Thanks for your suggestions. I'll try changing permission and see if I can 
access files on the LaCie external HD.

Anne


On Aug 22, 2014, at 1:09 PM, Beth Phillips <[email protected]> wrote:

> Anne,
> 
> Don't know why Time Machine is not working, but I use an external drive to 
> backup 2 laptops and a desktop computer from time to time and depending on 
> which computer I am on and which backup I am trying to access, I receive the 
> message about not having permissions to read files from the various backups. 
> Haven't really had time to investigate why, however I have been able to work 
> around accessing the files by changing the permissions on either the entire 
> backup or the particular folder I'm trying to access at the time. I don't 
> know if that would affect anything if I ever tried to restore from one of 
> those backups but at least I can get to my files. I generally use Terminal 
> and the Chmod command to change the permissions. Maybe that will help you 
> access the files on your backup?…
> 
> Beth


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