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Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine?

From nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine?
Date 2018-11-08 22:36 -0500
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <081120182236572295%nospam@nospam.invalid> (permalink)
References <2018110819162236801-tomevans9890@yahoo.ca> <2018110819343545073-tomevans9890@yahoo.ca>

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In article <2018110819343545073-tomevans9890@yahoo.ca>, Tom Evans
<tomevans9890@yahoo.ca> wrote:

> I don't use Time Machine because it's confusing; in almost every case I 
> wouldn't know what previous state to back up to, because I change 
> multiple files mutiple times every day.

it's the easiest backup system, and you restore to whatever version
predates the change you want to undo. you can restore more than one
version too. 

> As a result, I might restore a file to the desired history state , 
> while simultaneously rewinding too far back for  multiple other files 
> at the same time, thereby losing days, weeks or even months of 
> paintstaking work.

not if you restore a single file.

> (I assume that Time Machine reverts to a previous state for all 
> documents on the computer at once.)

your assumption is incorrect.

it *can* do that, but usually, people retrieve a single file or folder.

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Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? Tom Evans <tomevans9890@yahoo.ca> - 2018-11-08 19:16 -0800
  Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-11-08 22:18 -0500
    Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? Tom Evans <tomevans9890@yahoo.ca> - 2018-11-08 21:38 -0800
      Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-11-09 08:34 -0500
      Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2018-11-09 14:52 +0000
      Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2018-11-11 13:13 -0500
  Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? Tom Evans <tomevans9890@yahoo.ca> - 2018-11-08 19:34 -0800
    Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-11-08 22:36 -0500
      Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? Tom Evans <tomevans9890@yahoo.ca> - 2018-11-08 20:09 -0800
        Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-11-08 23:18 -0500
          Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? Tom Evans <tomevans9890@yahoo.ca> - 2018-11-08 21:36 -0800
            Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-11-09 08:34 -0500
              Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? Tom Evans <tomevans9890@yahoo.ca> - 2018-11-09 08:18 -0800
                Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-11-09 11:32 -0500
                Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2018-11-09 16:56 +0000
                Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-11-10 09:31 +1300
                Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2018-11-09 20:45 +0000
                Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2018-11-09 23:08 +0000
                Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2018-11-10 01:13 +0000
                Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without   using Time Machine? "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2018-11-10 21:01 +0000
                Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without   using Time Machine? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-11-11 17:47 +1300
                Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? Wade Garrett <wade@cooler.net> - 2018-11-11 08:32 -0500
                Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2018-11-11 16:39 +0000
                Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without   using Time Machine? "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2018-11-11 23:39 +0000
                Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without   using Time Machine? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-11-12 13:00 +1300
                Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without  using Time Machine? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2018-11-12 00:23 +0000
                Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without   using Time Machine? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-11-11 20:02 -0500
                Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2018-11-12 03:15 +0000
                Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2018-11-12 14:09 +0000
                Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without   using Time Machine? "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2018-11-12 23:01 +0000
                Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without   using Time Machine? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-11-13 13:42 +1300
                Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without   using Time Machine? "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2018-11-13 22:36 +0000
                Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without  using Time Machine? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2018-11-17 15:13 +0000
                Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without   using Time Machine? "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2018-11-11 23:33 +0000
                Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-11-10 13:48 +1300
                Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2018-11-09 21:24 +0000
                Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-11-10 13:52 +1300
                Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2018-11-09 23:03 +0000
            Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2018-11-09 15:04 +0000
            Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2018-11-09 10:56 -0500
    Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-11-09 18:26 +1300
      Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? Tom Evans <tomevans9890@yahoo.ca> - 2018-11-08 21:47 -0800
        Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-11-09 19:32 +1300
    Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? Percival John Hackworth <pjh@nanoworks.com> - 2018-11-08 22:25 -0800
      Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-11-10 09:25 +1300
    Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2018-11-11 13:17 -0500
  Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? Percival John Hackworth <pjh@nanoworks.com> - 2018-11-08 22:19 -0800
    Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-11-09 08:34 -0500

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