Backed up apps showing up in "Open with-"

Each time I right click to open a file, I'm given a list that shows triplicates of all my apps. This is because I keep a bootable backup as well as Time Machine, connected to my computer. From the menu, I cannot see which app is from which device (my computer, or TM, or backup) so I'm totally confused.  Any suggestions show to fix?

For one of the duplicated applications, locate it in the secondary OS and then do the following:
1. Copy the entire following line to the Terminal:
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -u
2. Type a single space after the above line, and then drag the duplicate application to the Terminal window, followed by pressing enter. This should unregister the application from the launch services and hopefully have it no longer be used as a handler for file types.

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