HELP! External Hard Drive Permission Error

[kat.elizabeth.a]

Hi everyone, I am new to the forums.

I am having issues with permission to access my external hard drive. I recently switched macbook's and my hard drive was connected to my old macbook laptop. I would like to start backing it up with my new Macbook Pro, but I do not have permission anymore. Can anyone guide me on how to gain permission to access?

THANK YOU

 

[Mac-Michael]

Watch this

In your case you'd right click on the hard drive instead of a single folder because you have multiple folders with mixed permissions.
After adding your current account to the list, first change Privilege to Read & Write then Apply to enclosed items.