On 23/02/17 14:38, Dave Horsfall wrote:
Let's say that I accidentally lost a critical Macports file (don't ask).
How would I recover it with Time Machine? It seems that my only options
are to recover an arbitrary file within my home directory, or to restore
the entire Mac, thereby making the whole Time Machine concept about as
useful as an ashtray on a motorbike...
Not so.
By default (i.e. unless you explicitly blacklisted a location) TM backs
up the entire system. So first, check in your TM preferences to make
sure you have not done this.
If not, then go to in terminal
/opt
assuming that is your macports prefix.
Run 'open .' which will start finder in that area, and then activate TM.
Chris
