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| From | Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.system, uk.comp.sys.mac |
| Subject | Re: Migrating to new machine |
| Date | 2015-03-19 16:40 +0000 |
| Organization | People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates |
| Message-ID | <cn0cgoFrucnU4@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <meek9f$bi$1@dont-email.me> <meetop$6lg$1@dont-email.me> |
Cross-posted to 2 groups.
On 2015-03-19, Király <me@home.spamsucks.ca> wrote: > In comp.sys.mac.system John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> wrote: >> I've had a Macbook Pro die on me though I was able to make a Time >> Machine backup, and then migrate that to a working computer (an MBAir) >> It created another user, the result now being that a number of folders >> are locked with the red circle meaning don't enter. I can change >> permissions so that "everybody" can Read and Write, but still no access >> to the locked folders, such as Documents, Music and so forth. >> >> What might be done to access all these folders? > > If the migrated user's name is foo, and the user you trying to access > the files from is bar, log in to an admin account and enter this in > Terminal: > > sudo chown -R bar ~foo > > That will give ownership of everything in the foo home folder to user > bar. Yes, that's exactly how I would handle this. After you do this, you'll be able to copy anything you want from the ~foo folder (and subordinate folders) into your new user account. Feel free to post here if you need further guidance copying any special items, such as key chain passwords, libraries such as iTunes, iPhoto, Contacts, and so on. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR
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Migrating to new machine John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-03-19 06:52 -0700
Re: Migrating to new machine nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2015-03-19 16:37 +0100
Re: Migrating to new machine Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-19 16:41 +0000
Re: Migrating to new machine nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2015-03-19 20:09 +0100
Re: Migrating to new machine Aldo Raine <apache@scalpem.net> - 2015-03-19 16:28 -0400
Re: Migrating to new machine me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2015-03-19 20:45 +0000
Re: Migrating to new machine JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-03-19 17:32 -0400
Re: Migrating to new machine Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-20 13:07 +0000
Re: Migrating to new machine JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-03-20 11:53 -0400
Re: Migrating to new machine Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-20 16:27 +0000
Re: Migrating to new machine JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-03-20 13:23 -0400
Re: Migrating to new machine Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-20 19:23 +0000
Re: Migrating to new machine Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2015-03-20 07:56 +0100
Re: Migrating to new machine Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-20 11:20 +0000
Re: Migrating to new machine Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-20 13:14 +0000
Re: Migrating to new machine Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-20 19:25 +0000
Re: Migrating to new machine Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-19 20:39 +0000
Re: Migrating to new machine richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) - 2015-03-19 21:23 +0000
Re: Migrating to new machine richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) - 2015-03-19 21:25 +0000
Re: Migrating to new machine nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2015-03-20 09:32 +0100
Re: Migrating to new machine Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-20 11:22 +0000
Re: Migrating to new machine nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2015-03-20 13:10 +0100
Re: Migrating to new machine Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-20 13:21 +0000
Re: Migrating to new machine Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-20 19:19 +0000
Re: Migrating to new machine nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2015-03-21 11:10 +0100
Re: Migrating to new machine Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-21 13:18 +0000
Re: Migrating to new machine nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2015-03-21 14:40 +0100
Re: Migrating to new machine Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-21 13:43 +0000
Re: Migrating to new machine nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2015-03-21 17:33 +0100
Re: Migrating to new machine Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-20 13:18 +0000
Re: Migrating to new machine Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-03-20 10:10 -0400
Re: Migrating to new machine Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-20 14:32 +0000
Re: Migrating to new machine Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-03-20 11:35 -0400
Re: Migrating to new machine nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-20 12:30 -0400
Re: Migrating to new machine me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2015-03-19 16:33 +0000
Re: Migrating to new machine Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-19 16:40 +0000
Re: Migrating to new machine nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2015-03-22 10:46 +0100
Re: Migrating to new machine John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-03-22 13:45 -0700
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