recover files from .Inprogress file

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recover files from .Inprogress file

I ran a back up with time machine before sending my macbook for repair. After recieving my newly installed mac software on my macbook, I tried to recover my previous backup files and install it on my macbook. However, I could not recover the file and I can see a folder which was .inprogress. I then clicked 'show package contents' and went through each of the files to look for my aperture library. When I managed to find it, the file size of the library was 42.31 GB and I proceeded to copy the library to my desktop. After copying, the library file size shrinked to just 1.02 GB. when I opened the library in aperture, the pictures were all blank. Is there a proper way to recover the aperture library as I have alot of photos stored in there and I hope not to lose it all.

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Aperture 3, Mac OS X (10.7.2)

Posted on Jan 25, 2013 6:44 AM

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Answer 1

dalstott

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Jan 25, 2013 7:41 AM in response to sathananthan

Try the Aperture community for the best advice and exposure. 🙂

https://discussions.apple.com/community/professional_applications/aperture

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Answer 2

Jan 25, 2013 9:38 AM in response to sathananthan

You sound as if you're trying to restore files from TM using the Finder. It doesn't work that way. You have to restore from within the TM "Star Wars" interface.

Read Pondini's articles before proceeding.

http://pondini.org/TM/Home.html

Particularly;

http://pondini.org/TM/15.html

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sathananthan Author

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Jan 25, 2013 5:31 PM in response to noondaywitch

Thanks,but when I enter TM "Star Wars" interface, it doesn't recognise the .inprogress backup file. how do i sort this out, appreciate your help, thanks.

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Answer 4

Jan 26, 2013 2:44 AM in response to sathananthan

Might need the mæstro on this one.

Any file with a dot in front should be invisible in Finder.

.Inprogress looks like a temporary file storing content being backed-up while TM compares it with the current dataset.

Which means (if true) the backup wasn't complete when you disconnected.

I can't contact Pondini directly to look at this, but maybe one of the higher ranked contributors can give him the "heads up".

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Answer 5

Jan 26, 2013 10:35 AM in response to sathananthan

would be incredibly grateful for an answer to this...

i did a back up in november before i went away for two months. along the way my internal HD started failing, and in the melee of trying to grab files before it went down, i plugged in the ext HD with time machine on it. the backup failed doing this, and now the entire backup is a .inprogress file, and i can't seem to transfer the files in any way. i also don't want to delete the .inprogress file because i assume it will delete the entirety of the 500GB contents :/

to compound this, the backup is also case sensitive whereas my new internal one isn't... what to do what to do??!

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