Permission denied by folders in Time Machine, How can I fix this?

Hi, no expert on TM, but since nobody has replied...

Was any of this in a Filevault account?

Open Migration assistant instead of TM & see if you can Migrate that old/other/original user.

HawkTJ wrote:

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I can't access data of Time Machine made with previous Admin account.

That's the problem. One user, even an Admin user, doesn't normally have access to another user's data.

It's a different cause, but the situation is the same as in the pink box of Problems after using Migration Assistant

Your best bet will be to create another user account (or accounts); one of them should be able to access the backups.

(You won't be able to migrate the old account, since you've done new backups and Migration Assistant only works with the most recent backup.)

I'm running OS X 10.10.1

Naturally I don't if anything has changed since 10.5 as this is an old post.

I have just opened up 2 windows and moved the "Restriced folder" to the root DIR of the Backup HDD. The OS prompts for my current Admin Password. Once transferred you automatically gain access to that folder.

Great tip, thanks! 🙂