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Number files restored from Time Machine are locked and cannot be unlocked

Number files restored from Time Machine are locked and cannot be unlocked.


MacBook Pro 1" 2018

MacOS 15.7.9


I successfully restore Number files and can open them. But they are locked.


I Get Info and see that the padlock is locked. The Locked checkbox in GetInfo is not checked.

I click on the padlock icon, enter my account password.

GetInfo now shows the padlock unlocked.

I open the file and it is still locked. I GetInfo again and the padlock is once more locked.


I tried making a duplicate of the file, but the copy is also permanently locked.


I am forced to create a new empty file and copy and paste tables from the original file.


This doesn't seem to be the way Time Machine should function.


How do I unlock the files?


I haven't tried other file types yet; this has been frustrating enough.


Thanks

EdR2

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