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Can't change permissions to folders with a red circle and white line

Hello World -

I have several folder with a red circle and white line inside Macintosh hard drive folders. I ran disk utility and saw no changes. I zapped the PRAM and that did do anything else.

I cannot change permissions and get the following errors.


"The operation can’t be completed because you don’t have the necessary permission."


I tried to open folder and cannot move to trash. I get the following errors.

"The folder “LOREM” can’t be opened because you don’t have permission to see its contents."


Thank you everyone


Posted on Oct 25, 2020 2:11 PM

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You can’t alter it. It is protected by the OS.

Posted on Oct 26, 2020 4:02 PM

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Can't change permissions to folders with a red circle and white line

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