Hi there everyone, I'd like to ask some more clarifications please as I'm still not getting very far with this.
So, ok, maybe it's best if I describe the problem.
I'm using Mac OS X. I re-formatted my hard drive and re-installed an older version of OSX that's more compatible with my hardware. Instead of using the Mac 'Migration Assistant' to restore my user and files from my Backup drive (created using 'TimeMachine'), I just copied things over (as I was copying to an older OSX than was used to create the backups).
I did that to create a clean start because I've had that backup drive for like 8 years and wanted to get reformat that drive too, getting rid of a heap of old, useless backups.
My issue is that all the files / folder and subfolders with files no longer have the correct User and correct permissions.
I can add a user with permissions to the files or a folder individually using OSX Finder, however doing that does not change permissions recursively in subfolders and files. So I have to do it all file by file. Which is pretty damn tedious.
So, I'm searching for a way to add a user to a bunch of files, folders, subfolders and their files and their subfolders and files, etc, with read/write permissions, in 'Terminal'. I also need to remove a user named 'Fetching...', ie an invalid user from my pervious installation of OSX.
I'm attaching an image of the issue from the file or folder information tab in OSX Finder, to make this clearer.
I would really, really appreciate help here. I no longer have the old backups at all, only one copy on my internal hard drive. So I can't just revert unfortunately. And unfortunately I only realized this problem after it was all done....
Ah well!!!