Time capsule disks not showing folders.

I only use time capsule as a hard drive source. But after i upgraded to mavericks i cannot access any folders I saved in my time capsule disk cause they just won't appear on finder. I have a picture to help you genius understand a bit clearer. Can anyone please help??? Thanks in advance.

I have NOT upgraded.. and will not until it has done a few updates.. due to exactly the fun and games you are having..
There is a major issue with the change in Mavericks to using SMB as preferred protocol.
Eject the TC..
Manually mount the TC.. using go, connect to server.
AFP://TCname or APF://TCIPaddress
Or use
CIFS://TCname etc.
Is your TC available via airport utility? Is it on 7.6.4 firmware.. if not update??

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