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How to read the transaction confirmation history on blockexplorer.com and blockchain.info?

How to read the transaction confirmation history on blockexplorer.com and blockchain.info? As I wrote here Which precautions should a newbie like me do when exporting keys from an Bitcoin Core wallet to an Electrum wallet , I try to rescue from the blockchain half an bitcoin I bought back in 2013. I upgraded my old Bitcoin QT wallet to Bitcoin Core wallet, and I have now run the Core wallet on the Internet for some hours, and it seems that the Core wallet have found the half bitcoin on the blockchain, but can I now spend it from the Core wallet? Because it should be at least 6 transaction confirmations have I read some place, but at blockchain.info I only see my half an bitcoin is placed in an green rectangle, and in blockexplorer.com I only see “summary confirmed” half an bitcoin. But where can I find if these transactions now are confirmed at least 6 times? And is my Core wallet now ready for sending out funds from despite that it has only collected about 1/4 of the blockchain? Ye...