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urgent help - disks locked after running SD
After purchasing and running SD the first time both disks (the original and the copy disk) are locked. We are unable to create any new folders on either drive. While logged on as the admin, under sharing and permissions is the phrase "You can only read". The Icon of the two drives shows a padlock on the lower left hand corner. We have tried every combination of checking the ignore ownership, apply changes to enclosed items, etc.
We have a three drive system. One for system files, which is fine. The second is a 2TB raid drive for photos, the third is another 2TB backup of number 2. We have been using the drives for many months, performing manual backs so we sure SD has caused this problem. Apple support tells us the only answer is to format both drives and start over. |
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As I've said in support email, I can't see how we could possibly have 'locked' your drives. We don't change the locking status. We do turn "ownership" on for the drive, but that wouldn't lock it, and you can readily revert by turning ownership off in Get Info. For some reason, OSX isn't allowing that -- I don't know why that would be.
Apple Support also seems to be incorrect in this case. Formatting a drive in this situation makes no sense. It's possible your 'volinfo.database' is wrong. Please follow the steps to delete the file in this FAQ entry, then restart your Mac and try turning off ownership again.
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Thanks for the quick reply Dave. I followed the instructions using the finder method. Put the DB file in the trash. Restarted. Went back to get info for the drive, unlocked the padlock, clicked "ignore ownership,,,," pressed the apply button, waited for it to complete. Same issue there.
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It won't turn ownership off? For either drive?
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I am a photographer not a technical guy.
Sorry for the stupid question how do I tell if ownerships is turned off after doing this? |
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If the checkbox is checked, ownership should be off. You'd open Get Info for the volume again and look to see if the checkbox is checked.
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