I have a new computer (iMac with Mac OS X 10.9.5 Mavericks) and a new user account. When I connect to my external hard drive—which I had used to back up my old computer—but the folders have a little red no-access icon and when I try to open them it reads for example:
The folder “Music” can’t be opened because you don’t have permission to see its contents.
I am guessing it is perhaps because I am using a new user account? I have deleted my old user account - but it is still in the Trash. When I tried to move it out of Trash - it starts the process and then says:
This operation can't be completed because you don't have permission to some of the items.
It then shows an unexpected error occurred error code 8062.
I don’t understand and I really want to be able to access my files on the external hard drive. How do I do it?