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password required to move a file to a folder??
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<blockquote data-quote="Rod" data-source="post: 1952223" data-attributes="member: 204485"><p>Jake, your understanding of APFS, file and directory structure far exceed mine. I have an vague instinctive understanding of these things but I could never express it clearly in words the way you have done above.</p><p>I guess my mind doesn't work that way but it's kind of where I was going with post #17, "How old are the files?" I was wondering if they dated back to HFS+?</p><p></p><p>I had a friend with a similar problem as the OP where he had kept the same TM backup used on his previous Mac to transfer his data to a new Mac with Migration Assistant and was still using it to backup the new Mac.</p><p></p><p>This is one of the reasons I erase my HDD Time Machine backup yearly, essentially to bring it up to date with the current Mac directory and sectors. Unlike you I don't fully understand why this is a good idea I just know it is. </p><p></p><p>Anyhow, thanks for the clear explanation, it helps me keep my mental image of Mac file structure in focus.</p><p> </p><p>I do think that is the probable cause of the problem and once permission is given via Admin Password it should not need to be repeated.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rod, post: 1952223, member: 204485"] Jake, your understanding of APFS, file and directory structure far exceed mine. I have an vague instinctive understanding of these things but I could never express it clearly in words the way you have done above. I guess my mind doesn't work that way but it's kind of where I was going with post #17, "How old are the files?" I was wondering if they dated back to HFS+? I had a friend with a similar problem as the OP where he had kept the same TM backup used on his previous Mac to transfer his data to a new Mac with Migration Assistant and was still using it to backup the new Mac. This is one of the reasons I erase my HDD Time Machine backup yearly, essentially to bring it up to date with the current Mac directory and sectors. Unlike you I don't fully understand why this is a good idea I just know it is. Anyhow, thanks for the clear explanation, it helps me keep my mental image of Mac file structure in focus. I do think that is the probable cause of the problem and once permission is given via Admin Password it should not need to be repeated. [/QUOTE]
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