TS1338: Mac OS X 10.5: Time Machine performs full backup after a full restore

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kirsty1981
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Q: I'm unable to open old back ups since my hard drive was changed

My hard drive was changed recently and since then I have been unable to open old backs ups on my Time Machine everytime i try to open a folder it tells me "The Folder "Music" can't be opened because you don't have permission to see its contents" how can I change this?

If anybody can help it will be appreciated.

Posted on Feb 8, 2012 3:43 AM

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kirsty1981

Q: I'm unable to open old back ups since my hard drive was changed

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  • by Linc Davis,

    Linc Davis Linc Davis Feb 8, 2012 9:54 AM in response to kirsty1981
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    Feb 8, 2012 9:54 AM in response to kirsty1981

    Do you have more than one user account on your Mac? If so, try restoring in the other account(s), then copy the files to the home folder of the account you want them in.

  • by kirsty1981,

    kirsty1981 kirsty1981 Feb 8, 2012 12:19 PM in response to Linc Davis
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    Feb 8, 2012 12:19 PM in response to Linc Davis

    I'm the only user.

  • by Linc Davis,

    Linc Davis Linc Davis Feb 8, 2012 12:58 PM in response to kirsty1981
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    Feb 8, 2012 12:58 PM in response to kirsty1981

    Does your account have the same name that it had when you made those backups?

    Do you have access to your existing Music folder?

  • by kirsty1981,

    kirsty1981 kirsty1981 Feb 9, 2012 10:15 AM in response to Linc Davis
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    Feb 9, 2012 10:15 AM in response to Linc Davis

    My existing music folder is accessable.

    When I go to a backup before my hard drive was replaced I would double click on a particular date and then follow through to a folder called "Macintosh HD" and then I would follow that through to "Users" then access my folder (the only other folder is "Shared" which is empty) and after that all folders are now unaccessable. If I access a backup I completed after my hard drive was replaced the folder that was originally titled "Macintosh HD" has now changed names to "Hard Drive" and then again I would follow through to "Users" where there are now three folders, mine (name has not been changed), Shared and User (all the folders within this folder are also unaccessable).

  • by Linc Davis,

    Linc Davis Linc Davis Feb 9, 2012 11:55 AM in response to kirsty1981
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    Feb 9, 2012 11:55 AM in response to kirsty1981

    Use Migration Assistant to import the backup data to a new user account. Excruciatingly detailed instructions (for Lion) are here:

     

    OSX Tips: Setting-up a new Mac from an old one, its backups, or a PC Using Migration Assistant on Lion

     

    If you're only interested in the Music folder, select only that in Migration Assistant.

     

    Once you've created the new user account, you'll log into it (with the same password you use now) and move the Music folder into the Public folder. Log out of the new account and back into your existing account. Copy the Music folder or its contents from the new user's Public folder to your home folder. You can then delete the new user account and its home folder in the Users & Groups preference pane of System Preferences.