Possible to only *boot into* a Time Machine version to test?

[golfgirlgolf]

I have an odd situation of a Logic Pro file I was working on that lost a lot of data (from within a vocal synthesis plug-in).
I'd previously been successfully saving the data in the plug-in by simply saving the Logic project file. Everything saves in place just fine.
Until something happened today, and all the note data vanished. (Lots of work!)

So - I immediately tried recovering previous Time Machine versions of the file - but thus far they all have the same issue. The vocal tracks are gone.

So my question is - can I boot (only) into yesterday's state of the machine - and try that (vs a one file recovery type of approach) - just to see if it runs OK that way?
No - I do not want to restore the machine entirely (just yet). That would be more of a last ditch effort.

Ive reached out to the software company but they're in Japan so it might take a while.

Booting into a previous working version with the intact data would allow me to save it to an external file (outside of Logic) - and then import it back in.

 

[FreakinEurekan]

Not with Time Machine, no. Some other backup solutions will make a “bootable backup” but that would only help for future issues.

 

[golfgirlgolf]

Thanks - that's what I thought, but just wanted to confirm. I will probably ultimately do a full restore to a previous version and see if that recovers things. I can save the current (missing parts) revision externally and then reassemble.