I have a new WD My Book (4T). I set up time machine to backup to it but time machine changes permissions to read only. Why does it do this and how do I change it?
iMac Pro
if the drive has only big sur backups on it, it will be read only no matter what you do. if you format an empty drive as HFS+, once you assign it to TM it is automatically reformatted as read only APFS. this is by design and is the "new normal".
if the drive has only big sur backups on it, it will be read only no matter what you do. if you format an empty drive as HFS+, once you assign it to TM it is automatically reformatted as read only APFS. this is by design and is the "new normal".
taralynnee wrote:
I have a new WD My Book (4T). I set up time machine to backup to it but time machine changes permissions to read only. Why does it do this and how do I change it?
All new drives should be erased/formatted/initialized as new. This will guarantee any proprietary/third party software is removed, so you are standing on terra firma, to go forward.
Format Time Machine Disk:
https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/types-of-disks-you-can-use-with-time-machine-mh15139/mac
I use a very old 1TB USB2 My Book drive for Time Machine on my M1 iMac and it is read & write enabled for all thee categories.
The only difference other than the USB speed is that it remains in its original format of MacOS (Extended)
You could try changing the permissions by hand and seeing if they remain after a reboot
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yes it's big sur. thanks! I had no idea that was the "new normal". Why is it like this?
I ended up partitioning into 1T and 3T and let time machine use the 1T.
taralynnee wrote:
Why is it like this?
that is a question that only apple would know the answer. but i suspect they would like us to use the TM drive exclusively for TM duties. :)
I have a new WD My book and when I set up time machine for backups, it changes it to read only. Why? and how do I change it?
