HT4848 Mavericks does not restore from most recent backup

I want to change the HD on my MacBook Pro. I have proceeded as advised and installed Mac OS (Mavericks) on the new drive using the recovery function. However, when I try to restore the data from Time Machine the only backup that is available is one from November, despite having created a backup just before creating the recovery disk. What hoops do I have to jump through in order to be able to install from a more recent backup?
I have also tried using the Migration Assistant but it seems that it cannot find my Time Machine, which is connected by FW 800.

and now it's saying my iphone has never been backed up to this computer. what is going on?

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