Re: Restoring old MacBook Air

2025-01-06 Thread Phil Halton
Everything worked out fine. I logged into recovery mode with command R at boot up, then I use disc utility to delete the Macintosh HD data volumes. Then I ran into a problem erasing and reformatting the main Macintosh HD system drive, but looking up online I saw that all I need to do is reboot a

Re: Restoring old MacBook Air

2025-01-05 Thread 'Sabahattin Gucukoglu' via MacVisionaries
This is a pre-T2 Mac so your only option for a properly clean install is to boot an external disk containing the latest macOS installer for your model or, if you can get some sighted help and the process still works, using Internet Recovery. Happily there are absolutely no restrictions in doing

Re: Restoring old MacBook Air

2025-01-05 Thread Bradford Snyder
The below link is to an article from Apple Insider on how to reset a Mac to factory default. It is from 2020, but should be relevant for your older Mac running Catalina. https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/02/20/how-to-factory-reset-a-macbook-pro-and-when-to-do-it HTH. - Brad - On Jan 5, 20

Restoring old MacBook Air

2025-01-05 Thread Phil Halton
I have a MacBook Air from I think it’s 2011 or maybe 2013 that’s running Catalina. I’m reformatting the disc and reinstalling the OS to prepare for giving it away. Problem is there is Macintosh HD and then there’s Macintosh HD data volumes I only erase the Mac HD and I see that there’s still lik

restoring mail from time-machine in macos 14..3

2024-10-28 Thread William Windels
Hello, I want to restore a mail from a time-machine-backup with macos 14..3 I open the time-machine from the mail-app with vo-m twice and I hear the sound that time-machine is open. Then, I Go with the time-machine-controls to the preffered date and then, I have another window where I can see my

Re: Restoring MacBook Air To Factory Settings And VoiceOver

2023-08-08 Thread Steve Matzura
Yes it does. I just did this with my 2020 M1 Mini, and it works wonderfully well. On 8/8/2023 1:51 PM, pdevasto0...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I’ve not been using my early 2015 11-inch MacBook air very much lately, so I’ve decided to try and find a new home for it. Before I do that, I need t

Restoring MacBook Air To Factory Settings And VoiceOver

2023-08-08 Thread pdevasto0219
Hi all, I've not been using my early 2015 11-inch MacBook air very much lately, so I've decided to try and find a new home for it. Before I do that, I need to restore it to factory settings. It's running Mac OS Monterey Version 12.6.8. If I follow the ste

Restoring from Backup

2022-11-07 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
Hello all, I've never had to do this so some questions. After 16.1 was released for both iOS and iPad, I've been unable to connect my braille display to either. I've done the 'forget this device a few times, have reset the braille display and tried again to connect. No problems with the

Restoring a file from Time Machine

2022-03-17 Thread 'Kristeen Hughes' via MacVisionaries
The music app suddenly replaced its library with an old version, thus taking away a lot of work I’ve recently done. I am more than a bit angry. Is there a way to restoree a previous library from my backup that I know was closer to accurate? I have never had any luck getting the time machine rest

RE: Problems Restoring A File Using Time Machine

2018-12-24 Thread Simon Fogarty
Are you logging on to the mac mini as the user that the time machine backups is being run as or simply is your log in account an administrator. From: 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries Sent: Saturday, 22 December 2018 5:31 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Problems R

Re: Problems Restoring A File Using Time Machine

2018-12-21 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Thank you Tim! When verifying that ™ appeared to be doing things correctly with 10.14 I saw these messages consistently though I was still able to list the files using terminal, so I just forgot about it. I’ll go reset this option this week > On Dec 21, 2018, at 11:31 AM, 'Tim Kilburn' via Mac

Re: Problems Restoring A File Using Time Machine

2018-12-21 Thread Pete De Vasto
Success! I finally did get my file back, and it was kind of interesting. Unchecking, then re-checking the Backup automatically box seemed to do it. Interesting part was that even after restarting Time Machine, I would always get the message “no permission to read”, no matter what file I was on,

