TimeMachine restore to... not working as expected

[svenmany]

I encountered an annoying behavior; I'm curious if others have seen it.

I was going back through TimeMachine backups and retrieving various versions of the same file. My intention was to select "restore to..." for each, which should have allowed me to select a destination. Instead, it just behaved like the "Restore" button and insisted on restoring to the original location.

Is this my misunderstanding or a Ventura bug? Could someone please test to see if they are getting the same results?

I couldn't do a screenshot during the restore, so I took this picture with my phone to show the menu item in question.

 

[Brian33]

I think you have the correct understanding of what "restore to..." should do.

I'm on Monterey. I went into TM and picked "Restore to..." for a file and it gave me the chance to pick the directory/location to which it should be copied. Worked as expected. Seems like you've encountered a bug in Ventura.

Need another Ventura user to try it...

 

[gilby101]

My intention was to select "restore to..." for each, which should have allowed me to select a destination. Instead, it just behaved like the "Restore" button and insisted on restoring to the original location.

Confirm that with macOS 13.3.1.

When I need to restore file I nearly always use Finder and drag and drop (or copy and paste) to wherever I want. That is your workaround.

 

[svenmany]

Thanks for checking.