Re: Rescuing a Macports file from Time Machine

2017-02-23 Thread Brandon Allbery
On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 12:54 PM, Chris Jones wrote: > For those allergic to command-lines, or afraid of terminals, >> > > I figured for those using macports the above probably did not apply ;) You'd be surprised. It's not 2000 any more. -- brandon s allbery kf8nh

Re: Rescuing a Macports file from Time Machine

2017-02-23 Thread Chris Jones
On 23/02/17 17:51, Michael Parson wrote: On Fri, 24 Feb 2017, Dave Horsfall wrote: On Thu, 23 Feb 2017, Chris Jones wrote: [...] 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. Sir, you

Re: Rescuing a Macports file from Time Machine

2017-02-23 Thread Michael Parson
On Fri, 24 Feb 2017, Dave Horsfall wrote: On Thu, 23 Feb 2017, Chris Jones wrote: [...] 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. Sir, you are a genius :-) Gimme your address, and I'

Re: Rescuing a Macports file from Time Machine

2017-02-23 Thread Dave Horsfall
On Thu, 23 Feb 2017, Chris Jones wrote: [...] > 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. Sir, you are a genius :-) Gimme your address, and I'll send you a lollipop. Regret

Re: Rescuing a Macports file from Time Machine

2017-02-23 Thread Chris Jones
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 w

Rescuing a Macports file from Time Machine

2017-02-23 Thread Dave Horsfall
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 usef