Restoring my project from Time Machine

Scrivener Scrivener for macOS
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Hi dear forum, I encountered a problem.

  1. Worked on a project for 4 days without a backup (had automatic backup turned on, but none of the enabled rules took action, since I didnt close/open the project or hit manual save etc.). Also the project was constantly open during those 4 days and I neever closed/reopned it.

  2. Than during making edits on the 4th day Scrivener crashed. I reopened the project and found out that the page I was eiditng directly before the crash was gone. Now my fear is, whether the edits of the last 3 days are also gone.

  3. So I want to check the state of my project from the 3rd day / before the crash. Can I be sure that when I take the project file from time machine that it will have the state of the project before the crash? I checked it and it says in the file metadate, when it was last edited (can I really trust on that)?

Would be happy for an answer, whether Time machine backups are suitable for restoring projects. Thanks!

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Where are the comments to this post from the old forum? It seems like they disappeared!

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Yes, the backups that TimeMachine makes will work just fine. Enter TimeMachine from System Preferences, locate your file from the desired date/time, then click restore.

I suggest restoring it to your Desktop, so that you retain the “bad” one in its original location and the restored one in a separate location. You can delete one later once you confirm which one is correct.

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Bakcups from Time Machine work fine. However I dont have a 100% guaranty, that they containt all the data fromt he time fo backing up, as the support once told me, that time machine backups are not 100% optimal…

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Better than losing everything.