I’m in search of some assist recovering a Time Machine backup. I’ve an older iMac operating macOS 10.6.8 related to an exterior Apple drive. Again in 2018 the unique arduous drive within the iMac failed. I used to be in a position to efficiently set up a brand new arduous drive and cargo the os. On the time I attempted recovering a Time Machine backup of the entire laptop however it could not overwrite the recordsdata on the brand new drive.
On the time I assumed the problem was as a result of I named the substitute arduous drive a special identify. I ended up simply leaving it because it wasn’t a main laptop. Not too long ago I needed to get well my recordsdata and outdated footage so I revisited. I discovered I might connect with Time Machine and see all the outdated again ups going again to love 2010. I attempted highlighting the drive identify within the Time Machine backup and recovering nevertheless it encountered a message saying it couldn’t substitute the System folder.
After doing a little searches on-line I attempted making a second Admin consumer and recovering Time Machine with the identical consequence. Subsequent I assumed I’d attempt making a brand new Time Machine backup to see if that made any distinction. After it was full I might not see all the unique backups by Time Machine or Finder.
I’m guessing the brand new backup modified permissions or the identify of the backups and I can not see them. My exterior drive was solely at about 25% of capability so Time Machine shouldn’t have overridden the older recordsdata.
How can I pull again my outdated footage?
