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whittada Author

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Password Needed to Move Item to Trash Mac OS 10.15

iMac Pro

Posted on Feb 6, 2020 4:21 AM

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whittada Author

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Feb 6, 2020 6:35 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

Doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to this. It has never happened before. An item in a folder or the folder itself (documents). asks for password or it doesn't. I have been having a terrible time with permissions ever since I went to Catalina. I'm going to reinstall 10.15 and see if that helps.

Feb 6, 2020 5:40 AM in response to whittada

Depending on what item you are trying to move to the trash, a request for your password may be perfectly normal and correct. What are you trying to move to trash?

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