Trouble installing el Capitan from Yosemite

I wanted to use disk utility to access my time machine. I have a spinning wheel for over 3 hours. Don't know what to do.

iMac, OS X 10.10

Posted on Apr 1, 2020 5:39 PM

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Apr 1, 2020 7:54 PM in response to MargieMarge

Hello,

Disk Utility would not show you the contents of your Time Machine disk.

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