Re: Problems Restoring A File Using Time Machine

2018-12-21 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, You go into System Prefs, Time Machine and uncheck the Automatically Backup checkbox, close System Prefs, then re-open and check it again. The close is required to properly apply changes. Later... Tim Kilburn Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Fort McMurray, AB Canada On

Re: Problems Restoring A File Using Time Machine

2018-12-21 Thread Pete De Vasto
Herein seems to be the problem. When I find the file I want to restore, VO announces the filename, kind, and then says “no permission to read”. I'm also having trouble getting to the windows. Window chooser does show me the one that’s got Time Machine Controls, but I’m not seeing the calendar to

Re: Problems Restoring A File Using Time Machine

2018-12-21 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, Being "Read Only" should not be an issue. In fact, I expect that the backup bundle is all read only as you are not supposed to modify its contents. When you find the file you wish to recover, use the Window Chooser to get to the time Machine controls, choose the recover date then restore

Re: Problems Restoring A File Using Time Machine

2018-12-21 Thread Pete De Vasto
That’s exactly what I’m doing. I really don’t know any other way. Thanks, Tim, Pete > On Dec 21, 2018, at 7:37 AM, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi, > > What process are you using to recover the file? You should be entering Time > Machine from the time Machine Extras Menu in

Re: Problems Restoring A File Using Time Machine

2018-12-21 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, What process are you using to recover the file? You should be entering Time Machine from the time Machine Extras Menu in order to recover Time Machine backup data. Later... Tim Kilburn Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Dec 21, 2018, at 08:29,

Problems Restoring A File Using Time Machine

2018-12-21 Thread Pete De Vasto
Hi everyone, I’ve got a late 2014 Mac mini running the latest version of Mojave. I’ve got time machine backing up to a network drive, and it seems to be backing up OK, however it won’t let me restore a file I need. When I go to the list of files, I keep getting “no permission to read” announced

Question on restoring Mac with Boot Camp

2017-11-04 Thread Robert Cole
Hi, I have a Question about restoring the Mac with Boot Camp. I use Carbon Copy Cloner to clone my Mac. If something ever go wrong, and I need to restore from a clone, what would happened to the boot camp partition? Would it be restored as well, or will it be deleted? Thanks in advance Rob

restoring contactlist from a remote time-machine disc

2017-09-17 Thread William Windels
Hello all, Yesterday , I have distroyed my contactlist on my mac so no, the contactlist on all my devices is damaged because of the icloud synq. There is a backup made on my nas made by time-machine where the time-machine backups are saved on my nas. With voiceover I can restore from a specific

Re: Restoring a file from Time Machine

2017-08-04 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Hi Laura, First go to the folder where the file was originally located. Then enter time machine. You should hear a little wooshing noise and then you should be in the folder but in your time machine. Now here you have to use window chooser menu to alternate between the controls window where

Restoring a file from Time Machine

2017-08-03 Thread Laura Bratton
All, What are the steps to restore a file that is on time machine using voice over? Thank you for the help, Laura -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a

Re: Restoring a prior version of an App on IOS

2017-06-17 Thread E.T.
If you have the app in your iTunes library and have not updated it there. In that case you can install the older version from there. From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . "God for you is where you sweep away all the mysteries of the world, all the challenges to our intelligence. You simply turn you

Restoring a prior version of an App on IOS

2017-06-17 Thread Paul Hopewell
Hello, I am running the latest IOS on my iPhone 5S. I have just updated the headspace App via the App App on my iPhone. the new version of the headspace App is not working for me, presumably due to accessibility issues. Is there any way I can get back to the prior version of the headspace App?

