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Thanks for the help. As it turned out, I found a stray Aptik archive that contained a snapshot of my home directory, so I didn't lose my email.

So I should see names of files and folders I recognize in /media/mydestination/.luckybackup-snapshots, else they are gone. Correct? My backups are clones, deleting files in destination that are not in source. I rebuilt my OS and copied (cp) my documents back; Documents, Pictures, etc. When I thought all was good I started up backups again. Then I remembered I had archived old IMAP emails to Thunderbird Local Folders. (I didn't want to pay for extra IMAP storage on my web host.) I had forgotten to...

Thank you! Before we go too far, is there a way to look and see if the files I want actually got saved? When I look in /media/mydestination/.luckybackup-snapshots I do not see the several GB that I hope to recover. I tried looking for /.luckybackup-snapshots but it is not found (sudo ls -a /)

I need to restore from a specific snapshot. The backups were done remotely. 1) In a RESTORE task, I can find no way to specify a snapshot. 2) If i go to Manage Task, I can pick a snapshot, but the only option seems to be to clobber my current destination. - CHANGE destination has no remote options that I can find. It only offers to browse locally. - If I pick a local directory, I get an error that says something like "password file only appropriate for access daemon." Ideally, I would like to restore...

I need to restore from a specific snapshot. The backups were done remotely. 1) In a RESTORE task, I can find no way to specify a snapshot. 2) If i go to Manage Task, I can pick a snapshot, but the only option seems to be to clobber my current destination. - CHANGE destination has no remote options that I can find. It only offers to browse locally. - If I pick a local directory, I get an error that says something like "password file only appropriate for access daemon." Ideally, I would like to restore...

I need to restore from a specific snapshot. The backups were done remotely. 1) In a RESTORE task, I can find no way to specify a snapshot. 2) If i go to Manage Task, I can pick a snapshot, but the only option seems to be to clobber my current destination. - CHANGE destination has no remote options that I can find. It only offers to browse locally. - If I pick a local directory, I get an error that says something like "password file only appropriate for access daemon." Ideally, I would like to restore...