://macmost.com/time-machine-for-photos-email-and-contacts.html#comment-39446 By switching to your Applications folder you are then running Time Machine with that folder as the frontmost thing, so it thinks you want to recover something from there. Stay in Mail and use the menubar icon for Time Machine to launch it. By switching to your Applications folder you are then running Time Machine with that folder as the frontmost thing, so it thinks you want to recover something from there. Stay in Mail and use the menubar icon for Time Machine to launch it.

]]> By: Sharon http://macmost.com/time-machine-for-photos-email-and-contacts.html#comment-39432 Sharon Mon, 09 Jan 2012 06:28:02 +0000 http://macmost.com/time-machine-for-photos-email-and-contacts.html#comment-39432 Shoot! I've done this before and now I can't remember how I did it. I have mail opened (running, as you say), then go to the Finder to open Time Machine (which is listed in the Applications). When Time Machine opens, it opens up my Applications window in the Time Machine instead of Mail. How do I get Time Machine to open Mail? Thank you! Shoot! I’ve done this before and now I can’t remember how I did it. I have mail opened (running, as you say), then go to the Finder to open Time Machine (which is listed in the Applications). When Time Machine opens, it opens up my Applications window in the Time Machine instead of Mail. How do I get Time Machine to open Mail? Thank you!

]]> By: Gary Rosenzweig http://macmost.com/time-machine-for-photos-email-and-contacts.html#comment-36893 Gary Rosenzweig Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:49:56 +0000 http://macmost.com/time-machine-for-photos-email-and-contacts.html#comment-36893 You won't be able to see your Time Machine hard drive with a PC because it can't read Mac-formatted disks. Don't try as you don't want to damage the disk by accidentally pressing the "yes, reformat it for me" button. If you are using TIme Machine normally then EVERYTHING will be on there. You just need to restore your entire drive contents when you get the Mac back. See: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1427 for details. If your old drive failed, then there is probably nothing to recover from it. You won’t be able to see your Time Machine hard drive with a PC because it can’t read Mac-formatted disks. Don’t try as you don’t want to damage the disk by accidentally pressing the “yes, reformat it for me” button.
If you are using TIme Machine normally then EVERYTHING will be on there. You just need to restore your entire drive contents when you get the Mac back.
See: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1427 for details.
If your old drive failed, then there is probably nothing to recover from it.

]]> By: Lynn http://macmost.com/time-machine-for-photos-email-and-contacts.html#comment-36888 Lynn Mon, 31 Oct 2011 10:56:56 +0000 http://macmost.com/time-machine-for-photos-email-and-contacts.html#comment-36888 Hi Gary, My HD just totally failed, I have it in an Apple store now being fixed. I am worried about my pics, I have used time machine to an external HD. Will my pictures be on there? I tried to see if I could see the files on my PC and they are not there - I assume because it is apple software and I am trying to see them on a PC? Should I have them save my old HD just in case? Hi Gary,

My HD just totally failed, I have it in an Apple store now being fixed. I am worried about my pics, I have used time machine to an external HD. Will my pictures be on there? I tried to see if I could see the files on my PC and they are not there – I assume because it is apple software and I am trying to see them on a PC?

Should I have them save my old HD just in case?

]]> By: cvblair http://macmost.com/time-machine-for-photos-email-and-contacts.html#comment-35246 cvblair Sat, 24 Sep 2011 01:48:18 +0000 http://macmost.com/time-machine-for-photos-email-and-contacts.html#comment-35246 Okay, I started viewing regular, then hit Lion's full-screen and everything was okay (but the actual video wasn't full-screen, only the Safari window). Then I hit the video's full-screen icon at bottom right, and at 02:30 the jerks came back. If I escape (esc) from full-screen while the video is running, which takes me back to regular view, the jerks are still there. There seems to be something about full-screen that triggers the jerks. Okay, I started viewing regular, then hit Lion’s full-screen and everything was okay (but the actual video wasn’t full-screen, only the Safari window). Then I hit the video’s full-screen icon at bottom right, and at 02:30 the jerks came back.

