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copying files failed, because you don't have permission to change your...

New day, new problem. I have tried to consolidate/move songs to external drive through itunes/library/organize/consolidate. At first it looks like everything is copying over and at the end I get an error message saying, "copying files failed, because you don't have permission to change your ITUNES media folder or a folder within it." does anybody know what that means and what to do. I am an administrator for the laptop so I should be able to do what I want in that regard.

macbook, Mac OS X (10.6.2)

Posted on May 28, 2010 9:29 AM

23 replies

irnmn

Level 1

4 points

Apr 14, 2013 7:14 AM in response to Jolly Giant

Worked like a charm. Took several attempts. First had to find the correct music folder. Second need to leave the padlock symbol unlocked.

bdcs64

Level 1

18 points

Apr 22, 2013 1:11 PM in response to daduser

Thank you, Jolly Giant! 😀

Your solution worked for me!

bdcs64

Level 1

18 points

Apr 22, 2013 1:12 PM in response to Jolly Giant

Worked for me!

Danke!

May 8, 2013 12:29 PM in response to Jolly Giant

WORKED PERFECT!!! THANKS! **** I love the power of the interenet.

ppartida

Level 1

0 points

Aug 11, 2013 7:43 PM in response to Jolly Giant

thank you for your clear explanation, I was freaking out here!!..

blar72

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Oct 4, 2013 7:32 PM in response to Jolly Giant

I would like to try this option but a message comes up that says something to the effect "Are you sure you want to do this? It cannot be reversed". That freaks me out a little bit because it appears that I am giving read/write permission to groups. What type of permissions am I giving others? Why can this never be reversed?

Mila Shah

Level 1

135 points

Dec 15, 2013 3:57 PM in response to Jolly Giant

I was going nuts all day. I can't believe I was on chat with Apple Support for an hour and he didn't tell me to do this. THIS is the ONLY way you can get your iPhone to seamlessly sync with a new user/new computer account. Yay!

Mar 26, 2015 7:03 PM in response to Jolly Giant

I am having this same problem, but still have not solved it. What if the only option you have (even after unlocking the pad lock icon) is 'revert changes' - and you can't even click on that because its grey.

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