recover files backeup with time machine saved to an external hardrive

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recover files backeup with time machine saved to an external hardrive

Hi,

I had been using time machine to back up my files. However i was backing them up to an external hardrive which unfortunatley was stolen. I would like to know if time machine makes a copy or if there is any way I can access the older backups that were saved into my hardrive. I have an macbook pro 2.3 GHZ, Memory 4GB. OS X Yosemite 10.10.2 but i was deleting files to free space on my computer and kept most of them in my hardrive, which was stolen. i would greatly appreciate if anyone could help me with this as i dont have a copy of the lost files anywhere else!!!!

THANK YOU

Posted on Nov 26, 2015 2:07 PM

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Answer 1

SeaPapp

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Nov 26, 2015 2:20 PM in response to rafaelfromwestfield

Sorry but I don't understand. You have copies of your Time Machine backups on your internal hard drive?

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Answer 2

my ginger

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Nov 26, 2015 4:45 PM in response to rafaelfromwestfield

Unless you stored you deleted file somewhere else Beside the external hard drive. No. Or you buy a third party utility that will find deleted files.And I don't think that is 100%. I cannot suggest any particular one, but someone else might have an answer

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Answer 3

Nov 27, 2015 2:43 PM in response to SeaPapp

Hi Mike,

thank you for your interest. No, I had copies of my Time Machine backups on an external Hardrive LaCie. Unfortunately they hardrive got stolen and so, I´m trying to figure out if Time Machine somehow makes copies somewhere of those back ups, even if the selected disk for the back up was an external hardrive that i have no longer with me...

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Answer 4

SeaPapp

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Nov 27, 2015 3:28 PM in response to rafaelfromwestfield

Time Machine would only have made backups on the external hard drive, no copies. Sorry but the only way to get those files back is to recover the stolen hard drive. It's cases like this why two backups, one kept off site, are recommended.

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