Trying to open some of my pictures on a backup external drive I am told I don't have permission to open the picture files. When I look at the Get Info box for owner it says "Fetching..."
Catalina, MBP late 2012
MacBook Pro 15", macOS 10.15
Can you select the drive itself and do a Get Info on it, or does it also stall?
If you can, then you may try clicking the padlock, and then checking “Ignore ownership on this volume “.
No, it is not expected to lose access or to slow down access to external drives in Catalina.
I am guessing there was a serious miscommunication there.
Catalina has more strict controls of access to files, but once you give an application the requested permission, it should not be any slower than before. An application may be able to do something, or not be. That is it.
How is that drive formatted? Is this a Time Machine drive? If so, you should not be going through the contents in the Finder, you should use the Time Machine interface.
If not, then please tell us how the drive is formatted. If possible, post a screenshot of the Get Info, showing the format and permissions (do not show any private information).
Apple Support just told me this is "expected" in Catalina. LOL! If so, then Catalina is a bust. Previous MacOS didn't have this as expected. Defeats the purpose of having a network. My recourse is to provide "feedback" to www.apple.com/feedback.
Are you trying to access files stored within a Time Machine backup?
Your home folder in your iMac is on an external drive over a Wi-Fi network? Or are you replying to an unrelated thread?
Seems you’re rooting around (directly) in a protected area, but I’m not sure what’s going on here given the terse descriptions of the (related? separate?) problem(s) in this thread.
No I am trying to access folders and files in my Home Folder on my iMac from a MacBook Pro over a WiFi network.
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