Rescuing a Macports file from Time Machine

Chris Jones jonesc at hep.phy.cam.ac.uk
Thu Feb 23 17:54:48 UTC 2017



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 are a genius :-)  Gimme your address, and I'll send you a
>> lollipop.
>>
>> Regretfully to say, it never occured to me to "cd" to the wanted
>> directory...
>
> For those allergic to command-lines, or afraid of terminals,

I figured for those using macports the above probably did not apply ;)

Chris

  you can
> use 'Shift-CMD-G' (or Menu Bar->Go->Go to Folder) and put '/opt' in the
> dialog box that opens.
>
> Also useful for getting into '~/Library' as well as any other folder
> Apple has decided to not show you by default via Finder.
>


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