Time Machine

Blast from the Past

Saturday, March 29th, 2008 | Apple, Macbook Pro, MySQL, OS X, Programming, Time Machine, Web Development | No Comments

Apple’s Time Machine proves its worth yet again. I deleted my MySQL root user today (I know, total amateur hour) and I was scrambling to figure out how to get it back.

I googled and searched everywhere and couldn’t find a single solution. I couldn’t just reinstall MAMP because I had a client’s database on there that I couldn’t afford to lose.

Then it hit me… TIME MACHINE! I could just restore to yesterday at 4:30 (my last known working copy) and everything would be all set.

In 2 clicks and 3 minutes, I was back in business!

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