RE: Restoring to factory settings

2016-07-01 Thread Simon Fogarty
Sent: Saturday, 2 July 2016 3:12 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Restoring to factory settings I have a question related to restoring to factory default, but not exactly the same one. Is there a way to reformat the Mac and install the latest OS if you do not have the Apple

Re: Restoring to factory settings

2016-07-01 Thread Tim Kilburn
Jul 1, 2016, at 09:12, Scott Davert wrote: I have a question related to restoring to factory default, but not exactly the same one. Is there a way to reformat the Mac and install the latest OS if you do not have the Apple ID's password to the person who owned the computer last? I ask, be

Re: Restoring to factory settings

2016-07-01 Thread Scott Davert
I have a question related to restoring to factory default, but not exactly the same one. Is there a way to reformat the Mac and install the latest OS if you do not have the Apple ID's password to the person who owned the computer last? I ask, because while I have the password to log in to th

Re: Restoring to factory settings

2016-07-01 Thread Saqib Hussain
Hi. Yes I did. I’ve d problem to see if it crops up again. one the reset and I’m monitoring the situation to see if it > On 30 Jun 2016, at 16:29, Tim Kilburn wrote: > > Hi, > > Were you able to set the checkbox so that the five Option key presses would > not enable Mouse keys? > > Later... >

Re: Restoring to factory settings

2016-07-01 Thread Saqib Hussain
Hi. Yes I have done that today and the problem hasn’t accused so far but knowing my luck. It will resurface . > On 30 Jun 2016, at 15:27, E.T. wrote: > > Did you reset the PRAM yet? > > From E.T.'s Keyboard... > Are We Alone in the Universe? > ancient.ali...@icloud.com > > On 6/30/2016 4:2

Re: Restoring to factory settings

2016-06-30 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Were you able to set the checkbox so that the five Option key presses would not enable Mouse keys? Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Jun 30, 2016, at 05:28, Saqib Hussain wrote: Hi. I have spoken too soon and after following your steps to turn the mouse keys off! The pro

Re: Restoring to factory settings

2016-06-30 Thread E.T.
Did you reset the PRAM yet? From E.T.'s Keyboard... Are We Alone in the Universe? ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 6/30/2016 4:28 AM, Saqib Hussain wrote: Hi. I have spoken too soon and after following your steps to turn the mouse keys off! The problem is occurring again. On 29 Jun 2016, a

Re: Restoring to factory settings

2016-06-30 Thread Saqib Hussain
Hi. I have spoken too soon and after following your steps to turn the mouse keys off! The problem is occurring again. > On 29 Jun 2016, at 23:49, Tim Kilburn wrote: > > Hi, > > Great. If you'd rather not have this accidentally happen again, do the > following. > > • open System Prefs. > •

Re: Restoring to factory settings

2016-06-29 Thread Saqib Hussain
Hi. Thank you all for your support today. Usually I am on the Mac around 2 hours per day but today I must have spent around eight hours because of this problem > On 29 Jun 2016, at 23:46, jaan ali wrote: > > > > Glad that your problem got solved > Sent from my iPhone > > DISCLAIMER: > "T

Re: Restoring to factory settings

2016-06-29 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Great. If you'd rather not have this accidentally happen again, do the following. • open System Prefs. • open the Accessibility pane. • In the Accessibility Features table, select Mouse & Trackpad. • You'll note a checkbox for Mouse keys, make sure that it is not checked. • then you'll also

Re: Restoring to factory settings

2016-06-29 Thread jaan ali
Glad that your problem got solved Sent from my iPhone DISCLAIMER: "The information contained in this message is confidential and may be protected by legal privilege. It is intended only for the person(s) named as addressee. The dissemination, distribution,copying or disclosure of this message

Re: Restoring to factory settings

2016-06-29 Thread jaan ali
I press come on plus; for unlock the command key Oar may be you head quik nav on turn it off Or lastly may be you have voiceover keys lock press voiceover keys and ; to unlock and lock Thanks Sent from my iPhone DISCLAIMER: "The information contained in this message is confidential and may be

Re: Restoring to factory settings

2016-06-29 Thread Saqib Hussain
Hi. I have pressed the option key five times as you have just suggested and I think it might have sold the problem. I was on the main desktop when I pressed it five times. First letter navigation is now working. > On 29 Jun 2016, at 23:31, Tim Kilburn wrote: > > Hi, > > Try pressing the Opti

