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Restore from Time Machine to Original Folder

Submitted by Drdul on August 16, 2008 to Usability

When restoring a file (or folder) from Time Machine, I have has to specify the folder to which the file will be restored. In most cases, i want to restore a file to the folder where it was originally located. Time Machine knows what the original folder is, as the backup copy of the file in Time Machine is stored in that folder. But there is no option to automatically restore to this folder — I have to manually locate it every time I restore a file.

Add an item "Restore XXX to Original Location" (or "Restore XXX to ZZZ," where ZZZ is the name of the original folder) in the drop-down menu accessed by clicking the little triangle on the gear icon, where the "Restore XXX To..." option is located.

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Discussion (2 comments)

Drdul wrote on August 16, 2008, 5:33am

Changed impact from [High] to [Medium].

abitgone wrote on August 16, 2008, 9:02am

I don't think this classifies as medium impact or severity really - it's not that difficult to just restore the file to wherever you want it to.

polycat33 wrote on October 14, 2008, 6:12am

I didn't comment or vote on this when I first read it because I wasn't using Time Machine. I am now, and I don't really understand the problem. When you go to find a file that you no longer have but had in the past, you go to the folder it was in and then select Enter Time Machine and go to a date when you had it, select it, and hit restore, and it puts it back...? Could you possibly explain the problem more specifically?

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