Mac OS Ventura 13.5
External HD with Folders with red minus sign.
Dragged Documents folder onto my desktop
Info window at bottom says "fetching" under sharing and permissions. Just keeps "fetching." Spinning wheel does not resolve if that matters.
Trying to access folder contents!
MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 13.4
For all of my non-startup drives, I simply mark them all as permission free.
Right click on the external drive's icon and choose Get Info. At the bottom right of the panel that appears, click the lock icon and enter your admin password. Then turn on the check box for, Ignore ownership on this volume. Close the get info box.
You may need to restart the Mac, but everything on that volume will now be treated as belonging to no one, and you can do whatever you want with the contents.
Sorry it took so long. I didn't have a Mac to test, so was trying to use the manual pages and it didn't seem to indicate it needed -un instead of just -n.
Folders with red minus sign?
