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password required to move a file to a folder??
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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1952221" data-attributes="member: 396914"><p>Your drive is now formatted for APFS, and moving a file in APFS is different from the way it worked in HFS+. When you create a copy of a file (or folder), APFS does NOT actually create a complete new file (or folder) at the new location. It just creates directory entries pointing to the same sectors of the drive as the original file. If you edit the new (or old) file, only the sectors that have been changed are now duplicated and the changes applied. The unchanged file (copy or original) does not use the amended sectors. If you continue to make changes, eventually enough sectors get changed that the files become so different that effectively they become separate. If you delete one (either one), the directory entries for that one are deleted, but the directory entries for the other ones are still there and are used for the other version. </p><p></p><p>I haven't see the arrows you have described, but then I have not had to restore my Desktop from a backup. Perhaps it is related to the restoration and the copying process I described.</p><p></p><p>As for the password, the files that you restored to the Desktop from the backup probably have a different user ID than your other directory files and therefore require you to grant permission for them to be copied into YOUR folders. The name may LOOK the same, but the OS uses an internal identification system and the restoration of the old files used the ID from the old account, not your current account. Once you authorize them, they should not require it again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1952221, member: 396914"] Your drive is now formatted for APFS, and moving a file in APFS is different from the way it worked in HFS+. When you create a copy of a file (or folder), APFS does NOT actually create a complete new file (or folder) at the new location. It just creates directory entries pointing to the same sectors of the drive as the original file. If you edit the new (or old) file, only the sectors that have been changed are now duplicated and the changes applied. The unchanged file (copy or original) does not use the amended sectors. If you continue to make changes, eventually enough sectors get changed that the files become so different that effectively they become separate. If you delete one (either one), the directory entries for that one are deleted, but the directory entries for the other ones are still there and are used for the other version. I haven't see the arrows you have described, but then I have not had to restore my Desktop from a backup. Perhaps it is related to the restoration and the copying process I described. As for the password, the files that you restored to the Desktop from the backup probably have a different user ID than your other directory files and therefore require you to grant permission for them to be copied into YOUR folders. The name may LOOK the same, but the OS uses an internal identification system and the restoration of the old files used the ID from the old account, not your current account. Once you authorize them, they should not require it again. [/QUOTE]
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