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How do I retrieve files from Time Machine backups from another computer?

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Mar 15, 202654156 views

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Really it's the same computer - I just did a fresh install of Snow Leopard. When I try to open the Documents directory from my old user account I get The folder "Documents" can't be opened because you don't have permissions to see its contents. I think the problem is that my user account ID changed…

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ls -al /Volumes/ExternalDriveName/Backups.backupdb/ComputerName/2009-09-03-120049/ComputerName/Users/
drwxr-xr-x@ 43 503    staff  1462 Jul 20 15:14 …

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It appears that Apple sets an ACL that denies everyone (root included) from deleting or modifying ownership etc on the Backups.backupdb folder and its contents, so using sudo or other root access does not help to change permissions. everyone deny ad…

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How do I retrieve files from Time Machine backups from another computer?

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