Time Machine delete my files as I was backing up!

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Tony_S_NZ Author

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Time Machine delete my files as I was backing up!

Hello,

Using MBP v7,1 13-inch, 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4GB DDR3 RAM, 500GB hard drive

Snow Leopard v10.6.7

Backup drive is

My Book Studio 2 TB External hard drive - 800Mbps(FireWire800)/

Problem:

Time Machine deleted files that were changed in the last cycle as I was backing up

Frequency:

Never happened before, first time

Repro:

1. The previous day, I have install XCode and some other applications and made changes to my database in Bookends (a reference management and bibliography software)

2. Plug My Book Studio (MBS) to the power source and plug in the FireWire 800 cable to the MBP

3. I left for dinner and let Time Machine on

4. This morning, when I open Bookends, it wouldn't open my bibliography. Weird I thought, so I open the database location via User/Document/Bookends/Database and the entire folder is empty!

Changes that I made before* I plug MBS in was all deleted!

Note: The MBS is about 40% full at the time and Time Machine was working correctly before

I really need help,

Thanks

Tony

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.7), 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB RAM

Posted on May 15, 2011 7:34 PM

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Answer 1

May 21, 2011 1:36 PM in response to Tony_S_NZ

What makes you think that Time Machine deleted those files? Have you used Time Machine to see if the files are visible in a backup?

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Answer 2

Tony_S_NZ Author

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May 21, 2011 6:27 PM in response to William-Boyd-Jr

Because those files were previously inside my Home folder and correspondence to a bibliography program which wouldn't open the dadtabse, and when I checked my Time Machine and the original folder in which the files are store in, they are not there!

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Answer 3

May 21, 2011 6:48 PM in response to Tony_S_NZ

Tony_S_NZ wrote:

Because those files were previously inside my Home folder and correspondence to a bibliography program which wouldn't open the database, and when I checked my Time Machine and the original folder in which the files are store in, they are not there!

That in no way proves that Time Machine deleted those files. That's not what Time Machine does.

I'd use Disk Utility to do a "verify disk" operation. Also launch the Console utility and search from the time the files were there to the time you noticed them gone for messages that might explain the problem.

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