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iphoto transfer from timemachine macbookpro data to new macbook air?

Hi Folks.

I have an external HD with Timemachine saved data from my 2011 Macbook Pro which I recently sold. I now have the brand new Macbook Air 11.6 inches and, on opening Timemachine and searching my external hard drive I am unable to find my iphoto photos that were saved onto the timemachine external drive from my old macbookpro. All my other documents from my macbook pro are available on the external drive, including all my photos that were not saved on iphoto. However, all the iphoto pictures from the last 2 years, family pics, holidays photos etc etc seem to have completely vanished! What has happened??How do I find them and install them onto my new macbook air?? Very puzzled and highly traumatised!

MacBook Air, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4), Previously macbook pro 2011

Posted on Aug 17, 2013 5:13 PM

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Pondini

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Aug 21, 2013 12:43 AM in response to sberman

I couldn't sleep (mumble, grumble), so thought I'd check back.

Thanks for posting that in my absence. 🙂

EdBraz: if you have trouble reading that screenshot, just click on it to enlarge it.

Jan 21, 2014 7:25 PM in response to Pondini

This discussion on how to restore some items from a time machine backup just saved me. My MacBook Pro HD crashed. I didn't want to completely restore the old HD contents but wanted some things from it, like my photos. With your instructions, I was able to save them to my desktop on another computer.

A thousand thanks! 🙂

A.dickey

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Feb 12, 2014 1:11 PM in response to EdBraz

I have a simliar question... I hope Pondini sees it in the forums. I have lost 55 GB of photos and they wont appear in iphoto even though they must be saved on Time Capsule....

Feb 12, 2014 1:52 PM in response to A.dickey

Sad to reply that Pondini passed away September 26th, 2013. He was a great contributer and I appreciated his skill and benefited from his suggestions.

Feb 12, 2014 9:43 PM in response to KlaatuBarada

I am sorry to hear this. Thank you for letting us know.

A.dickey

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Feb 14, 2014 12:25 PM in response to KlaatuBarada

Very sorry to hear that.

unsavy

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May 12, 2014 1:26 PM in response to EdBraz

I bought a 1TB WD My Passport for Mac. My MAC desktop is a 2009 model and just slowed by thosands of pictures and documents...So, it was just time to back it up. It backed up like a charm using Time Machine and I used about half of the 1TB. I love simpicity. I hope everything is on the backup because I trashed everything on the internal hard drive...(I believe in technology). OK, that is why my name is Unsavy. Just for curioisty, I enterred time machine found the backup.backup and opened it up but I can't find the ...documents....pictures...photobooth...I am convinced the files must be in that little silver Passport. Sheesh, curiosity killed the cat. So, I started reading all the posts and l am a bit sorry I used time machine despite its elegant hum when backing up every few minutes. I could have just used it as a thumb drive. DoI need to buy another computer to resurrect and enjoy the photos? There is nothing left on the internal hard drive that I need, if that helps. Maybe my name should have been knuckle head. Can you help?

sberman

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May 12, 2014 2:00 PM in response to unsavy

This explains how to recover your entire system using Time Machine:

http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14185

iphoto transfer from timemachine macbookpro data to new macbook air?