[B Gallagher]

Hello all,

I've just got a similar error message in Time Machine to this one:



I googled, and found two ways to fix it, both involving terminal commands. However I have little idea of how to use the terminal, and don't know what these commands mean. Can anyone help explain these to me? Thanks.

Option 1:

$ cd /Volumes/{volume name}
$ sudo chown $USER {file name}

Option 2:

1. Type "cd" followed by a single space, and then drag the Time Machine drive to the Terminal window. The command should then look something like this:

* cd /Volumes/Backup

2. Press enter to submit that command, and then enter the following command:

* ls -la

3. Note the name of the file that begins with a period and has 12 characters in the name, such as ".001b6397c156" mentioned in the quote above.

4. Now enter the following commands, substituting "FILENAME" in the commands with the file name exactly as it's shown both in the error as well as in the output of the command in step 2, including the period before it (ie: ".001b6397c156"):

* sudo chown `id -un` FILENAME
* sudo chmod 400 FILENAME

After each of these commands are entered, users will need to supply their passwords (which will not be shown) and the Time Machine backups should work again.