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Numbers and File Permissions

Running Catalina (10.15) and Numbers (6.2.1). The wife created a Numbers file under her ID. We moved the file to the "Shared" folder so we could both access it. Permissions are Owner R/W, Group R/W, Everyone R/W. When I open the file under my ID and try to save it Numbers says I don't have permissions to update the file. This doesn't make sense as the file is in a shared folder with basically open permissions (rwxrwxrwt) and the file has permissions of rwxrwxrwx. Both our IDs are in the ADMIN and STAFF groups. No unix reason we shouldn't be able to both access and update the file. What's up with Numbers and permissions?

Posted on Nov 24, 2019 9:49 AM

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Posted on Nov 25, 2019 6:58 AM

Thanks for the reply... I understand I can share via iCloud assuming I’m on the internet. I live off grid, very remotely, so that’s not always the case. The underlying issue is how Mac OSX is moving away from standard Unix permissions for many things. If I have a “shared” folder on a hard drive and I’ve set permissions properly at the command line, I should be able to share files and manage them myself. Turns out Apple is doing “interesting” things with Unix permissions. Not a big deal, but definitely and irritant. Anyway, thanks again...

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