# Help! How do I restore from MyBook for Mac?

**URL:** <https://forums.sandisk.com/t/help-how-do-i-restore-from-mybook-for-mac/362022>\
**Category:** External SSD for macOS\
**Created:** [October 22, 2012, 1:29am UTC](https://forums.sandisk.com/t/help-how-do-i-restore-from-mybook-for-mac/362022 "2012-10-22T01:29:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![MacUser2012](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@MacUser2012](https://forums.sandisk.com/u/MacUser2012)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2012, 1:29am UTC](https://forums.sandisk.com/t/help-how-do-i-restore-from-mybook-for-mac/362022/1 "2012-10-22T01:29:55Z")

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Arrived home from trip. Computer boots up, but all documents, photos, music, emails are gone. Can’t &nbsp;find instructions for MyBook. I see there is a backup from the day before the data disappeared. What do I do now?

Thank you!

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**Author:** ![Wizer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/43a26b/32.png) [@Wizer](https://forums.sandisk.com/u/Wizer)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 8:09pm UTC](https://forums.sandisk.com/t/help-how-do-i-restore-from-mybook-for-mac/362022/2 "2012-10-23T20:09:34Z")

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What software did you use for backup?

If time machine open time machine and go trough the restore process