Re: Restoring to factory settings

2016-06-29 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Mouse keys will affect that as well. I tested it just before I sent the original suggestion. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Jun 29, 2016, at 16:34, Saqib Hussain wrote: Hi. My other issue that I can no longer navigate by first letter when in system preferences! I stil

Re: Restoring to factory settings

2016-06-29 Thread Saqib Hussain
Hi. My other issue that I can no longer navigate by first letter when in system preferences! I still am getting this command key locking up. > On 29 Jun 2016, at 22:52, Tim Kilburn wrote: > > Hi, > > There is no setting that will disable specific keys on your keyboard after > time has elapsed

Re: Restoring to factory settings

2016-06-29 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Try pressing the Option key five times in a row. If a certain checkbox is checked in the Accessibility pane of System Prefs, then this set of key-presses will toggle Mouse keys on/off. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Jun 29, 2016, at 16:26, Saqib Hussain wrote: Hi. How

Re: Restoring to factory settings

2016-06-29 Thread Saqib Hussain
Hi. How do I turn the mouse mode off? This is my final throw of the dice before I attempt to reset the machine. > On 29 Jun 2016, at 23:14, E.T. wrote: > > If its a Voiceover issue then bring up Voiceover Utility and on the menu > bar, under File you will find "Reset all Voiceover preferenc

Re: Restoring to factory settings

2016-06-29 Thread E.T.
If its a Voiceover issue then bring up Voiceover Utility and on the menu bar, under File you will find "Reset all Voiceover preferences". If that does not do it, try this. Resetting PRAM. Shut down. Locate following keys on keyboard: Option-Cmd-P-R Hold these keys down simultaneously i

Re: Restoring to factory settings

2016-06-29 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, There is no setting that will disable specific keys on your keyboard after time has elapsed. I wonder if you're accidentally turning on Mouse keys? Mouse keys, when enabled often disables the use of the cmd key. If this is happening with multiple keyboards, then it's guaranteed to be a s

Re: Restoring to factory settings

2016-06-29 Thread Saqib Hussain
Hi. If you have read my emails about keyboard behaving oddly! This is the reason why I need to reset my Mac because I can't find a solution for the problem > On 29 Jun 2016, at 21:45, jeff `greene wrote: > > Hi Saqib, > 1 backup all your data > 2 shut down your mac > 3 reboot holding down com

Re: Restoring to factory settings

2016-06-29 Thread jeff `greene
Hi Saqib, 1 backup all your data 2 shut down your mac 3 reboot holding down command+r which will get you into recovery mode 4 wait like a minute then hit command+f5 to bring up VO 5 you'll find yourself in a table, choose disc utility and erase your hdd 6 close disc utility, interact with that tabl

Restoring to factory settings

2016-06-29 Thread Saqib Hussain
Hi. How do I restore my Mac to factory settings. I can't fix this keyboard issue -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate

Re: Restoring from a Time Machine backup.

2016-04-17 Thread Kayaker
ell me how to set that up? > Thanks much. > > Tony > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kayaker > Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2016 10:09 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com &g

RE: Restoring from a Time Machine backup.

2016-04-15 Thread Tony
--Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kayaker Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2016 10:09 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Restoring from a Time Machine backup. Hi, Sorry, but this is absolutely wrong. Do not

Re: Restoring from a Time Machine backup.

2016-04-14 Thread Sadam Ahmed
Kayaker,, Thanks for this… Much appreciated. Regards, Sadam Ahmed Sent from my iPhone -- > On 15 Apr 2016, at 12:08 AM, Kayaker wrote: > > Hi, > > Sorry, but this is absolutely wrong. Do not boot into the recovery partition > on a new Mac. This is the method for recovering the

Re: Restoring from a Time Machine backup.

2016-04-14 Thread Kayaker
Hi, Sorry, but this is absolutely wrong. Do not boot into the recovery partition on a new Mac. This is the method for recovering the same machine not migrating to a new one. The first time you boot up your brand spanking new Mac, the instructions on screen will walk you through the entire pro

RE: Restoring from a Time Machine backup.

