ermm... time machine recovery software broken?

[sr5878]

can anyone explain this to me? the background doesn't swirl per usual and there's no text labels on the dates bar or the restore/cancel buttons at the bottom of the screen. whats going on here?

 

[madog]

I would go check Apple's discussion forum. I believe they have a topic specifically for Time Machine which might provide some better info.

 

[brand]

I don't know if it will help but one of the first things you should try is repairing the disk permissions.