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Where is Library/Application Support/Address Book in Time Machine backup ???

I made a fresh install and wanted to copy the file http://www.marco.org/2011/09/10/adding-to-apple-mail-autocomplete to save nuisance with no autocomplete with new mail (as I did last time). But why there is no Address book folder in Library/Application Support as is in the original Library (as I backuped yesterday) ??

Similarly - where is Skype folder (it is in the laptop system/library Application Support but not in the same folder in Time Machine (to copy the chat history).

Where can it be found ? Why Apple makes things so uneasy ?

original Library with the file I need from yesterday backup:

Library from yesterday backup as found on Time Machine:

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Oct 16, 2013 9:35 AM

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savita88 Author

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Oct 17, 2013 2:55 PM in response to Barney-15E

I have many complete backups there from the last many months. There is everything in each backup, all documents, pictures etc etc , every detail. I just cannot find Library /Application Support/Address Book & Skype. It is a bit frustrating.

The question remains - WHERE OR HOW IN THE TIME MACHINE BACKUP OF THE COMPLETE SYSTEM AND FILES I CAN SEE THESE FOLDERS ? (WHILE I SEE THEM EASILY IN THE COMPUTER. But when browsing in the folders in TM, I see only USERS Library not MINE Library it seems

Barney-15E

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Oct 17, 2013 3:05 PM in response to savita88

Make sure you are in icon view or column view. Do not use List View (I'm guessing that is the problem).

Open your user Library in the Finder.

Make sure it is your user Library in that the path to that folder is Macintosh HD/Users/yourUserName/Library

Leave the Window Open and Active

Enter Time Machine.

Are you now looking at your user Library in the Time Machine window?

Yes or no.

savita88 Author

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Oct 17, 2013 3:07 PM in response to Barney-15E

Yes. But I see there (on the background of the universe picture) THE SAME folder as in the computer, i.e. updated today - none of the backuped folders from multiple backups on Time Machine that I would need. This is what confuses me

Barney-15E

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Oct 17, 2013 3:11 PM in response to savita88

That means there is something wrong with the backup.

Try repairing the backup disk.

If you want to dig around in the backup files, there are instructions on the same website that I linked earlier.

Where is Library/Application Support/Address Book in Time Machine backup ???