2016-04-14 Thread Simon Fogarty
sense. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sadam Ahmed Sent: Wednesday, 13 April 2016 11:43 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Restoring from a Time Machine backup. Hi list, I took the plunge and got m

Re: Restoring from a Time Machine backup.

2016-04-13 Thread Michelle's Home Emails
Hi Sadam Michelle here, Good luck you will enjoy your Mac air. Kind regards Michelle Sent from my iPhone > On 13 Apr 2016, at 9:42 PM, Sadam Ahmed wrote: > > Hi list, > > I took the plunge and got myself the 11-inch MacBook Air. > > It should arrive on Friday. > > My question is wh

Re: Restoring from a Time Machine backup.

2016-04-13 Thread Carter Temm
Hi, Assuming you have the backup already created, here is what you do. Plug the external drive in to your new macbook air. Now, press command - r and you should boot in to recovery mode. Turn on voiceover and you should see a few options. Interact with the table and select restore from timemachine

Re: Restoring from a Time Machine backup.

2016-04-13 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi Sadam, I think you will really be happy with the MBA. You can restore from a time-machine backup, that is what I did. It was three years ago, and a different OS, so I don't remember all the steps now, but my memory is that it was pretty straight forward. Have fun on Friday! Cheers, Donna

Restoring from a Time Machine backup.

2016-04-13 Thread Sadam Ahmed
Hi list, I took the plunge and got myself the 11-inch MacBook Air. It should arrive on Friday. My question is what's the easiest way to transfer my info from my current MacBook Pro? Can I restore from my Time Machine external drive? Thanks in advance for any help. Best wishes to all,

Re: help with restoring iPhone6s+

2016-04-02 Thread Kayaker
Hi, Although this is a question best for the viophone list, your assertions are correct. You need to do that very very scary step of erasing all data and settings on the iPhone. That will allow you to set it up as a new device and you’ll have all the same options as you did originally, includin

Re: help with restoring iPhone6s+

2016-04-02 Thread Feliciano Godoy
Yes, you want to reset all content and settings. Once you choose to restore from an iCloud back up, make sure to choose the appropriate date. Then you're good from there and on. Regards, Feliciano For tech tips and updates, LIKE ..facebook.com/theblindman12v Follow www.twitter.com/theblind

help with restoring iPhone6s+

2016-04-02 Thread Phil Halton
I messed up some important files on my iPhone and want to restore to a previous state. I have iCloud backup turned on and have a backup shown from yesterday, which is what I want truster to. How do I go about this? I believe I need to reset to erase all data and settings from within Settings/gen

Re: Restoring a backup gone horribly wrong.

2016-01-16 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
rom: Georgina Joyce To: AppleVis List Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2016 11:35 AM Subject: Re: Restoring a backup gone horribly wrong. Hello, I don’t suppose you had siri turned on? “Turn voice over on” would have done it. Regards, Gena On 16 Jan 2016, at 14:35, Chris Gilla

Re: Restoring a backup gone horribly wrong.

2016-01-16 Thread Georgina Joyce
; mailto:clgillan...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> >>> Has anyone on I O S ever experienced this? >>> >>> I had an issue with my phone this morning. I don't know what it thought >>> it's problem was, but the short version of the story is,

Re: Restoring a backup gone horribly wrong.

2016-01-16 Thread Chris Gilland
ng to factory settings. >> >> I had a backup which I'd made in ITunes. I tried restoring from that >> backup, and what a disaster! Out of all 70 something odd apps, I think only >> about 20 to 25 of them came down, none of my e-mail accounts were configured >>

Re: Restoring a backup gone horribly wrong.

2016-01-16 Thread Basioli George
ttings. > > I had a backup which I'd made in ITunes. I tried restoring from that backup, > and what a disaster! Out of all 70 something odd apps, I think only about 20 > to 25 of them came down, none of my e-mail accounts were configured like > before, none of my pared blu

Restoring a backup gone horribly wrong.

