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Cannot Restore Yesterday's Version of a File

I use Time Machine to back up my MacBook Pro M1 hourly, alternately to one or the other of my two 8TB Oyen Digital USB-C drives. Yet when I browse the backups of a file, I'm presented with three choices, none of which are older than the original. ALL the rest of the backups going back 8 months are GRAYED OUT.

Have I been using Time Machine for nothing? Is it a matter of waiting a little longer than 30 minutes?

What's going on?

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.7

Posted on Aug 9, 2023 4:13 PM

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Posted on Aug 9, 2023 4:27 PM

Depending on the program used to create the files, you may have the "Revert To" option in the File menu to revert to a previous version. Make a copy of your current version to avoid data being overwritten.

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