Partly wrong. I copied and pasted; not cut. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! A Very Proud and Happy Mac User!!! E-Mail: rforetjr at comcast dot net Skype Name: barefootedray On Oct 9, 2010, at 7:56 PM, James Dean wrote: I must note one thing you said you "cut and pasted." Didn't think cutting and pasting of files/folders was possible on OSX with the keyboard. Am I wrong? James A. Dean On Oct 9, 2010, at 11:26 AM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > Just thought I'd post this, as I thought perhaps it might be useful to know. > > If memory serves, someone here was asking about recovery of individual > folders or files from Time machine backups. This person, if I recall > correctly, did not want to restore their entire system back to any particular > time, but rather, just wanted to retrieve certain files and or folders. Some > of us were speculating this could be done; while, others, were doubtful. > Well, Now, I'm here to tell you that, in fact, yes, it can be done. > > Just the other night, I did a full Time Machine backup to October 4th; but > then, I realized that I had files which I had created for more recent backups > but which I wanted back. Of course, when I did the Time machine restoration, > those files got erased from my main hard drive. I manually went in to my > Time Machine disk and selected a more recent backup and opened it. There, I > saw an image of the drive exactly as it had recently ben. From that point, I > was able to navigate to the files I wanted, and then, cut and paste them in > to the places I needed them to be. > > When I went to open the files, I found I could in fact do so. Just for the > sake of being doubly sure, I disconnected my Time Machine backup disk from my > Mac and tried again. sure enough, there were the files I retrieved; and, I > could in fact open and manipulate them. > > Just thought I'd let y'all know. > > > Sincerely, > The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! > > A Very Proud and Happy Mac User!!! > > E-Mail: > rforetjr at comcast dot net > Skype Name: > barefootedray > >> >> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >> >> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> >> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> > > Click on the link below to go to our homepage. > http://www.icanworkthisthing.com > > Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. > //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > > Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to > macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web > interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > > > Click on the link below to go to our homepage. > http://www.icanworkthisthing.com > > Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. > //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > > Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to > macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web > interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >