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This tag covers discussions about transferring Mac backup files to a Windows PC, particularly when the backup was created with macOS Time Machine. Users report issues where the backup folder appears empty in Windows Explorer despite showing a file size, due to the folder being recognized as a backup type rather than a normal folder. Topics include accessing Time Machine backups on Windows 7, dealing with the backups.backupdb folder structure, and converting backup folders to standard folders to retrieve individual files. The tag is relevant for users migrating from Mac to PC who need to recover data from their Mac backups on a Windows system.
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    Windows 7 copied Mac backup file to PC with Windows 7 - folder contains no files, but is 32mb in size. Help!

    Ok, my Mac crashed and I purchased a PC. I was finally able to copy over the files from my Mac backup drive (which has not comparable PC software). It all seemed great until I tried to view the folder backups.backupdb, which has 59 folders of backup data (all segregated by dates). If I view...
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    • backup issues crash recovery data access data transfer fat32 file recovery folder properties mac backup ntfs windows 7
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    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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