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Q: I do not have permission to move TimeMachine backup?

I've been having this issue for some time now. I have several small external storage drives that I would like to re-sort and move some of the backups from TimeMachine onto a new cloud based external drive.

 

I want to do this for two computers I have regarding the TM backups.

 

Anyway, my small externals are full and I need to do some resorting and reformatting and putting things in so they actually make sense again. I also need to do this since backups keep failing on this drive I am using and it's been quite a few months now and there is no solution to fix this.

 

What I want to do is copy the current directory that TimeMachine makes onto the large cloud drive (Backups.backupdb) and keep it there. When I try to move / copy this directory I keep getting an error! How can I have no permissions when it's my computer?  Right now if I try to drag and drop it into the new server I get a pop up saying, "The volume is the wrong format for a backup" - this is a new one.

 

We have the cloud device split up into two areas, one for me and one for my husband. I'm also hoping I can designate a specific area for each of our backups as well.

iMac (27-inch Late 2009), Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Feb 22, 2015 11:29 AM

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  • by mario49,

    mario49 mario49 Feb 23, 2015 12:04 PM in response to Twitchin Kitten
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    Feb 23, 2015 12:04 PM in response to Twitchin Kitten

    Hi Twitchin Kitten,

     

    Thanks for using Apple Support Communities. Based on what you stated, it sounds like you are trying to move a TimeMachine backup to another drive. I would recommend that you read this article, it may be able to help the issue.

     

    Time Machine: How to transfer backups from a current backup drive to a new backup drive - Apple Support

    Check the format of your new backup drive

    1. Connect the new backup drive to your Mac.
    2. Open Disk Utility (located in the Utilities folder).
    3. In Disk Utility, select the new drive's icon to make sure it has a GUID partition and is formatted as Mac OS Extended (Journaled). You can check this from the "Format:" line at the bottom of the Disk Utility window. If your new backup drive is not formatted this way, reformat it, selecting the option for Mac OS Extended (Journaled) with a GUID partition. Back up any important data from your new drive before you format it.

     

    Set permissions on your new backup drive

    1. Open a new Finder window. 
    2. In the sidebar of the Finder window, click the icon of the new backup drive. 
    3. Choose Get Info from the File menu.
    4. Make sure "Ignore ownership on this volume" at the bottom of the "Sharing & Permissions" section of the Get Info window is deselected (unchecked).

     

    Cheers,

    Mario

  • by Twitchin Kitten,

    Twitchin Kitten Twitchin Kitten Feb 24, 2015 5:34 AM in response to mario49
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    Feb 24, 2015 5:34 AM in response to mario49

    I thought of that, Mario but the drive does not show in the Disk Utility to format.  The only things I see on the Disk Utility is the iMac's hard drive and the SuperDrive. I most definitely do not want to format those!

     

    My husband set this up as well. I think he just "plugged and played" without much else.

     

    It's a Seagate Central storage cloud.  -> http://www.seagate.com/external-hard-drives/home-entertainment/media-sharing-dev ices/seagate-central/

  • by Twitchin Kitten,

    Twitchin Kitten Twitchin Kitten Feb 24, 2015 7:32 AM in response to Twitchin Kitten
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    Feb 24, 2015 7:32 AM in response to Twitchin Kitten

    OK hope this helps anyone else using this type of device.

     

    This is NOT the same type of device as Western Digital's "My Cloud".

    It was explained to me that this is a Linux based computer that you share on your network and access from anywhere, but it's NOT a 'cloud'.

     

    This device works over wifi only unless you purchase a lightening cable.

     

    I will not be able to format this as per Mario's suggestion as it is not the same kind of storage device as an external hard drive. So transferring my old TM backup for safekeeping would be out of the question.

     

    This Seagate Central is only good for storage and access to your stuff from "someplace else in the world" if you need that kind of service. "Your Stuff" is files, folders, audio, video, books etc. NOT program backups. This is NOT ideal to use for TimeMachine backups. It will take HOURS to do a complete backup over wifi and because you cannot format this as per Mario's suggestion, its' pretty much useless for this anyway.

     

    I just need to discuss with my husband what we want to keep and what we want to lose and then go about formatting those old externals and cleaning them up to move forward.

  • by mario49,

    mario49 mario49 Feb 24, 2015 7:51 AM in response to Twitchin Kitten
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    Feb 24, 2015 7:51 AM in response to Twitchin Kitten

    Thank you for using the Apple Support Community. Due to the nature of your issue you may find more information by using another one of Apple's support resources - https://expresslane.apple.com/GetproductgroupList.action

  • by Twitchin Kitten,

    Twitchin Kitten Twitchin Kitten Feb 24, 2015 9:14 AM in response to mario49
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    Feb 24, 2015 9:14 AM in response to mario49

    mario49 wrote:

     

    Thank you for using the Apple Support Community. Due to the nature of your issue you may find more information by using another one of Apple's support resources - https://expresslane.apple.com/GetproductgroupList.action

    Mario, I don't think you fully read my last reply.

     

    I don't need another support community, nor do I need support.

    Seagate helped since it's still under warranty and I have tech support available through them. All I was doing was relaying the info they gave me so others can benefit from what I learned should someone else run into the same situation.

     

    This Seagate Central is different from other storage devices (small external drives one can format). Thank you for the link though, I will check it out.