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How do I restore files backed up using the "Incremental backup of selected items" method? |
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If you need to restore just a file or handful of files, simply browse the backup drive in the Finder and copy those items back to your original drive to restore them. If you need to restore many files using CCC, select the drive that you backed up to as the source, select your original drive as the target*, then proceed as you did when you originally backed up your drive. Carefully consider the "Delete files that don't exist on the source" option; if there are other important files on the volume you're restoring to, you don't want to accidentally erase them. Also, you may deselect the root of a volume in the "Items to be copied" table, then re-select only a few items to limit what items are restored.
* Note that you cannot select the boot drive as the target, you must boot from another drive if you want to restore directly to your boot drive. If your backup volume is a backup of your startup disk, you can boot from that. Simply choose your backup volume as the startup disk in the Startup Disk Preference Pane of the System Preferences application, then click the Restart button.
