i took the advice of people online and created a sparse image file as a way of password protecting folders on my hard drive. worked well for a while. these days, when i try to add or delete files from that sparse image, i get error 61 code. why can't i write/delete from that mounted image anymore?
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error code 61
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According to this thread, that error is a bad master directory block. It's a possible sign that the drive where your spareimage is at is failing. Where is the sparseimage e.g., on your Mac or an external HD?
You can attempt doing a verify and repair on the drive where it's at using Disk Utility, but no guarantees.
You can attempt doing a verify and repair on the drive where it's at using Disk Utility, but no guarantees.
the image is on an external hard drive, used for backups. i don't think i've ever messed with any of the permissions. when i created it, i gave it a password. i can still enter the password, which unlocks and mounts the image. from there i can open files and such, so i have read access. i just can't add to or delete from the image. somehow i lost those permissions. i attached a shot of the "get info" screen on the drive. i notice on the bottom now it says "you can only read" even though the option below it says "read/write". those buttons are grayed out and cant be clicked.
i ran disk utility before and hit both verify disk and repair disk, both said to have went through without error.
i ran disk utility before and hit both verify disk and repair disk, both said to have went through without error.
