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Josh2000 Author

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Accessing internal hard drive from a bootable SSD

Hi - my 2013 MacBookPro is running 10.13. I attached an SSD with 11.7 on it and booted from it with no problems. I'd like to move a few documents from the internal drive but the folder for the internal's Desktop has a minus sign and when I double click on it - "you don't have permission to see the contents".

How can I gain access to the internal hard drive while running from the bootable external so that I can copy documents from the internal to the external drive?

TIA your response.

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 11.7

Posted on Dec 9, 2022 4:36 PM

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John Galt

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Posted on Dec 11, 2022 4:08 AM

Set up file sharing on Mac - Apple Support and add yourself as a user.

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