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I checked before, and if I recall correctly, Time Machine backups are protected at the kernel level -- you cannot modify them, even with sudo. You can delete the whole backup, but you cannot modify part of it. > but executing things from the backup directory is another. Time Machine backups are structured in a very non-proprietary way. Each backup is just a folder, protected from modifications, with hard links used t…
You can also delete items from your backup. So like if wanted to delete Zoom from Time Machine just select it in a backup and then select the option to remove it from all your backups from the Action menu or a right-click.
Do other apps launch from backups like this? It’s very strange.
My expectation is that if I want to go back to a backup I have to restore that backup first then run the application. Executing from a backup is surprising and frankly difficult to reason about. What version is even running? How would I know?