time machine backup folder gone

Tom Kramer wrote:

I happened to open my time machine drive in the finder and instead of the usual backupsdb folder I have a bunch of icons (see pic). Is something wrong with my drive?

https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/291c86bd-a697-4ff3-a3a1-83fb54361419

Thanks

The way to interact with TM is through the TM interface. Do you have an issue there?

restore items backed up with Time Machine

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Has the users added Volumes in the drive and therefore using the single from for More than one purpose ?

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