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The Backup Set folders contain your files. Inside that folder, you’ll see at least one “Backup Set” folder, “Catalogs” folder, and “MediaID.bin” file. You’ll see a folder named after the name of the computer it was created on. If all you have is a Mac with OS X, though, plug the drive into your Mac and open it in Finder. You may even want to consider installing Windows 7, 8, or 10 in Boot Camp. You’ll be able to restore the files from the backup, and then you can copy them to a USB drive and move them to your Mac. If you have a Windows 7, 8, or 10 PC lying around, though, using it would be a much better option. It would take forever to restore a large amount of files in this way, but if you’re desperate, this method will work. It won’t preserve your directory structure, and you’ll have trouble finding the files you’re looking for. Warning: We really don’t recommend restoring a Windows 7 backup in this way. RELATED: How to Install Windows on a Mac With Boot Camp Restore Files from Windows Backup on Windows 7

There shouldn’t be many other folders getting in your way, so you can just poke around inside the FileHistory folder until you find the files you want to restore to your Mac. This may sound a bit complicated, but it’s really not. For example, if you want to recover files that were stored in your Documents folder, browse to FileHistory/USERNAME/COMPUTERNAME/Data/C/Users/USERNAME/Documents in Finder. You can actually just browse this folder and extract your files. You’ll find them under FileHistory/USERNAME/COMPUTERNAME/Data/.