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Where does restored data from time capsule get placed?
For instance, is the data seamlessly placed where it was missing or corrupted, or does it enter a program under some separate "heading" in the program 1) if letter is restored to Mail, 2) if entire mailbox restored to Mail, 3) if single letter restored to Documents, 4) if several photos to iPhoto, 5) if one folder restored to desktop.
Macbook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.5)
Cannot answer all your questions, but will answer regarding iPhoto.
You cannot restore individual photos to iPhoto, you must restore the entire iPhoto Library.
When you do this, you are given several options. See the shot below for details:
The restored library will be placed in the default location....the Pictures folder
WAs just going to opt out since I found a Pondini discussion TIME MACHINE FAQs from 2010 that answered all my questions.
In his discussion (albeit not with most recent OS for iPhoto) he indicates that you can chose single photos. I haven't tried since I was primarily researching a mail problem. Did I misunderstand.
Your reply does explain why I have an additional iPhoto library in Pictures, however. Since someone presumably "helped" me with that probable restoration at some past date, I now have to figure out (with 30,000 photos) what may be in it that I feared I had lost before I can delete it ; - )
Thanks much for your reply.
If you are lucky enough to be using an older version of iPhoto and an older version of the Mac operating system, you might be able to pick out individual photos from a Time Machine backup.
But, this would assume that you have not done any updates for maybe 3 years or so. Few of us meet that requirement.
Pondini has all the details.
Unfortunately, iPhoto is a real mess for most of us if you are faced with trying to go back and pick up just a few images. Apple calls this an "upgrade".
where does restored data from time capsule get placed