If I escape (esc) from full-screen while the video is running, which takes me back to regular view, the jerks are still there. There seems to be something about full-screen that triggers the jerks.

]]> By: Gary Rosenzweig http://macmost.com/time-machine-for-photos-email-and-contacts.html#comment-34437 Gary Rosenzweig Sun, 28 Aug 2011 19:38:15 +0000 http://macmost.com/time-machine-for-photos-email-and-contacts.html#comment-34437 It sounds like you may not be approaching this right. You should be able to restore your entire user account if need be. I would seek first-hand help from someone so they can look at what you are doing. It sounds like you may not be approaching this right. You should be able to restore your entire user account if need be. I would seek first-hand help from someone so they can look at what you are doing.

]]> By: Sami Elias http://macmost.com/time-machine-for-photos-email-and-contacts.html#comment-34434 Sami Elias Sun, 28 Aug 2011 17:30:31 +0000 http://macmost.com/time-machine-for-photos-email-and-contacts.html#comment-34434 Hi Gary This is so disappointing , the use of the time machine is only if all hardware working well , once you change something like the hard disk time machine is just useless , I am in deep loss for my contacts , e-mails , ..... I managed to get the old hard disk back to life with all of its contents on a USB connection now , is there a away i can pick up my lost staff like contacts from the address book ? Can i do the same for apple mail or MS Outlook ? Is there a directory I can just copy and past on my new hard disk? I really need your help Sami Hi Gary
This is so disappointing , the use of the time machine is only if all hardware working well , once you change something like the hard disk time machine is just useless , I am in deep loss for my contacts , e-mails , …..
I managed to get the old hard disk back to life with all of its contents on a USB connection now , is there a away i can pick up my lost staff like contacts from the address book ?
Can i do the same for apple mail or MS Outlook ?
Is there a directory I can just copy and past on my new hard disk?
I really need your help
Sami

]]> By: Gary Rosenzweig http://macmost.com/time-machine-for-photos-email-and-contacts.html#comment-34388 Gary Rosenzweig Sat, 27 Aug 2011 01:06:44 +0000 http://macmost.com/time-machine-for-photos-email-and-contacts.html#comment-34388 I would have an expert take a look. Maybe the Genius Bar or a local Mac shop. I would have an expert take a look. Maybe the Genius Bar or a local Mac shop.

]]> By: Sami Elias http://macmost.com/time-machine-for-photos-email-and-contacts.html#comment-34387 Sami Elias Sat, 27 Aug 2011 01:05:44 +0000 http://macmost.com/time-machine-for-photos-email-and-contacts.html#comment-34387 hi Gary after a hardware problem I had to change my hard disk , I was using 250 gb and replaced it by 500 tried to restore my photos , mail from the time machine , I see the dates but Restore is shaded I tried manually to import library but lots of events are missed or not organized the way it was , do you have a solution , by the way I am not able to retrieve my mail I made a clean install to all the software but I still having problems in getting my data , I have heard about merging but don't know how to do that from my time machine, thanks your help in advance hi Gary
after a hardware problem I had to change my hard disk , I was using 250 gb and replaced it by 500
tried to restore my photos , mail from the time machine , I see the dates but Restore is shaded
I tried manually to import library but lots of events are missed or not organized the way it was , do you have a solution , by the way I am not able to retrieve my mail
I made a clean install to all the software but I still having problems in getting my data , I have heard about merging but don’t know how to do that from my time machine, thanks your help in advance

]]> By: Gary Rosenzweig http://macmost.com/time-machine-for-photos-email-and-contacts.html#comment-31819 Gary Rosenzweig Sun, 26 Jun 2011 18:04:28 +0000 http://macmost.com/time-machine-for-photos-email-and-contacts.html#comment-31819 The files are getting backed up, but there is no way to get TM inside of Outlook -- they would have to be tightly integrated to do that, and they are made by two different companies. The files are getting backed up, but there is no way to get TM inside of Outlook — they would have to be tightly integrated to do that, and they are made by two different companies.

