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I saved family videos on the Time Machine back up but somehow I cannot find them. I set up the back up so that it automatically did it daily. I cannot find my files. Where they deleted somehow?
iPhone 14, iOS 17
How full is the backup drive?
Are you starting in finder at the Pictures folder, then entering TM?
Do old files get erased on the Time Machine backup?
The answer to that question is yes.
Time Machine is a backup system, not an archival system. It guarantees an absolute minimum of one and only one complete system backup. It will also retain as many older backups as it can, which are "nice to have" but not guaranteed.
If you deleted those family videos from your Mac, Time Machine concludes you no longer require them. Those files then become candidates for deletion, and will be deleted when Time Machine requires the space on the backup drive to create newer backups.
Do old files get erased on the Time Machine backup? Why can't I find my files?
