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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hi Peter,</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix"> Yes. I want to use Time Machine to
restore everything under /opt/local because <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix"> installing Macport package causes the
failure of other working software, such as NCL, ncview....</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix"> It turns out that I made a mistake
for "enter time machine".</div>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix"> I click the "application--->time
machine app" to activate the time machine. It's wrong.</div>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix"> I should choose "enter time machine"
in the time machine icon at top of Macbook laptop.</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix"> Now it is OK to restore the files<font size="4">.</font></div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix"><font size="4"> Tao</font><br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/29/23 10:20 PM, Peter West wrote:<br>
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You’re not trying to restore Time Machine, are you? It doesn’t
live in /opt/local. So I assume you are trying to use Time Machine
to restore everything under /opt/local. Is that right?
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<div class="">If that’s the case, one of the steps is going wrong.
For starters, I would select /opt in the Finder window that Time
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<p class="">All, </p>
<p class=""> I want to follow the following procedure
to restore /opt/local to previous date from time
machine external drive, <br class="">
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<p class="">but I get “Time Machine” can’t be modified
or deleted because it’s required by macOS." error
message after I click "restore" button.</p>
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<p class="">Thanks,</p>
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<li class="">Open a Finder window.</li>
<li class="">Enter Time Machine.</li>
<li class="">Press <kbd class="">Shift</kbd><kbd class="">Command</kbd><kbd class="">G</kbd>
and enter <code class="">/</code> to
display the root folder of your drive.</li>
<li class="">Press <kbd class="">Shift</kbd><kbd class="">Command</kbd><kbd class="">.</kbd>
to display hidden folders. You should
see <code class="">/opt</code> now.</li>
<li class="">Browse the timeline on the
right-hand side and select the desired
date.</li>
<li class="">Select <code class="">/opt</code>.</li>
<li class="">Press Restore. Note that Time
Machine will probably ask whether you
want to keep a copy of your current
files.</li>
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