How do I retrieve specific files/folders from separate machine's backup

Had a hard drive failure this morning. Now I'm on a temporary laptop without my files. I share a Time Capsule between 4 users. My backup is on there, and looks ok (although, I can't really figure out how to browse what's backed up - separate issue).
On my temporary machine, I'd like to be able to grab specific files from my backup while I wait to get my machine back from support.
I referenced FAQ tip 17 ( http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/17.html ) - and when I open up the Browse other Time Machine Disks - it's blank.
Any Ideas would be tremendously helpful, and I will love you for ever and ever and ever.

majmanMac wrote:
I referenced FAQ tip 17 ( http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/17.html ) - and when I open up the Browse other Time Machine Disks - it's blank.
You'll probably have to manually mount the sparse bundle for the desired Mac, by double-clicking it via the Finder. Then it should show up in the list.
But you may not be able to view or restore much that way; the user account on the temporary laptop probably isn't recognized as the same user in the backups of the other Mac. Your best bet in that case is to use +Migration Assistant+ to transfer the user account in question to the temporary laptop. Then you can sign on there, just as you did on your Mac. See: [Using Migration Assistant|http://web.me.com/pondini/AppleTips/Migrate.html].
Note that if space is a problem, you can omit the contents of some of the top-level folders. And, once the account has been transferred, you should be able to restore selectively from those backups, via the "Star Wars" display.

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