Time Machine Timeline Colors

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When looking through Time Machine's timeline on the RH side of the screen, some of the dates appear in a bright red and some in a dull red. It is my understanding that the bright red dates contain files available for restoration, but what if I want to restore files from a date that shows up as dull red?
 
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A bright red tick mark is a backup that can be restored now, either from a local snapshot or your backup drive. When your backup drive isn't available, only the local snapshots are bright red.

A dimmed red tick mark is a backup that can be restored from your backup drive after that drive becomes available. Until then, the stack of windows on the screen shows a blank window for that backup.
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https://support.apple.com/el-gr/HT204015
 

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