Access Privileges problem when restoring

Hi,
I accidentally deleted my entire music library this morning, but no worries, went into Time Machine to restore the files. I go back to the most recent backup that has the files (2 hours ago) and click backup. It then tells me that I do not have sufficient privileges to copy files to do the restore.
I am the only user, an admin, and have been using my backup drive with this computer for some time.
Cheers!

hi j.block!
hmmmmmmmmmmm. one other thing that might be worth a try if all else fails. i have once seen something like this turn out to be caused by a really kinky version of this issue:
iTunes: "privileges" or "permissions" issue when importing audio CD or adding music to library
... where the permissions were odd on the ipod itself ... but i've only seen that happen once. it's probably worth checking on only if nothing else seems to be working for you.
love, b

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