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10.5: Copy files out of Time Machine backups Apps
After reading the hint Change the Dock's background and separator, I had been playing around with changing the .png files in /System » Library » CoreServices » Dock » Resources and had accidentally overwritten the backup copies of the png files I had copied to my desktop.

Time Machine to the rescue! But I didn't want to restore the png files over the custom files I had in the folder. Also, Time Machine hadn't backed up since I overwrote the files on the desktop, so with the window open, I launched Time Machine and navigated back through time to when the original files existed, selected them, and hit Command-C to copy. Next I cancelled out of Time Machine, clicked on my desktop, and hit Command-V to paste. Voila! The original files were restored to my desktop.

[robg adds: Time Machine will actually do this work for you. When you go to restore a file in Time Machine, and it finds a copy in the restore location, it will ask you if you want to cancel, overwrite, or keep both.]
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