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ricecrispies

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Apr 27, 2018
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I have Time Machine backups of my MacBook Pro, including a backup of some of the folders on an external SSD. I have just accidentally deleted and purged from trash a folder from that SSD that I shouldn't have deleted, so now I need to browse an older backup to restore it from.

Unfortunately, when I browse Time Machine, the external disk is only browsable on the most recent backup. I need to retrieve my folder from an older backup, but, in all the of the half dozen or so earlier backups that are available to browse, the external disk is represented by a folder icon rather than a disk icon, and this folder turns out to be empty.

How can I browse those earlier backups and retrieve my lost folder?
 
How are you browsing? I've found if I choose "Browse Time Machine Backups" from the menu then it only shows the past couple of days, but if I go into Finder and open the drive then I can see the earlier ones.
 
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