]]> By: sami elias http://macmost.com/time-machine-for-photos-email-and-contacts.html#comment-31815 sami elias Sun, 26 Jun 2011 16:30:59 +0000 http://macmost.com/time-machine-for-photos-email-and-contacts.html#comment-31815 Hi Gary I am using MAC office 2011 , I noticed that time machine are ignoring outloock and just work with apple mail , is there a way? Thanks sami Hi Gary
I am using MAC office 2011 , I noticed that time machine are ignoring outloock and just work with apple mail , is there a way?
Thanks
sami

]]> By: Gary Rosenzweig http://macmost.com/time-machine-for-photos-email-and-contacts.html#comment-30803 Gary Rosenzweig Sat, 11 Jun 2011 17:27:08 +0000 http://macmost.com/time-machine-for-photos-email-and-contacts.html#comment-30803 So, I'm assuming you delete your email after you read it, and that is why you need to use TM to find an old one. (As opposed to many people who save every email, like myself). If that is the case, then it could simply be that you delete your messages before they are backed up. For instance, if you got an email at 9:34 am on Jan 12, 2010. Read it at 10:56. Deleted it at 10:58. But the backups you have are from Jan 11 at 5 pm and Jan 12 at 5 pm, then the email wouldn't have been on your computer at the time of either of those backups, so you wouldn't be able to find it now. So, I’m assuming you delete your email after you read it, and that is why you need to use TM to find an old one. (As opposed to many people who save every email, like myself). If that is the case, then it could simply be that you delete your messages before they are backed up.
For instance, if you got an email at 9:34 am on Jan 12, 2010. Read it at 10:56. Deleted it at 10:58. But the backups you have are from Jan 11 at 5 pm and Jan 12 at 5 pm, then the email wouldn’t have been on your computer at the time of either of those backups, so you wouldn’t be able to find it now.

]]> By: Kelly http://macmost.com/time-machine-for-photos-email-and-contacts.html#comment-30798 Kelly Sat, 11 Jun 2011 15:06:24 +0000 http://macmost.com/time-machine-for-photos-email-and-contacts.html#comment-30798 I'd looked at settings but saw nothing excluding mail...oh well. I’d looked at settings but saw nothing excluding mail…oh well.

]]> By: Kelly http://macmost.com/time-machine-for-photos-email-and-contacts.html#comment-30797 Kelly Sat, 11 Jun 2011 15:05:58 +0000 http://macmost.com/time-machine-for-photos-email-and-contacts.html#comment-30797 Thanks for your reply. The backups work for everything else - just the mail that's blank except for today. Thanks for your reply. The backups work for everything else – just the mail that’s blank except for today.

]]> By: Gary Rosenzweig http://macmost.com/time-machine-for-photos-email-and-contacts.html#comment-30789 Gary Rosenzweig Sat, 11 Jun 2011 14:15:54 +0000 http://macmost.com/time-machine-for-photos-email-and-contacts.html#comment-30789 Hard to tell what may be happening. Check your TM settings and make sure the backups are working. Hard to tell what may be happening. Check your TM settings and make sure the backups are working.

]]> By: Kelly http://macmost.com/time-machine-for-photos-email-and-contacts.html#comment-30788 Kelly Sat, 11 Jun 2011 13:21:11 +0000 http://macmost.com/time-machine-for-photos-email-and-contacts.html#comment-30788 Hello, Thanks for your video! I wanted to find an old email, but when I entered timemachine with mail open, the only backup date that had anything in it was today's - my backup dates all appeared on left, but when trying to select one nothing happened, and all the mail windows lined up behind today's were just black, had no content and were not selectable. Any advice? Thanks...Kelly Hello,

Thanks for your video! I wanted to find an old email, but when I entered timemachine with mail open, the only backup date that had anything in it was today’s – my backup dates all appeared on left, but when trying to select one nothing happened, and all the mail windows lined up behind today’s were just black, had no content and were not selectable. Any advice?

Thanks…Kelly

]]> By: Gary Rosenzweig http://macmost.com/time-machine-for-photos-email-and-contacts.html#comment-30536 Gary Rosenzweig Sat, 04 Jun 2011 00:26:36 +0000 http://macmost.com/time-machine-for-photos-email-and-contacts.html#comment-30536 I haven't heard of any problems. But something to look out for. Personally, I try to back up my entire iPhoto library every once in a while. I haven’t heard of any problems. But something to look out for. Personally, I try to back up my entire iPhoto library every once in a while.

