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Time Machine Restore Not Visible

Posted by Janice Canero-Conklin

Mac OS X 10.5: Time Machine backups are not visible

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306928

Issue or symptom
In the Mac OS X 10.5 Time Machine "time travel" window, past backups may not appear if your computer name includes certain characters.

Products affected
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
Time Machine
Solution
Check your computer name in Sharing preferences. Make sure the computer name only includes ASCII characters from following set and is not blank (no matter which Mac OS X language version you are using):

0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

Posted: February 13, 2008 7:48 am | 0 comments
Tags: Mac Help, Mac OS X, Mac Troubleshooting, Time Machine

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Janice Canero-Conklin

Senior Computer Support Specialist

I am one of Technology's Sr Support Specialists. I am primarily responsible for supporting Staff/Faculty and General Access Macintosh computers on Campus. That includes creating, maintaining and troubleshooting the "images" that Technology depl...

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