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Jan 31, 2012 9:07 PM in response to iVmichaelby Michael JS Cox,Just had the same thing happen to me, starting today, after the cat walked over the keyboard--at least, that's the only thing I can think of, other than updating Motion, FCPX and Compressor. So thanks for the tip...and for anyone like me who isn't used to the Terminal or entering into it, if there's a space, you leave that space, so that my entry for the above was exactly this:
sudo chown michael .Trash
and then my password...it works.
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Feb 25, 2012 8:41 AM in response to Michael JS Coxby Rutland,Did what you said not knowing that I had Utilities anyway or what to do with it! Followed your guide and hey presto I can now move to the trash without the passwod. Thanks.
Rutland
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Mar 1, 2012 12:59 AM in response to iVmichaelby Rutland,Michael
I used your 'sudo chown' etc to fix the deleted file into trash, on my new Lion OS, and it worked. Brilliant. Thanks very much. Now I find another glitch elsewhere. If I try to move a document or file etc onto the hard drive icon with Lion I am now asked to authenticate and have to type in my password each time for it to move on to the hard disk. I didn't have to do that with Snow Leopard. What is the answer please? Is it another set of words into the Utilities folder? If so what are they and what do I do?
Thank you.
Rutland
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Mar 2, 2012 12:03 AM in response to Rutlandby iVmichael,Not for the faint hearted but it drove me nuts not being able to manage the /Applications folder and Utilities, if you really want to take ownership then:
Select Applications and Get Info
Click the Padlock bottom right and enter the admin password
Click the + bottom left, it will open your contacts list
Select your name/normal login account
It will be added as Read Only, change that to Read & Write
Hit the little Gear icon at the bottom and select Apply to Enclosed Items
Let it work through it might take a while
Close the panel
Be warned this means you can also delete things that could be important so be careful ...
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Mar 2, 2012 2:13 AM in response to iVmichaelby Rutland,Michael
Thanks for that. Unfortunately despite carrying out your ideas to the letter. It doesn't work for me.
If I want to move any file/doc/picture to the HD it still says 'doc etc can't be moved because Mackintosh HD can't be modified' It gives me the option to authenticate or cancel. Obviously by clicking authenticate and putting in my password it allows me to put it into the HD. A pain of course. But it does work.
The other gliche I find on Lion is that if I go to the HD and bring up a doc or picture out of it, it has the name that I have given it, say' xyz', at the top of the item with 'locked' in grey letters next to it. If I then try to add or edit the item it says
'You don’t have permission to write to the folder that the file 'xyz' is in. You can duplicate this doc and edit the duplicate. Only the duplicate will include your changes.' It gives me the option to cancel or duplicate. If I click duplicate the duplicate doc appears with the same name 'xyz' with copy in black next to it. I can then amend/edit it and once saved it has 'xyz' with edit next to it. All very weird. I didn't get any of this on Snow Leopard. Is this a new feature of Lion?
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Mar 2, 2012 4:29 AM in response to Rutlandby iVmichael,It sounds to me like you don't have admin permissions on that username ? check what it shows in System Preferences/Accounts ?
It won't hurt either to run Disc Utility and Repair Permissions on the volume as things might be mixed up ...
With external drives you can Get Info on them and then check 'Ignore Ownership' which would fix things like this but that's not what's going on here.
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Mar 2, 2012 7:49 AM in response to Rutlandby Rutland,Original message sent to myself in error.
Message was edited by: Rutland
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Mar 2, 2012 7:47 AM in response to iVmichaelby Rutland,I'm afraid nothing works to solve it. I've just tried your latest idea. Repairing, volume and I am listed as administrator. I'm the only one that uses my machine anyway. What is puzzling is that if you look at each doc (inside the computer in the info bit it, if you see what I mean) it doesn't have the locked box ticked. Yet it does say locked on the screen picture of the doc as my earlier e-mail. If you try to edit it. Anyway thanks for trying.
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Apr 30, 2012 6:16 AM in response to iVmichaelby Bangkokerr,Trying to simply send things to trash without having the type password every time.
Tried the Terminal command and get this:
Last login: Mon Apr 30 20:09:29 on ttys000
MacMini:~ david m$ sudo chown david m .Trash
chown: david: Invalid argument
MacMini:~ david m$ sudo chown david m .Trash
chown: david: Invalid argument
MacMini:~ david m$ sudo chown david m .Trash
chown: david: Invalid argument
MacMini:~ david m$
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May 30, 2012 6:30 AM in response to Rutlandby hmoore45,I don't have any info on this, but am having the same problem. I just got a new MBP, which is awesome. We have had Macs for years and never seen something like this that requires such a complex fix. Usually, it would be an easy Sys Prefs adjustment for rights. If anybody at Apple is reading this, PLEASE address this in the next update. It's getting annoying to authenticate every time I want to move a file to another folder.
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May 30, 2012 9:56 AM in response to hmoore45by Rutland,Had the same trouble on my iMac when I upgraded to Lion. Basically it wiped my name off as the Account Holder/Administrator list. Hence it didn't recognise me. Try to see if it has wiped you off. If so put yourself in again as Acount Holder/Administrator. I upgraded my wife's Macbook to Lion and it didn't affect hers. Best of luck.
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May 30, 2012 11:12 AM in response to Rutlandby hmoore45,In Users and Groups Sys Prefs window, I am still the Admin. Is there another place this can be defined?
Thanks.
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May 30, 2012 3:01 PM in response to hmoore45by lantzn,What about creating a new user account with admin rights to see if everything works as it should. If it does, move your files to that account and dump the original.


