I've had success in the past by just mounting the drive and exploring it like a regular drive of data instead of using the Time Machine application. Time Machin

I've had success in the past by just mounting the drive and exploring it like a regular drive of data instead of using the Time Machine application. Time Machine creates a bunch of folders (one for each backup event), but just use the one named "Latest". I've read that some people discourage using this technique due to some permissions stuff, but I've never once had problems restoring data from a Time Machine backup using this method, and I've been doing it since 2012.