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Time Machine says FCPX already exists, but it doesn’t. Restore does not work
Hi all,
A very mysterious thing, at least to me, happened today.
I tried to restore the FCPX Trial app from Time Capsule to the Applications folder. The app was not present in that folder at the time of the restore, at least I didn’t see it there. So it is very strange the Time Machine restore gave a message saying an app with the same name (Final Cut Pro Trial) already exists in the location it wanted to restore the backup to. Anyway, I picked the option to replace the existing app and it started off copying. Second surprise: after copying Final Cut Pro Trial was NOT in the Applications folder
Is this just a bug in Time Machine or is there some hidden version of FCPX Trial in the Applications folder ? Is this maybe a protection against using the trial forever ? Did any of you experience something similar ?
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2 Replies
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Download TinkerTool (free) and enable “Show Hidden Files”. See what lurks in your Applications folder
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Thanks for the suggestion but, no, there is nothing there that could explain what is going on.
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