Desperate for help restoring files from .mac's old backup 3 program

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I recently purchased a Mac Book Air. LOVE IT. Bad news? It was stolen last night. I had transferred all of my info from my old mac book pro to the air via an external hard drive. Unfortunately when I transferred it, it moved it vs. copied it so they are no longer on the external hard drive.

That being said, I had done a full backup of my mac book pro about 3 weeks ago using .mac's old Backup 3 program. I was so happy to find this backup, but when I tried to restore it, it says it is an "incomplete backup package". However, when I choose "Get Info" on the file, it shows that the file size is 258GB. So I would think that everything MUST be in there. Right??

The question is... how can I extract my files from this "incomplete backup package"?? Is it possible? I hope to god.
 

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2017 27" iMac, 10.5" iPad Pro, iPhone 8, iPhone 11, iPhone 12 Mini, Numerous iPods, Monterey
Sorry to hear of your misfortune. Hopefully you had insurance of some kind...

The .Mac Backup 3 program seems to be obscure enough that recovery info is difficult to find. I did some searching and haven't been able to find a compatible way to recover your data. Although, I did find a MacWorld article that may help. Give it a look. LINK
 

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