Mac – Backups.backupdb folder is greyed out on the external time machine drive

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I use two separate backup drives to backup my iMac and MacBook. I call one drive Time Machine and the other drive Mobile. On Mobile, it shows a folder called Backups.backupdb and inside it has a folder for the iMac and the Macbook. On the Time Machine drive it has the same folder but it is greyed out. When I click on it to try and verify the two folders inside of it, nothing happens. Any thoughts on why this is happening?

Thanks!

Best Answer

This is a time machine backup that never completed. The only way to get rid of it is to use Disk Utility and erase the drive and reformat it. Sorry.