Obtain a mail to view and print from time machine only - not to restore to my current e mails on my MacBook air

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Obtain a mail to view and print from time machine only - not to restore to my current e mails on my MacBook air

I need to view and print an e mail from a folder from my time machine back up... I deleted from my MacBook air 6 months ago - is this possible to do?. I do not want to restore the e mail folder to my mac book air from my time machine back up ...

Currently my MacBook air is running on Sequoia 15.1 but the time machine would be a different one

Can anyone give me the step by step guidelines please ...thank you

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 15.1

Posted on Nov 6, 2024 7:43 AM

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Answer 1

WheelieNick

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Nov 6, 2024 8:24 AM in response to Vandepm

Hi there

See this on how to do that

On your Mac, open a Finder window, then type a search word or phrase in the search field in the upper-right corner.
Refine the results by specifying search criteria using the search bar.
Click in the menu bar, then choose Browse Time Machine backups.
If the Time Machine icon isn’t in the menu bar, choose Apple menu > System Settings. Click Control Center in the sidebar, scroll down to Time Machine , then select “Show in Menu Bar” from the pop-up menu.
Use the arrows and timeline to browse the Time Machine backups.
Select one or more items you want to restore (these can include folders or your entire disk), then click Restore.
Restored items return to their original location. For example, if an item was in the Documents folder, it’s returned to the Documents folder.

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Vandepm Author

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Nov 6, 2024 8:50 AM in response to WheelieNick

Hi Thank you for this has got me further forward that I was however I do not want to restore anything to my MacBook air as I am fearful if will replace my current information - I am just wanting to view an e mail subfolder (could restore just this folder as it is not currently on my MacBook air - the folder was deleted 6 months ago) and be able to print or view 2 or 3 e mails from it....is this something that is possible to do? I cant seem to see any folders on my time machine that are for my e mails?

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