When I enter Time Machine nothing is there

I need to restore something but when I pick my date the files are all black.  As if nothing is there. Is it possible?
Somebody cleaned my HD and transferred all to external drive. When he reinstalled, a bunch of  Apple apps were missing inc iPhoto, Garage Band, iWork's etc.When I go back to an earlier TM date, black. Could it be he erased my TM too?

Take a look at Migration Assistant on your Mac to check if it might be able to see the backups that Time Machine cannot.
Finder > Applications > Utilities > Migration Assistant.

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    nichols wrote:
    New to TM, when I ''enter time machine'' the only windows I have access is my desktop... How can I have access to my HD???
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    I have been trying to access my old photographs, which I initally backed up on using a seagte external hard drive. I used Time Machine to back up my computer onto the hard drive. I later deleted some files and images to make room on my hard drive. I have openned iphoto and tried to browse my old backups but it is only allowing me to view back to 2013, but my initial back up was in 2012. Have my previous back ups been deleted? Why can I not access my old photos?

    Hi Alice, see if these help...
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    http://pondini.org/TM/B6.html

  • HT201250 What happens when you select Enter Time Machine to restore from backup and nothing happens?

    I have Time Machine running on my Mac for several years. No need to restore from a back up until today. I can see the time of my last backup and that was late yesterday. But when I press enter Time Machine nothing happens.
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  • Enter Time Machine does not work

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    I never had this problem before. When I go "Enter Time Machine" nothing happens. I'm running Leopard 10.5.8 & using an external HD. I've searched the forums & haven't found anything like this.
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    Actually I lied: I didn't do a search until just now & I found the answer in this thread: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9886399&#9886399
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    I have been using TimeMachineEditor for years to get only backup a day. But, after finally moving my previous backup to my new time capsule, I find that I can't enter time machine unless it is turned on in system preferences. This never happened before and I'm wondering if anyone knows why. The editor only works (although it isn't working at all at the moment) if time machine is turned off.

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