Q: Why is Mountain Lion asking for my password to delete files?
All of a sudden, Mountain Lion is asking for my password every time I want to delete a file. Anyone know why?
iMac (27-inch Late 2009), OS X Mountain Lion
Posted on Aug 17, 2012 9:10 AM
by baltwo,Solvedanswer
If you're getting the authentication request when MOVING stuff from the root-level /Applications folder or hitting CMD+DELETE after selecting something within, then that's mommy Apple protecting you from yourself. You can solve that by running this Terminal command:
sudo chown -R root:admin /Applications
hit the return key, at the Password: prompt, carefully type in your admin password, since nothing displays on the screen, hit the return key, and restart.
Posted on Aug 17, 2012 3:18 PM
