Backups & restore points · Versions and restoring
How do I restore just one file from a backup?
Short answer: In Versions…, click Browse Files… on the version you want, select the files or folders, then click Restore… or Export… and choose where they go. Only the selected items come back.
Open the set's Versions…, click Browse Files… on the version you want, select the files or folders you need, and click Restore… or Export….
- Browse Files… shows that version's folders exactly as they were; click into folders, and use Top to go back up.
- Select one or more items — "Select files or folders to restore or export."
- Restore… offers the set's original folder by default; Export… copies the items to any folder you pick.
Only the items you selected are brought back, never the whole set. Finder opens the destination when it's done.