Time Machine backups greyed out

Do you have apps in your home folder, instead of the top-level Applications folder?

If so, I'd be inclined to just move it to the top-level Applications folder.

The support files should either be in the top-level Library folder (which you won't be copying), or in the ~/Library folder inside your home folder. As long as you copy all the contents of ~/Library, you should be fine.

I don't have apps in my home folder. Okey now I get it. I don't see Library in my home folder. I want to see Library in my home folder. How can I make appear in home folder ? I know that I can go to it by pressing Alt key while looking Go in Finder window. How can I add Home Folder Library appear on left side of Finder window ?

tolgao wrote:

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I want to see Library in my home folder. How can I make appear in home folder ? I know that I can go to it by pressing Alt key while looking Go in Finder window. How can I add Home Folder Library appear on left side of Finder window ?

To make it permanently visible, from a Finder window showing your home folder, copy and paste:

chflags nohidden ~/Library

via the Terminal app (in your Applications/Utilities folder), and press Return.

Then drag it into the sidebar.

It is strange that all the applications in my current user account are also in my new user account. I have not copied and paste them yet. How is it possible ? My both accounts have admin priviledges. Is that why ?

If they're in the top-level Applications folder, they're accessible from any user account.

That's how multiple users can "share" the same app, but each have their own preferences, settings, and data (via separate files in each user's home folder).

You are like Google. 🙂 When I have a questions, you always have answers.

😁

One last question for today: I did a long(first) backup today with my TimeCapsule on my old user account. And I am using this new backup with my new user account. Will it create any problem ? Because the backup was taken with a corrupt account(my old account). Also my first backup was 1 GB short of total amount of data I have on my internal Mac hardisk. Why is it so ? Will it create a problem ?

tolgao wrote:

One last question for today: I did a long(first) backup today with my TimeCapsule on my old user account. And I am using this new backup with my new user account. Will it create any problem ? Because the backup was taken with a corrupt account(my old account).

I'm not sure what you mean.

On the next backup, the new account will be backed-up in full; the backups of the copied files won't be linked to the backups of the old account at all.

Once you're sure everything got copied properly, you may want to delete the old files from the old home folder. But you may want to keep the old account, as the new account probably doesn't have permission to restore from the backups of the old account.

Also my first backup was 1 GB short of total amount of data I have on my internal Mac hardisk. Why is it so ? Will it create a problem ?

No. Time Machine automatically excludes some things that aren't needed, such as system work files, most caches and logs, trash, etc. See the tan box in Time Machine - Frequently Asked Question #11 for the gory details.

(And that's two questions 😉)

How can I copy and paste Home Folder Library ? Because Home Folder Library in new user account have many files in it. When I copy the Home Folder Library files of old account and paste it to Home Folder Library files of new account, many files/folders are going to be replaced. Would it cause any problem ? How can I put Applications icons on the dock ? Just dragging them from Application folder to the dock will do the job ?

tolgao wrote:

How can I copy and paste Home Folder Library ? Because Home Folder Library in new user account have many files in it. When I copy the Home Folder Library files of old account and paste it to Home Folder Library files of new account, many files/folders are going to be replaced.

Those are default contents -- mostly empty folder/file structures. Either let them be replaced, or delete the default contents, then copy the old contents.

How can I put Applications icons on the dock ? Just dragging them from Application folder to the dock will do the job ?

Yup.

As you said I copied and paste my document folder content from old account to new account. But I got two different dialog box :

* The folder "......." can't be opened because you don't have permission to see its contents.

and

* You may need to enter the name and password for an administrator on this computer to change the item named ".............pdf".

How can I overcome these permission issues with some folders and files ?

As detailed in the blue box of Transferring files from one User Account to another, you need to copy twice; once while logged-in to the old account, copy to the special /Shared user account; then while logged-on as the new user, from the /Shared account to the new user's account.

That avoids the permissions problems if you try to do it in one process.

I did it exactly the same as your blue box of Transferring files from one User Account to another,

I copied twice; once while logged-in to the old account, copied to the special /Shared user account; then while logged-on as the new user, from the /Shared account to the new user's account. I still got permissions problems. Is there anyway to fix this problem or I should live with not being able to access some folders in my new account ?

That's quite weird. 😟

Two possibilites:

If it's just a folder or two, you can give the new account permission to a folder and it's contents, by right-clicking it in the Finder and selecting Get Info. At the botom of that panel, unlock the padlock (and enter your Admin password). If your account just has read rights, use the small arrows to change it to Read & Write.

If it's not shown at all, click the plus sign, then select the account. That will give it read rights; change to read & write.

Then click the "gear" icon and select "apply to enclosed items."

But if it's several folders, you can reset all the permissions on the home folder to default values, per Resetting Password and/or User Permissions.