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drive permissions

  1. OldSchoolMacGuy

    External Drive Permission Issue

    Recently had my main SSD drive die and had to replace it. Got my previous setup restored but now have permission issues with the secondary internal drive in my Mac mini. Many of the files and folders on the secondary drive are incorrect and require authentication every time I want to copy...
  2. B

    Since Sierra upgrade, can't write to backup drives

    I have a few external USB drives I use for running backups with my MacBook (in addition to Time Machine). Since upgrading to Sierra, my permissions have changed: I can no longer write to them, just read them. They are NOT NTFS-formatted, so that's not the issue (and again, I'd been writing to...
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