Have to give permission to staff & everyone to restore backup file over data file

Question

Can anyone explain why I had to grant the above permissions to my existing data file in order to restore from a backup? I have a Mac Mini & MacBook and when I travel I backup the file - restore it on the MacBook which went fine. However, upon returning and trying to restore to my Mini - I was told I did not have sufficient privileges to overwrite the existing data file. I'm the owner and only user - doesn't make any sense. Thanks in advance.

TechnoJock · Answer

When I received the error - I did a File/Restore From Backup...

I then selected the backup file, then selected where to restore - which was to to overwrite the existing Quicken data directory.

I then received the message indicating inability to restore the file due to permissions. I believe it also recommended doing a "Get Info" on the existing directory to see what permissions were present.

I did such things and it showed that I had Read & Write permissions, "Staff" and "Everyone" had read-only permissions. I'm assuming this is Mac OS's implementation of Linux/Unix owner/group/world.

I gave staff & everyone read & write permission and it worked.

Just doesn't make sense to me. As far as posting an image - I guess I can do that should I run into the problem the next time I perform this process. I really don't want to start mucking with these files just for shiggles.

Thanks.

jacobs · Answer

How, exactly, were you trying to replace your current data file? Insufficient permission is a macOS issue, not something managed by Quicken. I’m trying to understand exactly how you were doing this.

Quicken Anja · Answer

Hello @TechnoJock,

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