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▪ Near the bottom right corner of the screen, click the back arrow
(the one pointing toward the center of the screen, or backward
in time). Time Machine zooms back to the most recent backup
in which that window's contents were different. Keep clicking to
continuezoomingbackthroughpreviousversionsofthatwindow;
click the forward arrow to move forward in time.
▪ Use the controls along the right edge of the screen to jump to a
particular backup. As you hover over the small horizontal lines,
they zoom in to display the date and (for recent backups) time of
the corresponding backup. Click any of these lines to jump right
to that version of the window. As you zoom backward or forward
in time, the date and time of the backup you're currently viewing
is shown at the bottom of the screen in the middle.
4. Once you've selected the item you want to restore, decide whether you want to
restore it to its original location or somewhere else:
▪ To restore to the original location, click the Restore button in
the lower right of the screen. Time Machine immediately restores
the selected item, and returns you to the Finder. (Time Machine
may prompt you to enter an administrator password.) You can
use this procedure even if you want to restore an older version
of a file but keep the current version. After you click Restore and
the Finder reappears, you'll see an alert asking whether you want
to replace the existing file, keep both copies, or keep the original
(thus canceling the restoration).
▪ To restore to a different location from the original, right-click
(or Control-click) the item and choose Restore “File Name” To
from the contextual menu, navigate to the desired destination,
and click Choose. If you decide against restoring any files, instead
click the Cancel button in the lower left corner of the screen or
press Esc.
Tip:
For more details, including how to restore an entire disk with Time Machine and
how to restore data from within apps such as Contacts and Mail, see my topic
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