Rescuing a Macports file from Time Machine
Let's say that I accidentally lost a critical Macports file (don't ask). How would I recover it with Time Machine? It seems that my only options are to recover an arbitrary file within my home directory, or to restore the entire Mac, thereby making the whole Time Machine concept about as useful as an ashtray on a motorbike... -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer."
Re: Rescuing a Macports file from Time Machine
On 23/02/17 14:38, Dave Horsfall wrote: Let's say that I accidentally lost a critical Macports file (don't ask). How would I recover it with Time Machine? It seems that my only options are to recover an arbitrary file within my home directory, or to restore the entire Mac, thereby making the whole Time Machine concept about as useful as an ashtray on a motorbike... Not so. By default (i.e. unless you explicitly blacklisted a location) TM backs up the entire system. So first, check in your TM preferences to make sure you have not done this. If not, then go to in terminal /opt assuming that is your macports prefix. Run 'open .' which will start finder in that area, and then activate TM. Chris
Re: Rescuing a Macports file from Time Machine
On Thu, 23 Feb 2017, Chris Jones wrote: [...] > If not, then go to in terminal > > /opt > > assuming that is your macports prefix. > > Run 'open .' which will start finder in that area, and then activate TM. Sir, you are a genius :-) Gimme your address, and I'll send you a lollipop. Regretfully to say, it never occured to me to "cd" to the wanted directory... -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer."
Re: Rescuing a Macports file from Time Machine
On Fri, 24 Feb 2017, Dave Horsfall wrote: On Thu, 23 Feb 2017, Chris Jones wrote: [...] If not, then go to in terminal /opt assuming that is your macports prefix. Run 'open .' which will start finder in that area, and then activate TM. Sir, you are a genius :-) Gimme your address, and I'll send you a lollipop. Regretfully to say, it never occured to me to "cd" to the wanted directory... For those allergic to command-lines, or afraid of terminals, you can use 'Shift-CMD-G' (or Menu Bar->Go->Go to Folder) and put '/opt' in the dialog box that opens. Also useful for getting into '~/Library' as well as any other folder Apple has decided to not show you by default via Finder. -- Michael Parson Pflugerville, TX KF5LGQ
Re: Rescuing a Macports file from Time Machine
On 23/02/17 17:51, Michael Parson wrote: On Fri, 24 Feb 2017, Dave Horsfall wrote: On Thu, 23 Feb 2017, Chris Jones wrote: [...] If not, then go to in terminal /opt assuming that is your macports prefix. Run 'open .' which will start finder in that area, and then activate TM. Sir, you are a genius :-) Gimme your address, and I'll send you a lollipop. Regretfully to say, it never occured to me to "cd" to the wanted directory... For those allergic to command-lines, or afraid of terminals, I figured for those using macports the above probably did not apply ;) Chris you can use 'Shift-CMD-G' (or Menu Bar->Go->Go to Folder) and put '/opt' in the dialog box that opens. Also useful for getting into '~/Library' as well as any other folder Apple has decided to not show you by default via Finder.
Re: Rescuing a Macports file from Time Machine
On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 12:54 PM, Chris Jones wrote: > For those allergic to command-lines, or afraid of terminals, >> > > I figured for those using macports the above probably did not apply ;) You'd be surprised. It's not 2000 any more. -- brandon s allbery kf8nh sine nomine associates allber...@gmail.com ballb...@sinenomine.net unix, openafs, kerberos, infrastructure, xmonadhttp://sinenomine.net
