Sharing & Permissions

Click here and follow the instructions; next, click the + button, add yourself to the list with Read & Write access, and optionally remove nobody by selecting it and using the - button.

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Same issue to no avail....

I have been with Apple since 1985, but since 10.2 I have had no troubles, well small ones, and love it. 10.5 is more like OS 7 - 9.

Going back to the past sometimes is no fun.

Can we get back to a stable OS again? 10.5 although suppose to be cool, is almost like VISTA, almost.

What do you mean by 'it doesn't work'? Does the Finder not let you add yourself to the list, not let you unlock the permissions section, or something else?

What are the permissions shown for the three entries?

I've experienced seemingly related problems with Sharing & Permissions.

Quick background context: I had to create a new user for myself and delete the old user ID because it was the only way to get iSync to finally work. I subsequently moved all my pictures, documents etc to my newly created user before deleting the old user ID. I gave my new ID read and write permissions at the home folder level and selected "apply to enclosed items".

Although that worked on the surface (the new ID is listed with read & write access), in many cases, I still have to type in a password to change/move the item (or sub-folder) - and in many cases it copies, (rather than moves) the item (even though it's on the same drive - eg from my downloads folder to my documents folder). Oddly, there are also two "everyone" users listed - one has "Custom Access", one has "Read only". I can't delete either one. The only fix for me has been to give Read & Write access to both "everyone" users. It's a pain because I have to do it for EVERY item. I'd love a utility or fix that just cleaned it all up once and for all.

AEnima77 wrote:
Finder restarts when i try to add or modify permissions. And I yet haven't figured ot the way to solve it.
I followed the instructions on previous reply link, logged into terminal but didn't change anything whatsoever.

That crash is fixed in 10.5.2, and would have been worked around by the steps in the article Niel posted. I suspect you missed something in the article. It should have changed "(unknown)" to your user name, with an '_' in front of it. Try again, making absolutely sure that you fallowed the steps in the article exactly.