[OS X TeX] local texmf permissions

[Themis Matsoukas]

> On Sep 21, 2018, at 1:40 PM, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com> wrote:
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>> On Sep 21, 2018, at 12:25 PM, Themis Matsoukas <tmatsoukas at icloud.com> wrote:
>> 
>> In the meanwhile, I found a saved copy of my texfm that does not seem to  have this problem. 
>> 
>> Themis
>> 
>> 
>>> On Sep 21, 2018, at 12:57 PM, Themis Matsoukas <tmatsoukas at icloud.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> After reformatting my mac book pro and installing High Sierra, I manually copy-pasted the local texmf folder into my Library. It works but all files in texfm are locked and High Sierra will not let me unlock them. Is there a quick fix tor this?
>>> 
>>> Themis
> 
> Howdy,
> 
> By `local texmf' folder I assume you mean your personal texmf folder located in ~/Library. Where did you find the original folder with locked files? (I know you solved your problem but I'm curious.)
> 

Herb,

Yes, I am talking about my ~/Library/texmf folder. 

The source was the time machine backup I had before reformatting my laptop. A few days after copying the texmf I started using the same external disk as the time machine backup for my reformatted notebook. The disk contains my earlier time machine backups, but as I discovered today, I cannot access them any more (I assume they are recognized as backups of different user account). Perhaps this has something to do with the fact that I lost full access to the texmf file I had copied earlier from that disk. Fortunately I am paranoid and run three simultaneous backups of my computer, so I was able to  restore texmf from another backup. 

Themis