Time Machine

HELP! I just went through a lengthy process of downloading the OS again when my MacBook Pro came back from repair with a new logic board. This then caused me to download a back-up using Time Machine (off an external HD) to get all my data back and now I find that it is not the most recent back-up! I attempted to force it to use the most recent back-up by deleting all the older back-ups off the Time Machine drive (That took over 2 hours!). But Time Machine still tries to restore from the older back-up which isn't even there any more!

There is a 5 month difference between the back-up it chose and the most recent back-up on Time Machine! I was able to replace files, but I really want to get back my EMAIL which is buried somewhere in there, but can't access it like I can for my files!!

Below I am showing a picture of the Time Machine window when I click on the icon on my desktop (after the older ones were deleted). The back-up I want is the last one listed under the folder "Patricia's MacBook Pro 2". The back-ups I deleted were in another folder named "Patricia's MacBook Pro". Is it possible the Time Machine cannot read the back-ups under the " . . . Pro 2" folder? I tried to change the name, but it won't allow me to do so.

This was the second time in the last year that my "Hard Drive (SSD)" was replaced in my laptop. It's the only reason I can think that there was two different HD folders in the Time Machine drive. All the ones listed under the ". . . Pro 2" folder were dated from August until December 2021 when I did my last back-up before the laptop ended up in the shop to be fixed this time. The ones I erased were all dated before August. It keeps trying to back-up a file from July 28th!

Please help!