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Browse for Individual Files in a Time Machine Backup

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August 16, 2023
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If you backed up your Mac using Time Machine and would only like to recover specific files, don’t worry. I needed to do this recently when I cloned my hard drive onto my new solid state drive.

1 – Open Finder

Open a new Finder window.

2 – Find your Time Machine disk (backup drive) in Finder

Locate and select your Time Machine drive in Finder.

3 – Search for the “Backups.backupdb” folder

Search or browse the Time Machine drive for the Backups.backupdb folder. This folder to find the individual files and folders you’re looking for.

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