2016-01-16 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Has anyone on I O S ever experienced this? I had an issue with my phone this morning. I don't know what it thought it's problem was, but the short version of the story is, I had to restore the dad blamed thing to factory settings. I had a backup which I'd made in ITunes. I

RE: restoring an item from the trash

2015-05-25 Thread george b
original place -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of denise avant Sent: Monday, May 25, 2015 16:51 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: restoring an item from the trash Hello all, I accidently deleted a couple

restoring an item from the trash

2015-05-25 Thread denise avant
Hello all, I accidently deleted a couple apps from itunes and moved them to the trash. Is there a way to restore the apps back to itunes? thanks. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receivin

Re: restoring iCloud backup from a mac to my ipad

2015-05-23 Thread denise avant
Hi daniel, It looks like you are correct. I was doing some extra research on the web, and it supported what you said. the reason I was wanting to do this in the first place is that sometimes for whatever reason, doing the triple click home button to turn on voice over or even twice to do the app

Re: restoring iCloud backup from a mac to my ipad

2015-05-23 Thread Matthew Dierckens
I believe you are correct. God bless. Matthew Dierckens Certified Assistive Technology Specialist Macintosh, Windows and IOS Trainer U.S. number: 573-401-1018 Personal Email: matt.dierck...@me.com On May 23, 2015, at 22:06, Daniel Miller wrote: Hi. From what I know, you can't restore iCloud ba

Re: restoring iCloud backup from a mac to my ipad

2015-05-23 Thread Daniel Miller
Hi. From what I know, you can't restore iCloud backups from a Mac. You have to do it on the device itself. I tunes can only restore iTunes backup. Someone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong though. Sent from my iPhone > On May 23, 2015, at 6:03 PM, denise avant wrote: > > Hello all, > I rec

restoring iCloud backup from a mac to my ipad

2015-05-23 Thread denise avant
Hello all, I recently backed an old ipad to the cloud two days ago. I want to restore it to my new ipad using the mac. however, when I connect the ipad air 2 the only backup is the one on my computer from about a month ago. how do I restore the latest icloud backup using a mac? thanks. -- You

Re: Restoring from timecapsul

2015-03-19 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
You can find all network drives in Finder, if you open Network (Command+Shift+K). It’s also available from Computer, under Network, or from the Go menu. Locate your Time Capsule, then open that (you may need to press “Connect as …” to log in). Now you should find the disk image. Open that, a

Re: Restoring from timecapsul

2015-03-15 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
re within. This only works for files; any other type of restoration > (mail messages, for instance) and you’ll need to launch Time Machine while > that application has focus, and follow the usual process for restoring. > > HTH. > > Cheers, > Sabahattin > > -- >

Re: Restoring from timecapsul

2015-03-15 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
Machine while that application has focus, and follow the usual process for restoring. HTH. Cheers, Sabahattin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an

Re: Restoring from timecapsul

2015-03-13 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Wow! Awesome. Thanks! > On Mar 13, 2015, at 3:37 PM, Phil Halton wrote: > > In that case, go into the folder that contained the file, and then enter TM. > Now go back to a day when the file existed and exit the controls and return > to the folder by using the window chooser to select the folde

Re: Restoring from timecapsul

2015-03-13 Thread Phil Halton
In that case, go into the folder that contained the file, and then enter TM. Now go back to a day when the file existed and exit the controls and return to the folder by using the window chooser to select the folder Now browse to the file you want to restore. If you don’t see it, then you proba

Re: Restoring from timecapsul

2015-03-13 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Oh, yay! It worked that second time around. How on earth did you figure that out?! Thank you. Now, what if you delete a file or document, and you want to restore it from your TC. You will not be able to follow the same steps. > On Mar 13, 2015, at 8:34 AM, Phil Halton wrote: > >> Sara, this was

Re: Restoring from timecapsul

2015-03-13 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
It didn’t work. my bookmarks are still not restored. Help! I’ve lost years worth of bookmarks. I know they are backed up in TC. Do I need to have my TC physically connected via Ethernet? > On Mar 13, 2015, at 8:34 AM, Phil Halton wrote: > >> Sara, this was confusing for me too at first, so I’m

