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		digiguru69 on Oct 17, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Upgrading to Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite as a Develope... Isn't it safer to use the "ditto" command for the restore? sudo mv /usr/local ~/local then merge it back in ditto -V ~/local /usr/local That way it should merge all the files from the backup into the new folder (and show you what it's doing)

jlindley on Oct 17, 2014 [–]

Thanks, I've updated the post in response to this suggestion from you & a few others. Might need to force refresh your browser to see it.

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