When a time comes that you need an old copy of a file, it’s easy to pull it out of the archive.
To restore a file from an archive:
- In the Finder, navigate to the location of the archive.
- Navigate within the archive to the location of the file relative to the base of the synchronization. For instance, if you were backing up ~/Documents and the file you wanted was ~/Documents/Business/Presentations/My Presentation.key, you would look in ArchiveFolder/Business/Presentations.
- Double-click the .synkarchive for the file you want to restore to open a window with a list of the old versions of the file present in the archive. Each version of the file is shown by the date that version was saved to disk, usually by you when you edited it.
- Select the version of the file you wish to restore.
- After selecting a version of the file to restore, click the Restore button. A Save dialog will appear, where you can save the restored version of the file to a location of your choosing.
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