Lightroom opens Photoshop CC opens backup copy on external disk not copy on MacHD????

When using Edit In function form Lightroom (latest) the backup version of PS CC on an external is being opened rather than the app on Mac HD.......
Why would this happen??

Because the OS doesn't realize that it's a backup disk and sees a perfectly good application there.

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