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Gamboodle
By Gamboodle
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Go to solution Solved by m0k,

Can you try accessing/copying the files through Ubuntu instead?
Ubuntu has worked for me every time

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I have an old MacBook that doesn't turn on anymore and wanted to get some of the files off it. I took out the hard drive out and opened it in Linux mint, I can get to the files, but I need permission to access them. I can also open the files on a PC, but again, I still need permission. Any help would be great, thanks.

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40 minutes ago, Grieferrimix said:

Yep! that worked, thanks!

Also, you most likely just needed to elevate yourself to Root, as the Ownership/Permissions data on the HDD was still all set from the Mac OS X installation. Glad you got it working though.

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