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I have been backing up my MacBook Pro using time machine. I am leaving my job and they took my laptop away. I have an old MacBook (the white one) and I can't figure out how to access my photos from time machine. Everytime I click on the iphoto icon in the time machine external drive it opens up the iphoto app on my old white macbook. I cant get the photos from the external drive (time machine). Can anyone help? Are they there?
Thanks!
The only way to get the photos is to restore the file from Time Machine. You cannot open it within Time Machine. See the section in this link for Restoring Files from Time Machine:
Mac Basics: Time Machine backs up your Mac - Apple Support
Cheers,
GB
to add to what gail from maine is saying, the photos in iPhoto are managed by a database program. You cannot manipulate individual photos in Time Machine, 'behind the back' of the database program. when you try, Time machine opens iPhoto.
iPhoto has the required features to allow the restoration of individual photos using Time Machine from inside iPhoto.
The only other alternative is to restore the entire photo Library, all at once.
How to access photos from time machine
