I have several files on a. backup disk on my MacBook Air. When I try to open them I keep getting an "access denied" error message. I have changed permissions on individual files and on folders but I'm still getting the same error and no access. I'm the only person who uses this computer. How can I fix this?
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.15
The files were images and the app was Preview. After further investigation, it seems like I can't access anything in this folder but it is a duplicate of my actual One Drive file online so I found them there. I don't understand what the OneDrive folder is on my Mac and if I could just delete it.
I tried dragging pic to desktop but get an "access denied" message then too.
Thanks
What app were you using when you got that message? Office is notorious about using this message whenever opening a document fails.
Can you get to the pic from a web browser. I'm not familiar with one drive. You could try transfering the pic to the desktop.
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OneDrive folder is on my Mac and if I could just delete it.
https://www.lifewire.com/set-up-microsoft-onedrive-for-mac-2260846
I would avoid deleting this folder or files in it. Doing the "wrong" thing might end up deleting the files on the onedrive server. I'd backup these files before doing anything that comes near the files.
You picked it up from using some Microsoft app like office 365.
After backing up, you could delete the one drive app or look in your account to see if onedrive app is in your login items. system preferences > accounts > login items. click on the lock icon to allow editing. delete the onedrive.app from the login items if present and the will at least get rid of the syncing of the files. You should be able to then delete this folder. I have not tried this. Caveat emptor
If you can manually download that seems like a good workaround. You might see if there is a more recent version of the onedrive app [ what ever the name of the app might be. ]
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