N nzfrisco macrumors newbie Original poster Dec 27, 2010 1 0 Dec 27, 2010 #1 Hi Everyone My Iomega External Hard Drive is saying The folder Iomega 1TB cant be opened because you dont have permission to see its contents. drw-rw-rw- 21 782 26 Dec 19:34 Iomega 1TB Please help? Many thanks
Hi Everyone My Iomega External Hard Drive is saying The folder Iomega 1TB cant be opened because you dont have permission to see its contents. drw-rw-rw- 21 782 26 Dec 19:34 Iomega 1TB Please help? Many thanks
balamw Moderator emeritus Aug 16, 2005 19,365 980 New England Dec 27, 2010 #2 nzfrisco said: drw-rw-rw- 21 782 26 Dec 19:34 Iomega 1TB Click to expand... The 782 26 seems to imply that the user associated with the drive isn't one defined on your system. That is strange. You also typically need execute privileges to read folders. Before you do anything else, try to use repair permissions from Disk Utility. B
nzfrisco said: drw-rw-rw- 21 782 26 Dec 19:34 Iomega 1TB Click to expand... The 782 26 seems to imply that the user associated with the drive isn't one defined on your system. That is strange. You also typically need execute privileges to read folders. Before you do anything else, try to use repair permissions from Disk Utility. B