]]> By: Rachel http://macmost.com/time-machine-for-photos-email-and-contacts.html#comment-30535 Rachel Sat, 04 Jun 2011 00:25:33 +0000 http://macmost.com/time-machine-for-photos-email-and-contacts.html#comment-30535 It appears that the photos that were not backed up are ones that were uploaded AFTER the upgrade that Apple released in early May. Any word on a glitch? It appears that the photos that were not backed up are ones that were uploaded AFTER the upgrade that Apple released in early May. Any word on a glitch?

]]> By: Gary Rosenzweig http://macmost.com/time-machine-for-photos-email-and-contacts.html#comment-30534 Gary Rosenzweig Sat, 04 Jun 2011 00:23:10 +0000 http://macmost.com/time-machine-for-photos-email-and-contacts.html#comment-30534 You should be able to copy as many files as you want at a time. You should be able to copy as many files as you want at a time.

]]> By: Rachel http://macmost.com/time-machine-for-photos-email-and-contacts.html#comment-30533 Rachel Fri, 03 Jun 2011 23:49:44 +0000 http://macmost.com/time-machine-for-photos-email-and-contacts.html#comment-30533 Hi Gary, I did look in the Time Machine through iPhoto but they are not there. In Finder, I am able to see the images - the jpegs show up in 2 places in the iPhoto Library - Previews folder and Thumbnails folder. I also have RAW files of all and those seem to be in the Master folder but I don't know how to import them all back into iPhoto. What I am doing now is the tedious process of copying them from Finder into a desktop folder which I will then import back into iPhoto - seems I can only copy 10 images at a time though. Is there a faster way? And I think I have to give up on the jpegs because there are at least 3 versions of each and unless there is a faster way, it would take forever to copy in this manner. I still don't understand why Time Machine didn't back these up when they should be stored in the same location within the library. Hi Gary, I did look in the Time Machine through iPhoto but they are not there. In Finder, I am able to see the images – the jpegs show up in 2 places in the iPhoto Library – Previews folder and Thumbnails folder. I also have RAW files of all and those seem to be in the Master folder but I don’t know how to import them all back into iPhoto. What I am doing now is the tedious process of copying them from Finder into a desktop folder which I will then import back into iPhoto – seems I can only copy 10 images at a time though. Is there a faster way?
And I think I have to give up on the jpegs because there are at least 3 versions of each and unless there is a faster way, it would take forever to copy in this manner.
I still don’t understand why Time Machine didn’t back these up when they should be stored in the same location within the library.

]]> By: Gary Rosenzweig http://macmost.com/time-machine-for-photos-email-and-contacts.html#comment-30525 Gary Rosenzweig Fri, 03 Jun 2011 19:46:07 +0000 http://macmost.com/time-machine-for-photos-email-and-contacts.html#comment-30525 Hard to know what might have caused that glitch. Did you try to look for those events specifically in Time Machine? Give a look now, in fact. Hard to know what might have caused that glitch. Did you try to look for those events specifically in Time Machine? Give a look now, in fact.

]]> By: Rachel http://macmost.com/time-machine-for-photos-email-and-contacts.html#comment-30524 Rachel Fri, 03 Jun 2011 19:27:58 +0000 http://macmost.com/time-machine-for-photos-email-and-contacts.html#comment-30524 Hi Gary - this is a helpful video. I tried to restore my entire iPhoto library but several "Events" are missing. They should have been backed up because the photos were uploaded within the past couple of weeks and the Time Machine backup was done less than 24 hours before I wiped out the whole library (through some weird iPhoto empty trash glitch). Thanks in advance for any advice you can provide. Hi Gary – this is a helpful video. I tried to restore my entire iPhoto library but several “Events” are missing. They should have been backed up because the photos were uploaded within the past couple of weeks and the Time Machine backup was done less than 24 hours before I wiped out the whole library (through some weird iPhoto empty trash glitch). Thanks in advance for any advice you can provide.

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