Hi All,
I have an external HD that is formatted for Mac (puchased that way). My Macbook Pro (Mid 2009) is backed up to this HD via Time Machine. I recently gave my daughter this computer figuring I would use my wife's Macbook until I can purchase a new one. My problem is that when on my wifes computer using my external HD I cannot make changes to or save changes back to my HD with any of my files, specifically Numbers and Pages. It is a permissions thing and I also get a prompt that states "cannot make changes to backed up files" When I check "get info" on the files read/write is activated. What do I need to do to correct this? My Numbers files are dynamic in that I have to make changes to them daily. Also, if I cannot make changes on my wife's Macbook what will happen when I get a new Mac and I transfer my files from my external, will I experience the same problem? Sorry for the winded question.
Thanks in advance for any help!
I have an external HD that is formatted for Mac (puchased that way). My Macbook Pro (Mid 2009) is backed up to this HD via Time Machine. I recently gave my daughter this computer figuring I would use my wife's Macbook until I can purchase a new one. My problem is that when on my wifes computer using my external HD I cannot make changes to or save changes back to my HD with any of my files, specifically Numbers and Pages. It is a permissions thing and I also get a prompt that states "cannot make changes to backed up files" When I check "get info" on the files read/write is activated. What do I need to do to correct this? My Numbers files are dynamic in that I have to make changes to them daily. Also, if I cannot make changes on my wife's Macbook what will happen when I get a new Mac and I transfer my files from my external, will I experience the same problem? Sorry for the winded question.
Thanks in advance for any help!