How to restore a desktop backup on iMac Pro

To restore single items, see > Restore items backed up with Time Machine on Mac - Apple Support

To restore everything, see > Recover all your files from a Time Machine backup - Apple Support

To move to a new Mac, see Transfer to a new Mac with Migration Assistant - Apple Support

If all u want all the items on the desktop of a current open User

navigate to root directory (folder)> User> desktop (folder)> select all

make a new folder on a local ssd> drag the selected items to the new folder

the next step would be select all> drag+drop them into the new User Desktop folder…