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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 30 Apr 2023, at 1:12 pm, Tao Zhang <<a href="mailto:tao.zhang@colorado.edu" class="">tao.zhang@colorado.edu</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
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<div class="s-prose js-post-body" itemprop="text"><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="">
</p><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><p class=""> Do you know how to fix it? <br class="">
</p><p class="">Thanks,</p><p class="">Tao<br class="">
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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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