New iMac (2015-Yosemite) won't read old Time Capsule files

My new iMac 2015 (OS X Yosemite 10.10.1) won't read (access) my old backup files on the Time Capsule. The old machine ( iMac 2007) is still backing up to the Time Capsule and still reads all the 2 years of backup files. New machine only allows access to the current backup since I turned on the new machine early-January. The old machine ( in another room ) accesses the Time Capsule via my local house wi-fi . There is no crossover between the backups. Old machine reads all up to now ON the old machine; new machine reads only that which is backed up on the new one since start-up. How do I get the new iMac to read the old files ?

Check out tip E2 on this website: Time Machine - Troubleshooting.

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