I am trying to restore some files from a TM backup.
When I try to restore an application I get:
“” can’t be modified or deleted because it’s required by macOS.
(The quotation marks are part of the message.)
How can I fix this? There is no version of the application on my system now.
iMac 27″, macOS 10.15
What is the application? Where are you trying to restore to? Did it get moved from its original location at some point? Did you delete it, if so did you empty the trash?
Have you rebooted into Safe Mode, and then restarted normally?
Thank you, Barney. You're a genius.
That worked fine.
I spent hours looking through the Apple support site, and on the phone, and in chat with Apple, and no one could tell me that. Just amazing, and pathetic.
Ctrl-click on the item and choose Restore <file> to…
It should then exit Time Machine and open a folder chooser dialog to pick a place to restore to.
Try restoring to a different location in your home folder. If that is successful, try moving it to Applications.
Thank you, but it doesn't seem to actually give me a choice as to where to restore it.
Am I missing something?
Restore Application from Time Machine
