I'm having problems accessing certain files from my external backup hard drive that uses Time Machine. But, it's a bit of a twist from other people who seem to have posted about this problem so I'm hoping someone can help me.
I have an IMac and I use an external drive to back up all users data with Time Machine. There are 3 users on my Imac. I use two of them and my girlfriend uses one. I'm the only admin on the computer. Here's the problem....
When I sign into my my main user account, I can't open any of the folders from my other user account. All of the folders have the red circle with the minus sign. The same is true if I open my girlfriend's user account folder. However, and this is important, if I log into my IMac using my other user account or my girlfriend's user account; I can open all folders from any backup. What's going on? It gets better, if I take my external hard drive to work, I can access any folder I want.
I have no idea what's going on. If you guys could help I would appreciate it.
I have an IMac and I use an external drive to back up all users data with Time Machine. There are 3 users on my Imac. I use two of them and my girlfriend uses one. I'm the only admin on the computer. Here's the problem....
When I sign into my my main user account, I can't open any of the folders from my other user account. All of the folders have the red circle with the minus sign. The same is true if I open my girlfriend's user account folder. However, and this is important, if I log into my IMac using my other user account or my girlfriend's user account; I can open all folders from any backup. What's going on? It gets better, if I take my external hard drive to work, I can access any folder I want.
I have no idea what's going on. If you guys could help I would appreciate it.