Recovering from a Backup
Ideally you'll never have to recover your backup, but if you do, here's a quick guide:
Find your backup disk, hook it up to the computer, and start Déjà Dup.
Select Edit ▸ Preferences, and make sure that the disk is selected as the Backup location. Click Close to get back to the main screen.
Click Restore, and enter the password you chose for the backup if you encrypted it.
You'll be asked to choose which backup you want to restore. Choose the one that looks right (normally the most recent one), and click Forward.
If you want the files to be put back exactly where they came from, choose Restore files to original locations. Otherwise, you can choose a folder to restore them to. Click Forward again.
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