[OT] Recover Files From OS X User Account

[Thomas McGrath III]

Yes, Enabling the ROOT user is the way I have done this in the past. I  
also use Carbon Copy Cloner to do 'complete' copies and have had good  
success with Drive Genius 2 to repair and copy files.


Tom McGrath III
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On Sep 11, 2009, at 6:29 AM, Ian Wood wrote:

> If you enable the Root user on your external HD and login as Root  
> you can access any user folder on any connected drive. Although I'm  
> not sure what problems you might have with permissions on the files  
> after they have been copied somewhere else.
>
> Brian's suggestion of Knoppix is definitely worth looking into.
>
> Ian
>
> On 11 Sep 2009, at 10:57, Scott Rossi wrote:
>
>> I get that user accounts are normally inaccessible unless one is  
>> logged in
>> as that user, but I'm hoping someone might know of a utility or  
>> process to
>> be able to extract files from these kind of accounts and "de- 
>> protect" them
>> based on the login information (or if this is even possible).
>
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