Using Time Machine with Bento
Time Machine is the Mac OS X application that backs up your computer (including Bento data) on a regular basis. You can use Time Machine to restore the Bento data from a specific backup date and time.
When you restore data from a Time Machine backup, you replace all of the data that is in Bento with the contents of the backup file.
To set up the Time Machine options:
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Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, and then click Time Machine.
2
In the Time Machine preferences, slide the switch to ON and choose a backup disk.
3
Verify that the user's Library folder is backed up by Time Machine. (By default, Time Machine backs up your entire hard drive.)
 
To restore Bento data using Time Machine:
1
Quit Bento.
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(Optional) If you display Address Book, iCal, and iPhoto application data in Bento, restore the data from each application first. (The Bento backup file does not include data from those applications.) For more information, see ”Backing Up Address Book, iCal, and iPhoto Data” on page 134.
3
Open a Finder window and go to the Bento folder in the user’s Library folder:
Library/Application Support/Bento/
4
Open Time Machine from the Dock or the Applications folder.
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Use the arrows or the timeline along the right side of your screen to browse through all the backups that Time Machine has created.
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When you find the date for the data you want to restore, select the file bento.bentodb and then click Restore.
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Click Replace in the confirmation dialog.
The restored bento.bentodb file is copied to Library/Application Support/Bento/, replacing all of the data that is in Bento.
8
Open Bento. Bento loads the contents of the restored bento.bentodb file.
 
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