TS1394: Troubleshooting Mac OS X installation and software updates (Mac OS X v10.6 and earlier)

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T. Cupples

Q: My pictures file is locked.  Don't have permission to access iPhoto library after Yosemite upgrade.  How do I dump the new Pictures file and restore the old?

Just upgraded to Yosemite 10.10.1   iPhoto gives me a permissions error when I try to access the photo library.  When I track down the "Pictures" folders, the new "blessed" Pictures folder (with camera on the folder) is empty.  The previous Pictures folder, now a generic folder named "Pictures" is found at  MacHD>Users>Guest, with a no access red circle/white bar in the lower right corner.  Get info tells me that "Guest" has read/write privileges, but not me, logged on with administrator password.  Logging in as "Guest" does no good, the folder is no longer findable.  Disk Utility Permissions repair and restart, both as Guest and with the administrator password are fruitless.  I cannot alter the locked Pictures folder.  Will moving the "blessed" pictures folder to the trash and restarting possibly fix this? If not, then how?  Thanks.

Dual 2.3 GHz Power PC G5, Mac OS X (10.5.1), Apple Cinema 23 HD

Posted on Nov 22, 2014 4:49 PM

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