I deleted an item in my MacFamilyTree and when I restore an old update of it to get the info, the restored version includes the latest modified info.
Why can I not get the old version without the new modification?
iPad 2, iOS 5.1.1
Try going back to an earlier date to see if you can restore it from there.
Thank for reply Eric.
I went back to April 17, 2013, highlighted MacFamilyTree and said restore. When I opened the one I downloaded it said April 17, 2013, last changed May 24, 2013 (which was the one I made the error in), and opens with the info I was searching for missing.
Are you sure the restore worked? If there was a problem, the restore may have failed, so the current file/folder is still there. If it failed, a message should have appeared on the screen, but sometimes they're easy to miss.
You might also try restoring it to an alternate location, such as your Desktop, per Time Machine - Frequently Asked Question #16. Then open that version to see what you actually got.
Pondini, I tried restoring to a different location on my Finder and that did not work. It was showing as a restore from February 2013, last change May 24, 2013, same thing happening.
Nevere say any message that there was a proble restoring, it seemed to restore easily with one click, or by restoring to a different location.
Can't undeerstand why it would contain a more recent change.
That's quite odd. Can you post a screenshot of the selection? Maybe we're missing something.
ie, where you've selected the item and have the little contextual menu with the 3 or 4 items?
(For some reason, Shift+Cmd+4 doesn't work for a partial screenshot there, but Shift+Cmd+3 for the whole thing does.)
Hope this works.
This is April 17, 2011 yet when I opened Time Machine and restored it said it was April 17, 2013
This is what the top of the file shows when I open it
When TM window is open I can't access any other files or windows.
No, sorry, I mean the Time Machine browser window where you're doing the restore, kinda like this:
It looks exactly like yours. I can't figure out a way to take a snap of the window. Can't get at anything else.
For some reason, Shift+Cmd+4 doesn't work for a partial screenshot there, but Shift+Cmd+3 for the whole thing does.
Thanks for your patience. Here it is.
Aha! 🙂 That's the application, not the data.
• The data that you made with the app is kept separately. That's what you need to restore.
I don't use that app, so can't tell you exactly where the data is, but there's a file, or a folder containing various files, probably somewhere in your Home Folder. The Documents folder is most likely. It will probably have Mac Family Tree or something similar in the name.
Ok, thanks, will search around and hopefully find it.
Thanks again for all your help
For some reason I can't find the data file but am sure you are right. I will get the lost data again and enter it.
Thanks
If there's much, you might see if there's any info on the app's website, or perhaps a forum, that can tell you where it is.
Or, open a Finder window to your Documents folder, put it in List mode, get the Modified date in a column, then start the app and make a very minor change, and look for a current Modified date.
If you don't know how to do that, on a Finder window's menubar, select View > As List. You can then show the files inside any folders there by clicking the little "disclosure" triangles in front of the folder icon.
To get a new column, select View > Show View Options, and select the column(s) you want. You can then move them around on the Finder window by dragging the titles.
I have my finder windows set for List and Modified date but have seen no changes.
When I restored the app, then trashed it, a window came up saying it found 4 other files, including the date file in a folder called com.synium..... and it showed as being in the documents folder. I went back into TM opened the same date, checked the documents file and could not find it.
Will go into Synium site and see if I can get info from them.
Thanks
Time Machine and MacFamilyTree problem
