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Message you do not have permission to see its contents when I want to download files

Bought Mac Pro January 2018. Have back up on external disk from Mac Air. Get message you do not have permission to see its contents when I want to download files. What can i do? No do not wish to use the cloud. Thks

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Posted on Mar 1, 2018 8:32 AM

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