Recover certain files from Time machine from previous Mac

Solution 1:

The following worked with my Synology NAS:

1. Browse to the network drive in Finder
2. Double-click on the sparse bundle file for the computer you want to access.
3. Click on the "Time Machine Backups" disk image in Finder (added to the left-hand pane by step 2 above).
4. Open the backups.backupsdb folder inside this disk image.
5. Continue as per previous comments.

Solution 2:

Open Time Machine > backups.backupdb > [ComputerName] > Latest

Once in there, everything is set out just like your old Machine's drive & file hierarchy.

Solution 3:

Turns out I left my bitcoin wallet on my old machine...now that they coin is up to $1k again, I suddenly cared enough to dig and find my old wallet.

Here's the steps:

1. As Tetsujin says, just open through finder.
2. Drag the relevant restricted folder(s) to your local desktop.
3. Create a user/pw that matches the old user of the time machine backup: system preferences --> users & groups --> unlock --> (+) add standard user with appropriate user name (looks at permissions of the folder if you can't remember user name) --> guess the appropriate pw
4. move the restricted folder to the "new" user, and voila, in finder you will now be able to view all files.

At this point you could recursively chown the restricted folder to your typical user and move it back to your home. Or you could login as this new user and access the time machine directly (didn't try this).