How do you restore Apps using Time Machine in OSX Mavericks?

I cannot seem to restore my Apps from a Time Machine Backup. The same error message keeps being displayed: "Contacts can't be modified or deleted because it's required by the OS".

Sorry. I should have been more specific.
I accidentally deleted my contacts in Apple's address book App. I'm trying to restore them from a recent Time Machine backup.
I tried following the suggesstion in this thread: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5674113
For some reason, bringing the contacts window forward, as suggessted in the above thread, does nothing to solve my problem. I see the time machine backup of my contacts created at 12:24pm on Monday 25 April (EST Melbourne Australia). When the restore button is clicked, the Time Machine App seems to be transitioning past data into the present momnent, yet nothing actually happens. The contacts are not restored.
I never used to have any use prior to updating my OSx to Mavericks. Something about the way Mavericks is managing my data in the Address book, and possible calendar too, is preventing Time Machine from restoring properly.

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