After upgrading to Catalina, Time Machine backup data disappeared, though timestamps are there.

My backups have disappeared. I am connected on wired network to the disk. It works fine. I have over 400GB remaining on the 1TB drive. I can see the backups since 2/14/2020, but nothing before. Although I am able to see the dates of the previous backup on the timeline on the right of the Time Machine screen, just can't go to the date and see/restore data.

MacBook Pro 13", macOS 10.15

Posted on Feb 16, 2020 5:07 PM

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Feb 20, 2020 8:29 PM in response to dawngreg08

Thank dawngreg08. Once I updated the firmware and rebooted the Time Capsule, I went back into Time Machine and was able to see the files after a long while. It took a while to be able to show me the files for the dates. At first it did not show me dates past last week. But eventually, it showed the dates for the previous backups, but no data. It took a while, but eventually the data showed up for the dates for the previous backups. But I was able to access those files. Thanks.


Then I went into it again just now, and it is taking forever to show me the backups that were made in the older OS version. It looks like I have to go in, wait a few mins, exit Time Machine, and then enter it again. Once I enter it again, the older data appears.

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After upgrading to Catalina, Time Machine backup data disappeared, though timestamps are there.

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