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sodaswirlee Author

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I can't modify permissions on this external drive in Ventura

Grabbed a TIme Machine backup of my MacBook with Ventura before reformatting HD and reinstalling. Now it won't let me adjust permissions on the drive in Finder and it's not copying some files back. Help!

Last login: Mon Apr 3 11:38:10 on console

sodaswirlee@ed-lp-awatts ~ % ls -le /Volumes

total 0

lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 1 Apr 3 11:37 Macintosh HD -> /

drwxrwxr-x@ 7 sodaswirlee staff 224 Apr 3 12:00 OTSS Mac

0: group:everyone deny add_file,delete,add_subdirectory,delete_child,writeattr,writeextattr,chown

sodaswirlee@ed-lp-awatts ~ %

MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 13.3

Posted on Apr 3, 2023 11:46 AM

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Barney-15E

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Posted on Apr 3, 2023 12:03 PM

A Time Machine backup drive is read only. You can't change the permissions.

You should use Migration Assistant or the Time Machine interface to recover files from a backup.

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