I recall that restoring from Time Machine used to provide the option of restoring to a folder which is different than the original location. I think the option to do that was in the context menu on the particular file and it was labeled "restore xyz to...". When selecting that, I would get the file chooser dialog allowing me to select the location. Now, with the same "..." menu item, the restore only goes to the current folder. If there's a conflict, I'm prompted with choices of how to handle the collision.
A menu choice ending with "..." means that no action is taken until further information is gotten from the user. However, if the file is missing from the original location, the file is restored without any dialog. I suspect the label with the "..." is a holdover from the time it used to behave in the way I want, allowing me to select the target folder for the restore.
To work around the lack of the functionality, I just do a copy of the file, exit Time Machine, and then paste the file. I guess that's good enough, but I haven't exercised that with large restores.
Can anyone confirm that this is the behavior they see, that there is no option to choose a target folder for the restore? And, do you recall that it used to be different, allowing the selection of the target folder?
A menu choice ending with "..." means that no action is taken until further information is gotten from the user. However, if the file is missing from the original location, the file is restored without any dialog. I suspect the label with the "..." is a holdover from the time it used to behave in the way I want, allowing me to select the target folder for the restore.
To work around the lack of the functionality, I just do a copy of the file, exit Time Machine, and then paste the file. I guess that's good enough, but I haven't exercised that with large restores.
Can anyone confirm that this is the behavior they see, that there is no option to choose a target folder for the restore? And, do you recall that it used to be different, allowing the selection of the target folder?