Transcend 4 GB Thumb Drive: Alive or Dead?

ferrarr · Feb 15, 2018

Are all the files locked on the Time Machine drive? Have you tried to change the “permissions” on the entire Time Machine drive? See this article, https://www.techwalla.com/articles/how-to-change-permissions-on-an-external-hard-drive-for-a-mac, however, after Step 4, and before Step 5, click the down arrow icon at the bottom of the window, and choose “apply to all files and folders”.

Rod · Feb 15, 2018

Mark, I guess where I was going with this is that if you could retrieve the files from your USB drive you could erase the TM backup and start afresh. I don't keep my TM backups very long. Usually every time I upgrade my OS and I'm satisfied everything is intact I erase the old backup a create a new one. Hence my backups are seldom older than a year.

Marrk · Feb 15, 2018

ferrarr said:
Are all the files locked on the Time Machine drive? Have you tried to change the “permissions” on the entire Time Machine drive? See this article, https://www.techwalla.com/articles/how-to-change-permissions-on-an-external-hard-drive-for-a-mac, however, after Step 4, and before Step 5, click the down arrow icon at the bottom of the window, and choose “apply to all files and folders”.

Thanks, ferrarr. This worked. I was able to Unlock the Folders. It's a one-at-a-time deal, very labor intensive and very glitchy, but, eventually, it works.

It appears that the files that I wanted to retrieve were on the thumb drive, but not on the Time Machine Back-up. I'll hang on to the thumb drive, but I think it is beyond repair.

Thanks everyone who posted in this thread. You guys are the best.

ferrarr · Feb 15, 2018

Marrk said:
Thanks, ferrarr. This worked. I was able to Unlock the Folders. It's a one-at-a-time deal, very labor intensive and very glitchy, but, eventually, it works.

It appears that the files that I wanted to retrieve were on the thumb drive, but not on the Time Machine Back-up. I'll hang on to the thumb drive, but I think it is beyond repair.

Thanks everyone who posted in this thread. You guys are the best.

You’re welcome, I’m glad it worked for you. You should have been able to select the Time Machine drive, and change all the files and folders at the same time.

pm-r · Feb 15, 2018

You should have been able to select the Time Machine drive, and change all the files and folders at the same time.

Or even done a Get Info on the TM backup volume and select the "Ignore permissions on this volume…" :Smirk:

- Patrick
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Marrk · Feb 15, 2018

^^I guess I have more **** homework to do.

pm-r · Feb 15, 2018

Marrk said:
^^I guess I have more **** homework to do.

Hey, it's an ongoing learning process and you'll probably never get finished, so don't give up for quite a while yet. :Smirk:

- Patrick
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Marrk · Feb 17, 2018

ferrarr said:
... select the Time Machine drive, and change all the files and folders at the same time.

I did this. That was 24 hours ago. It's still "applying privileges." Is it possible that it takes this long, or have I done something wrong here?

Thanks.

ferrarr · Feb 17, 2018

Marrk said:
I did this. That was 24 hours ago. It's still "applying privileges." Is it possible that it takes this long, or have I done something wrong here?

Thanks.

How big is the drive storage space? How much of that space is Time Machine using? What connection type is the drive (USB 2/3, or other)?

Marrk · Feb 17, 2018

ferrarr said:
How big is the drive storage space? How much of that space is Time Machine using? What connection type is the drive (USB 2/3, or other)?

500 GB total capacity
Time Machine Using 152 GB
Connection is USB (the oldest kind)

pm-r · Feb 17, 2018

Time Machine Using 152 GB
Connection is USB (the oldest kind)

If that's a 2007? or earlier era Mac, and using its 1.5Mbps maximum USB speed, it might be finished sometime later this weekend or even after, with that much to go trough and change.

Disk Utility can show you how many files and folders exist in that drive.

Patience may be a compulsory asset here. :Smirk:

- Patrick
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Marrk · Feb 17, 2018

Thanks, Pat.