I recently bought a new Mini Mac (M4) Tahoe 26.6.2 and transferred files to it from an old Mac via a Time Machine Back Up. All seemed fine, but folders and basic documents such as pages and numbers files that I need to work on only have 'custom access' in the 'sharing and permissions' so short of copying and pasting everything into new documents it is all useless to me. How can I change this ?
Mac mini, macOS 10.15
If you migrated to the new Mac mini during the initial setup using your same User Account...?
Then everything should be contained with-in that one Users Account.
Transfer to a new Mac with Migration Assistant - Apple Support
If you setup the new Mac mini first using a different Account and then migrated your old User Account ...?
You will end up with two different User Accounts that can only Share data.
Share files with others who use your Mac – Apple Support
At this point you have 2 options if you have two User Accounts.
1) Wipe the new Mac mini and Migrate your old User during the setup.
2) Continue to live with Sharing User files between the two User Accounts.
Thanks den.thed. Unfortunately it is not that simple. I have one account, having used the same account on both machines, and yet still all my old files have 'custom access' and I cannot find any way to change it.
Files have custom access after Time Machine migration to Mac mini
