My macbook was stolen. I use time machine so have a back up. How do I open my domain (website) in iweb to continue to update it on my imac?
I have gone to time machine back up - Library/Application suport/iWeb/ and can see Domain.sites2
When I click on it get the message - The document "Domain.sites2" could not be opened
iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Don't click on it in time machine to open it.
You have to bring it back to the current day.
Then open it. Either by opening iWeb or by using iWebSites :
Thanks for the quick reply. Not sure what is meant by "You have to bring it back to the current day."
Need baby steps please.
Did look at your demo and was not much clearer - sorry. Obviously missing something
Baby steps? This is not the Fisher-Price forum.
Learn to use Time Machine :
http://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+use+time+machine
http://www.apple.com/search/?q=time%20machine§ion=global&geo=us
It probably is also explained in the HELP.
Go to your Users/Home/Library/Application Support/iWeb folder and enter Time Machine. at the right click in the last/latest date/update indicator. You'll see the Domain.sites2 file which you select and use the Restore button in the tool bar at the bottom right.
This screenshot shows how:
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The problem that I'm running into is that the only dates that i see relate to the time machine back ups on the imac - not my macbook pro - on the right hand side of the time machine view. Because I have not used my imac the last back ups were in 2012. So unable to select in the latest back up date relating to the macbook.
Then realised that I external drive I use for time machine is partitioned - iMac and macbook . So when I am in time machine can see both partitions. The when I eject the iMac partition I am unable to open Time Machine - "the current Time Machine backup disc can't be found"
So turned Time Machine off (so would not automatically backup) - Selected macbook partition. Clicked on Time machine and nothing happens - will not open at all.
When i google more I see migration assistance - I don't want to move everything over from the back up of the macbook (there is not enough space on my imac) - only the iWeb info at this stage. When read throught the instructions there http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4413 not sure what to select to only get iweb - don't see any library. Would it be Sites that I should select?
Continuing from above - restarted imac. Went back into Time machine and am only able to select today's date - because (I think) it does not have any backups for the imac on the macbook partition.
Seems that Time Machine cannot be used to retrieve data from a different machine. I am able to see all my documents and photos (saved in Pictures) - and open them on the iMac. In this case not using Time Machine to retrieve the data - going via the pages or numbers etc.
Try this:
1 - download Find Any File.
2 - launch FAF and select your Time Machine volume for your Macbook.k
3 - start a search for Domain.site2. It will take a while due to the complexity of the TM organization.
4 - select the latest Domain file from the FAF search results window and drag to your Desktop.
5 - put the file in your Users/Home/Library/Application Support/iWeb folder and launch iWeb.
Eventually managed to get the restore from Time Machine using migration asistant as was taking back up from one machine to another i.e could not use Time Machine directly to retrieve the data.
(So Wyodor your comment was confusing because it was not possible to do what you were suggesting...)
My macbook was stolen. How to retrieve back up of iWeb?
