HT1338 cannot access old back ups on time machine

I cannot access my old backups on time machine, using Gdrive as a back up

Hi.
Are you using the time Machine app to attempt this... or are you simply opening the backup drive in the Finder? This you cannot do.
To access the data that is backed up to your external drive via Time Machine, do this...
• First, navigate in the Finder to the folder that should contain the data you wish to retrieve.
• Now, starting in the Menu bar at the top of the screen... click the Time Machine icon > Enter Time Machine.
The Time Machine will appear, with its display of copies of your Finder window leading back into the distant past.
• Using the timeline along the right edge of the screen, select a date or point in time as far back as you need to go until Time Machine dislplays the file version that you wish to retrieve. At the bottom of the screen, TM will show the backup date of the current window contents.
• Select your file in the display window and click Restore in the bottom right corner.
Time Machine will now move a copy of the backed up file back into place in your Finder window as it closes the Time Machine app.
See more here... Mac 101: Time Machine
I hope this is helpful.

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Message was edited by: DirkJ

Uh, June 25, 2013? Is that a typo, or has your Computer's date been set wrong?
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