Re: Restoring from timecapsul

2015-03-13 Thread Phil Halton
> Sara, this was confusing for me too at first, so I’m going to outline the > process here for you. 1 open your library folder and navigate to the safari folder. To do this, from any finder window press command shift G, and enter ~/library in the go to field and press enter. tilda is the

Re: Restoring from timecapsul

2015-03-12 Thread Gary
Hi Sarai, Not sure if you got help yet or figured it out, but here’s an article I found that might help. http://www.macworld.com/article/2452619/how-to-restore-deleted-safari-bookmarks.html Gary On Mar 12, 2015, at 10:23 PM, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: > Hi: > I’ve opened time macine, chose enter

Restoring from timecapsul

2015-03-12 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi: I’ve opened time macine, chose enter. I cannot figure how to choose my backup date, then get in to libraries so I can restore my safaribookmarks.pst file. Sarai D. Bucciarelli www.linkedin.com/in/SaraiDBucciarelli -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: Browsing and restoring prior versions in textedit, pages etc

2014-11-24 Thread Phil Halton
Having spent a little more time using the version control dialog/window, I have found that you can review previous versions either by setting the slider control to a version and then using the window chooser to bring up that version window, or, by restoring a copy of the currently selected

Re: Browsing and restoring prior versions in textedit, pages etc

2014-11-24 Thread Phil Halton
I did the same thing just a few minutes ago, creating four versions of a document with a single line of text saying, “this is line x” where x is the version #, and doing a manual save after each change to x. I have found the following very accessible means of browsing and restoring previous

Re: Browsing and restoring prior versions in textedit, pages etc

2014-11-24 Thread David Griffith
I have just had a play with the revert feature. Basically I created four different versions of short document all with the same text except to say they said first version, second version etc. I think the problem is that the revert feature console has some un labelled button next to the file versi

Re: Browsing and restoring prior versions in textedit, pages etc

2014-11-24 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi there You have my condolences on that because this is happened to me too. In my case, my latest disaster happened in pages. Do you have a time machine backup? At least in Mavericks, the ability to get previous versionwas somewhat limited. Sometimes you can get the last one opened by going int

Browsing and restoring prior versions in textedit, pages etc

2014-11-24 Thread Phil Halton
Is the restore prior versions functionality accessible with VO? Does anyone know how auto save and versioning works on the Mac and how we can prevent disasters like the one I experienced today? Today something got screwed up and I lost some work in a text edit document. I tried browsing prio

Re: Erasing The BootCamp Disk and Restoring The Macintosh HD To A Single Disk

2014-10-06 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hello, Hmm. I would if I could. I forgot to mention in the post that oqtion is not available. When I open the BootCamp Assistant, I make sure that the first 2 checkboxes are unchecked, but the checkbox to install or remove Windows 7 or higher is dimmed. So, now I'm left with no alternative. I

Re: Erasing The BootCamp Disk and Restoring The Macintosh HD To A Single Disk

2014-10-05 Thread Robert Cole
Use the boot camp assistant utility Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 5, 2014, at 11:44 PM, Eileen Misrahi wrote: > > Helllo, > > I have been told that if I erase the bootcamp disk that the memory would go > back into the OS start up disk or my Macintosh HD. I have gone into the disk > utility a

Erasing The BootCamp Disk and Restoring The Macintosh HD To A Single Disk

2014-10-05 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Helllo, I have been told that if I erase the bootcamp disk that the memory would go back into the OS start up disk or my Macintosh HD. I have gone into the disk utility and I can select the disk to erase, but when I VO-RIGHT arrow or tab to the target edit field it asks for me to drag and drop

Re: question about restoring iPhone from iTunes

2014-09-15 Thread BobH.
In the app store, you can remove previous apps from your listing to prevent that. Might be Hide, but they can be filtered out. - Original Message - From: "John D. Lipsey" To: Sent: Monday, September 15, 2014 1:48 AM Subject: question about restoring iPhone from iTune

question about restoring iPhone from iTunes

2014-09-14 Thread John D. Lipsey
Hi all: Quite recently, today in fact, I had opportunity to DFU my phone. As you may be aware, this resets the phone to factory defaults, installs the current public version of iOS, and makes you restore the phone from a backup. No problem, I backed up today before this became an issue, so all

Re: Restoring a macbook in its original factory setting.

