Why can I not browse other backups in Time Manager

Hi
I'm not sure if this is the correct place to post but I could not find a Community for Time Manager.
I'm trying to restore a file from a Time Machine backup of my Late 2008 MacBook on to a Late 2014 Mac Mini  both running Yosemite. The backup I'm trying to access is on a 3Tbyte Time Capsule which is shared by both machines plus another MacBook Air.
When I go into Time Machine and select Browse Other Backups I can see the backups for all 3 machines but when I select the backup for the MacBook  but all that is ever displayed in to "Star Wars" display is the current view for the Mac Mini.
Am I doing something wrong?
I would appreciate some help.
Many Thanks

Thanks again Linc
I have used Time Machine to restore files and emails previously on my MacBook from its own backups. In this case I am trying to restore a file on to a Mac Mini from the backups of the MacBook. I understood from the Pondini FAQ #17 http://pondini.org/TM/17.html that the way to do this is :- on my Mac Mini right click on the Time Manager icon in the menu bar, hold down the Alt/Option key and select "Browse Other Backup Disks...". This displays a list of backups available from which I select the MacBook's backups and then click "Use Selected Disk". This takes me into the Star Wars array. However the only data that is displayed when I do this is the current view of the files on my Mac Mini. It doesn't open the backups for the MacBook to allow me to select the required file.
I'm obviously missing something along the line and really appreciate your interest.

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