Don'T Have Write Access For External Hard Drive Password That I

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Prior doing this, I backed up all my files onto a WD external hard drive.

This is not the first time Ive gotten my macbook wiped or used the hard drive, so I am not sure why Im experiencing problems this time around.

In the hard drive I am able to access the Applications folder, but all the rest of the folders such as Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Pictures, etc.

Don'T Have Write Access For External Hard Drive Password That I

The only security the drive has on it is an initial prompt for a password that I enter once the hard drive is plugged into my mac.

So why dont I have permission to view certain folders Any help would be appreciated.

Select the drive in the Finder, choose Get Info from the File menu, and check the box to ignore ownership or permissions on it.

It says that I have permission to Read Write for the overall drive, but on the individual folders that I cannot open, it says No Access.

Im currently changing each one manually and that seems to be working.

You should be able to see its contents in the Finder, and to move files in and out of it.

This is an exception to the rule that you should never make any changes to backup data.

Ive tested this procedure in OS X 10.8 only.

It should work with later versions, but I dont know whether it works in earlier versions.

Use this procedure only for files that were backed up from your home folder, or a folder on another volume created by you, and would normally be writable by you.

In the Finder (not in the time-travel view), navigate to the backup volume, then to the folder named Backups.backupdb, and then to the snapshot you want to restore from.

Inside each of those folders is a file hierarchy like the one on the volume that was backed up.

Descend through the hierarchy until you come to a folder named Users, and inside that, a folder with your user name.

The procedure will be different if youre trying to restore files on another volume.

Click the padlock icon in the lower right corner of the window and authenticate.

In the Sharing Permissions section, give your account Read Write access.

You may have to close the dialog and repeat this step in order for the change to show up.

Then click the gear icon and select Apply to Enclosed Items from the popup menu.

Try the restore operation again, in the time-travel interface.

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Don'T Have Write Access For External Hard Drive Mac