Here the start ‘Macintosh HD’ can also be different depending on the name of your disk. $ORIGINAL_PATH /Macintosh HD/Users/username/Documents/my_lost.doc For example on Dutch macOS the path can start with /Volumes/Time Machine-reservekopiën. The starting path can be different for non-English installations. $BACKUP_PATH /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/ComputerName/-064032 Note: don’t forget to either wrap the paths in quotes or escape all spaces and special characters! Restore your file: tmutil restore '$BACKUP_PATH/$ORIGINAL_PATH' '$DESTINATION' You can check the status and get an ETA with: tmutil status When you get an error “No machine directory found for host” it probably means Time Machine is doing a backup or verification at the moment. Commandsįirst retrieve the list of all available backups: tmutil listbackups You can do this in System Preferences > Security and Privacy > Privacy > Files and folders and/or Full disk access. This is okay, but you may wish to revoke access for the Terminal app when you are done. Since macOS 10.5 you could be asked permission to allow Terminal access to the intended folders.
Sometimes you need to quickly restore a file from your macOS Time Machine backups without using the pretty graphical interface.
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