Migration Assistant seems to have locked files upon return
I just restored my computers from my Time Machine using Migration Assistant. But now when I go to open documents and folders, I'm told I can open as read only or not at all 'because I don't have enough permissions'. Short of going into Info for each file and resetting myself as admin-read and write, how do I get my access back to the admin level for the tens of thousands of files I have?
intinstr wrote:
I'm listed as the Admin and that is who I sign in as.
that's irrelevant. what's relevant is the NAME of the user you are logged into.
I have also set up one other account as Admin as well - but when everything migrated back, I had a THIRD Admin as a variation of my name and a former folder that is now suddenly called an account with 'Standard' permissions.
yes, of course. as i said, the Migration Assistant migrated that user from the TM drive. it can not merge users so it made a new one. you can make it admin if you wish in system preferences->accounts.
That is why I'm confused as to why I don't automatically have access to my files.
As I said, files belong to users. every user has its own home directory (located in /Users folder) with its own Desktop, Documents, Downloads etc. when you are logged as a particular user you see that user's desktop etc. you need to decide which user you want to keep as your main user (probably the migrated one) and use only that user. maybe you should get rid of the other users to avoid confusion.
Move all data files (like the stuff in the Documents folder or in the Desktop folder) of those other users to the main user's home directory first.
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Rats. It's awful that Apple doesn't warn folks about that.
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Make a large pot of coffee.
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