Restore the folder from Time Machine backup external hard drive

Hello world

I have a folder of music that is 600Go and has been saved on Time Machine my previous internal hard drive in the iMac.

Ive since upgraded to SSD and do not want to want to restore this music folder on my new SSD due to its massive size.

Is there anyway I can restore the folder music of time machine on an external hard drive?

This way I can still recover my music collection but away from the internal SSD.

Any info and advice would be great.

Open Time Machine

Navigate the backups to find the music folder

Click on the music folder to highlight

Click on the gear at the top of the window icon

Click on "restore to".

In the next window that appears, locate the hard drive

Click on the hard drive to highlight

Click on choose

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