I’m migrating to a new computer running OS X 10.15 (old computer runs 10.14) and need some help figuring out how to move over the small configurations … Keyboard Maestro macros, dock preferences, Bartender and Better Touch Tool settings.
I made a bootable backup of the old system, figuring I could pull files from it as needed. But when I plug the external hard drive into the new computer, I can’t browse the folders and files. Any suggestions on how to get access?
thanks,
Fran
I assume the backup drive is not encrypted?
Have you tried ignoring ownership? (Right-click on the drive, Get info)
The original volume uses filevault; the backup drive is not encrypted. Although as a bootable backup I suppose that is a possibility. Will try turning off FileVault and redoing the backup — thanks for the suggestion.
I’ve never seen the ‘ignore ownership’ checkbox — will try that too.
thanks!
Did it ask for a password on mount? If so then undoing filevault won’t fix the issue.
I think the ownership issue is the problem.
no request for a password on mounting.
Selecting the ‘ignore ownership on this volume’ did not help 
Neither did selecting one of the locked folders, changing the permissions to allow everyone to read/write. I still get the error message:
Are you logged in with an admin account? I had a similar situation but was able to resolve it following the steps above.
if you look at the info for the folder, can you add yourself as the user?
(sharing & permissions → add user)
And also use the option to apply to files and sub folders (don’t have the exact wording to hand).
Permissions can be a problem.
The solution of changing permissions in the Finder has already been posted.
Another option is using chown/chmod in the shell (if you are comfortable with it).
sudo chown -R username \folder
found it! thank you so much!!
