I backed up an external hard drive to time machine, but now the external drive has died and won't connect to my computer. How can I go into time machine and access those backed up files? Since the drive doesn't connect (USB), it doesn't show up when I am in time machine.
Mac OSX El Capitan 10.11.4
Thanks,
Tracy
Open Time Machine and go back a few days in time using the interface
Click on the name of your Mac under the DEVICES heading on the left panel
Two drives.....both Macintosh HD (unless you have changed the name) and the external drive will appear
You can navigate to find the files that you want, or choose the entire drive
Right-Click on the name of the external drive and select Restore To
Navigate to the destination where you want to restore files
Open Time Machine and go back a few days in time using the interface
Click on the name of your Mac under the DEVICES heading on the left panel
Two drives.....both Macintosh HD (unless you have changed the name) and the external drive will appear
You can navigate to find the files that you want, or choose the entire drive
Right-Click on the name of the external drive and select Restore To
Navigate to the destination where you want to restore files
Access time machine files from external drive
