** do I Restore files in Time Machine?

I have two questions concerning restoring something with time machine

1. I had the Sticky note widget opened with some writing on it and my daughter deleted it. How can I restore just what was written on the sticky note from two days ago?

2. Lets say my kids screwed up several things on my mac today, is there a way I can restore the whole computer and make it like it was in whole from some point in the past, say two or three days ago?

The reason I ask is that since I am not sure what they exactly did and to what extent, I would just rather go back and restore everything from a point in the past when I knew everything was good. Is this possible?

Anyone?

A bit late replying.....

See this Apple article:

http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/timemachine.html

Sorry I can't give you much info about Time Machine as I do not use it. I'm using another method of backup.

From what I do know about Time Machine, it is possible to completely restore all your data in the event of a system hard drive crash. It's also possible to restore specific files\folders from a particular date or time.

Do some digging around in the forums for a better answer and read the Apple article I posted above.

Regards.

I'm not sure you'll be able to get it back because it would need to be a specific file.

If you were working in Word, you wouldn't be able to get it back through Time Machine, or any other means, if you hadn't saved the file.

MikeT said:

2. Lets say my kids screwed up several things on my mac today, is there a way I can restore the whole computer and make it like it was in whole from some point in the past, say two or three days ago?

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I would seriously consider giving them their own account with standard privileges rather than admin privileges