- #How to open a mac os sparsebundle how to
- #How to open a mac os sparsebundle install
- #How to open a mac os sparsebundle password
- #How to open a mac os sparsebundle Pc
- #How to open a mac os sparsebundle mac
#How to open a mac os sparsebundle Pc
I didn't want to complicate the scenario before as it shouldn't be strictly relevant but the situation is that I have bought a PC (Think Pad) to replace the MBP and as an early attempt to use some s/ware to allow access to the sparsebundle which I had copied to the new PC didn't work at all, I have rented a MBP for 4 days to allow me to access my back up and process what I need to the new PC. Thanks for my patience? You're the one helping me for no good reason other than a sense of community! Thank you so much. Either by using Migration Assistant or even by reformatting your Hard Disk and starting over. May I stop here and ask you if your situation is different from the way I've set out the usual manner of things - especially: did it open to the Welcome screen did you enter a User Name and if so, was it different from your stolen Mac's User Name?įrom your answers, we can sort things out. Especially if it was DIFFERENT from that on the TM - which is what Member gshali was alluding to, I believe.
#How to open a mac os sparsebundle mac
If you did create a User Account on your Mac immediately after you Powered-On, then there could be a conflict, I'm thinking. This is because TM restores everything including your User Account, settings etc, etc. The pre-requisites for this working are that you have NOT created a User account (Username) on your new Mac.
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Your select PC (TM) and click on Continue. Either the Mac would find it automatically or, more usually, invite to to navigate to the TM BU from whatever sources were mounted - in your case PC (TM). The conventional method of restoring from TM to a brand new Mac ( or one set up properly by the previous owner), is to Power-On, go through the Welcome in innumerable languages until it comes up "Do you want to restore from backup".Īt this point it gives you the choice of TM, Migration Assistant, other Mac - I think, this is from memory! Now you have New Mac > Home Network > PC (TM). Your setup was stolen Mac > Home Network > PC (TM) I'm assuming the new Mac was properly set up by the previous owner so that it opened with the Welcome screen. If I may, I'm going to imagine your setup and think through how I'd try to get TM to restore to a new Mac based on how it is done conventionally. I've already admitted that I was unaware that you could create a Time Machine (TM) Backup (BU) on a PC. Thank you for being so considerate and patient.
#How to open a mac os sparsebundle password
The thing is that I never set a password for that Back Up, the PC has no user password on it and neither does the Mac.Ĭan anyone offer any helpful suggestions? It is so frustrating looking at this big Sparsebundle, that I can see in Finder across the network, but not being able to get to any of my files. The problem is, that having acquired a replacement MBP today (a 2011 13" running Sierra 10.12.3 2.8ghz i7 with 8GB of RAM), when I try to mount the TMBU.Sparsebundle, I am asked for a password before it will mount the file. On the 2nd drive on the PC, I have a 100GB "TMBU.Sparsebundle" file.
#How to open a mac os sparsebundle how to
When I set this up I found a guide online explaining how to get Time Machine to recognise a folder on the PC across the network and it (generally) worked well.
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To back up I was in the habit of using Time Machine to backup over my home network to a rather old desktop PC running XP SP3 with a big 2nd hard drive. Luckily, I was periodically backing up, but now I am having great difficulty retrieving my back up to a new machine.
#How to open a mac os sparsebundle install
I also tried following the instructions for non-bootable devices, but while I can boot into the install disc, Disk Utility won't allow me to open my sparsebundle file in order to restore from it.A few weeks ago my MacBook Pro was stolen. I read the FAQ, but my machine is an Intel Mac. I sort of assumed (yeah, I know what that means) that I'd be able to press when booting and boot to either backup, but a practice run that I just tried indicates that this may not be the case. I have an external HD that currently contains 2 separate SD backups in sparesebundle format. At the very least, the steps I'm trying to follow aren't working.
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I have a backup from Christmas day, but after lots of Googling and reading the SD user guide, I don't feel like I have a clear picture of how the restore should work. The local Apple store has replaced the drive with a shiny new one, but now I need to restore my system rather than rebuilding.
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A few days after Xmas, the hard drive on my almost new 17" unibody MBP failed.