2014-05-14 Thread Nektarios Mallas
Ok. thanks very much. Nektarios. On May 14, 2014, at 9:44 PM, Christopher Hallsworth wrote: > The installer is on the recovery partition but it will download the image > from Apple's servers once you've entered your Apple Id. > > Christopher Hallsworth > Student at the Hadley School for the

Re: Restoring a macbook in its original factory setting.

2014-05-14 Thread Christopher Hallsworth
The installer is on the recovery partition but it will download the image from Apple's servers once you've entered your Apple Id. Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 14/05/2014 19:29, Nektarios Mallas wrote: Hi. Will it actually download everythi

Re: Restoring a macbook in its original factory setting.

2014-05-14 Thread Nektarios Mallas
Hi. Will it actually download everything from the Internet or is the installer on the recovery partition? On May 14, 2014, at 9:26 PM, Christopher Hallsworth wrote: > Boot to the recovery partition by pressing and holding for a few seconds > command-r as you hear the chime. Give it a minute

Re: Restoring a macbook in its original factory setting.

2014-05-14 Thread Christopher Hallsworth
Boot to the recovery partition by pressing and holding for a few seconds command-r as you hear the chime. Give it a minute then launch VoiceOver with Command-F5. Since you said you want to start from scratch you may want to open Disc Utility and erase the Macintosh HD partition so nothing is on

Restoring a macbook in its original factory setting.

2014-05-14 Thread Nektarios Mallas
Hay guys. I am helping a friend who tries to learn the mac as a new user. Other people made changes and did things to her computer before I was involved with this, and I would like to start over from the beginning as if the computer was brand new. What is the easiest and fastest way to get the

Re: Restoring from a Time Machine backup

2014-05-01 Thread Agent086b
That is very helpful. I did not know how to get to the drive. Max On 2 May 2014, at 12:09 pm, Alex Hall wrote: > I did just that. I opened Finder, hit cmd-shift-c for Computer, and opened my > Time Machine drive. I then navigated to the folder holding the backup I > wanted (they are labeled as

Re: Restoring from a Time Machine backup

2014-05-01 Thread Alex Hall
I did just that. I opened Finder, hit cmd-shift-c for Computer, and opened my Time Machine drive. I then navigated to the folder holding the backup I wanted (they are labeled as the dates on which they were made) and from there found my file. Have a look at the folder structure sometime so you k

Restoring from a Time Machine backup

2014-05-01 Thread Agent086b
Hi, I now have an external USB drive. I have backed up the files from the Mac. If I need to can I restore only selected files or folders? For example If I accidentally delete a file can I restore that file from the backup,? Thanks as always for any advice. Max -- You received this message becau

Re: Restoring from Time Machine

2014-01-26 Thread Terje Strømberg
ments? I'll be >>> re-installing my apps, but my music, movies, projects, and plenty of >>> other files will need to be restored. I've looked at the Time Machine >>> interface, but there is no accessible way I can find to select a backup's >>> time,

Re: Restoring from Time Machine

2014-01-26 Thread Dionipher Presas Herrera
ojects, and plenty of other files will need to >> be restored. I've looked at the Time Machine interface, but there is no >> accessible way I can find to select a backup's time, so how do I know I will >> be restoring the latest versions of everything? Is there anything els

Re: Restoring from Time Machine

2014-01-26 Thread Alex Hall
ming behind the scenes, but somehow this latest backup appears to have >> all my files, not just changed ones. So, I guess my question about restoring >> from the proper date and being sure I have everything might be moot, if the >> Mac is able to present all the files for a g

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