How to restore only certain files

i did an erase and install (hopefully to remove a problem that we and the apple store genius have ben unable to find. . i did not yet use time machine to migrate all files to the macbook because i want to migrate only certain files.  how do i migrate only some files selectively, and not all of them as would happen in doing a complete restore ?

Yes. You'll need to use the TM "Star Wars" interface to locate the files and restore.
Start by reading Pondini's TM articles here; http://pondini.org/TM/Home.html
FAQs 15, 15A and 16 are particulary of interest.

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