Martin, Not sure what the triangle means but if it is a red no entry symbol:
For an external drive, if all you want to do is access the flies therein, select the drive and do a Get Info on it (in File Menu). Right at the bottom of the window that opens you will see a check box marked "Ignore ownership on this volume" select the check box (you may have to 'undo' the padlock symbol first with your password. Close the Get Info window and you will now be able to access all your files on the external drive. Paul Owen > From: Martin Douglas <martindougl...@mac.com> > Reply-To: <smug@googlegroups.com> > Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 10:11:50 +0100 > To: "smug@googlegroups.com" <smug@googlegroups.com> > Subject: [sussex_mug] Carbon Copy Cloner Conundrum > > With the approaching demise of my PowerBook, I copied the entire contents of > the hard drive using the latest version of Carbon Copy Cloner to an external > hard drive. Mission accomplished except that ... > > I can see the files and folders on my external drive. From my iMac, to which I > attached my external drive, I tried to open the folders to be told that I did > not have permission to access the contents. On closer inspection, each of the > folders has a small red triangular icon. > > Have I made some awful mistake, or am I missing something obvious? Any held to > solve this conundrum would be appreciated. > > Martin > > Sent from my iPad > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to smug@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > smug+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to smug@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to smug+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
