How to restore one contact from Address Book with Time Machine

Question

I want to restore one contact from my Address Book with Time Machine. To do so, I select the contact in Address Book. Then, I press the Time Machine icon in the dock. Then my address book is "taken into space".

However, when I browse back in time (either pressing the arrow back, or selecting a time on the right), the contact details do not change. And I am sure the data has been changed between dates. Also, when I do press restore, it's still the new data, not the backup.

Is this a bug, or am I doing something wrong?

I'm using OS X 10.6.3 in combination with a external USB drive on an iMac.

Answer 1

Same version of OS X, same behavior.

I ran a backup, amended a contact, and went into time machine and it would not restore the old information.

I also deleted a contact and was unable to restore it, contrary to what Apple support say here (at the foot of the page).

So I'd say it was a defect. Hopefully Address Book gets some TLC in the next version bump - Snow Leopard also messed up label printing.