Where are the actual files of Photos? "Show file in Finder" doesnt work!

Hi,
in the file menu, i cant click "show file in finder" – the menu entry is grey and not clickable.
And i cant drag and drop photos from the photos app into another app.
Both options work properly in iPhoto. And i really need them everyday.
But i want to use photos and not two apps for one purpose.
Anyone got a clue, whats wrong with photos?

You should be able to do this - attacking the Tm drive to another computer (M2) is very similar to attaching any other disk - and you *should be* able to browse and copy files. Time machine uses a folder on the drive, so at the top level you'll see a folder named Backups.backupdb and navigate inside and the machine name (M2), hard drive name and the rest of the file structure should be there. You can click on the "latest" and go from there to copy the files. I'd suggest not writing anything inside that folder (Backups.backupdb) when using the other machine (M1), lest Time Machine et confused when it is back to it's old machine (M1).
As for why you are getting the error, I don't have an answer. Does that happen when you navigate to every subdirectory and try to copy anything?

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