I have a Black Rectangle covering my Time Machine window on dual displays.

I have "Displays have separate spaces" checked in preferences and when I enter time machine I get a black rectangle covering the Time Machine window. Time machine with dual displays and separate spaces is useless. Has anyone found a fix for this other than keeping "Displays have separate spaces" un checked?

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