Time Machine Backups Purpled Out
I have 3 sections of backup all on the same external disk. I see the dates and have no access to older backups. One was a restore of the drive that Apple support promised I would be able to go back and get files and apps in the old install and bring over to the new restored drive. This was untrue. That is the first purpled out batch of backups.
The second is from being on location with no back ups for couple of months. I just hooked up to my external drive and it now has all back ups purple.
So, now I only have access to the last two days of back ups. I have seen many posts say you have to click on the file you want restored and then it will access the later backups. This makes no sense. It only restores that dates version. What I want are apps and files from previous back ups. To do that you have to click on that date.
Lastely, and more importantly Apple said I could do a full restore from a back up and go back to an earlier version OSX. Hence, go back to Lion, or Mountain Lion. I dont see that availabe either.
Whats up?
At this point I am fed up with time machine. Is there an easy solution to this or do I have to buy a third party backup?
Mac OS X (10.6), original os was osx 10.x now ML