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 _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list [email protected] http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
