The restore command is a shortcut that recalls an item back to the location it was originally captured from.
The restore command is a shortcut that recalls an item back to the location it was originally captured from.
The restore command is identical to the recall command, except that you don't specify where the item will be written—it's implied.
If a copy of the item currently exists at that location (which is likely), it is overwritten.
To restore items, select the items in the archive browser and then:
The selected items will be immediately recalled to their original locations, replacing any existing items.
QRecall 3 remembers which items were excluded during the capture. If you later restore (overwrite) a folder that contained excluded items, then…
When QRecall replaces existing items, it doesn't simply overwrite them. It reads the existing item and compares its contents with the version captured in the archive. If they are the same, it does nothing. If they are different, only then does it overwrite the contents of the item.
This is done for mostly for performance. Most storage devices can read faster than they can write. When restoring a large number of items where most of the items have not changed—reverting an entire volume to a previously captured state, for example—QRecall's method is faster than simply rewriting all of the files. It's also less error prone, improves the compatibility with macOS security, and prolongs the life of solid state drives.
Restoring a volume replaces the contents of the original volume with the captured version.
Sometimes you'll want to restore a captured volume to a new or different volume. For example, you've replaced a failed hard drive and now want to recall the contents of the old volume; restore won't work, because the original volume no longer exists.
Alternate method:
If you've migrated a volume to a new drive, you'll also want know about the combine command.
Also see the restoring macOS guide.