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Hi,
We recently got a new iMac and i wanted to do a clean install, just copying a few important document folders from our old iMac G5 time machine backup on an external HDD.
Everything went fine apart from now that i want to copy the folders, i get an error message saying that i dont have the permission to do so and only a few files get transferred. i believe it is because it is moving them to a different computer so i am not the original admin, i cannot time machine restore as there are now two different computer backups on it. ive tried getting info and changing the permissions of the folders and enclosed items but it is still not working.
help would be appreciated as they are very important files
We recently got a new iMac and i wanted to do a clean install, just copying a few important document folders from our old iMac G5 time machine backup on an external HDD.
Everything went fine apart from now that i want to copy the folders, i get an error message saying that i dont have the permission to do so and only a few files get transferred. i believe it is because it is moving them to a different computer so i am not the original admin, i cannot time machine restore as there are now two different computer backups on it. ive tried getting info and changing the permissions of the folders and enclosed items but it is still not working.
help would be appreciated as they are very important files