reset home folder permissions

lmqf295 wrote:

Hey guys,

Can anyone help me reset my home folder Sharing and Permissions to default.

Couldn't find clear info about this anywhere else.

macOS Catalina 10.15.7

Many thanks!

Lino

Hmmm. Not sure what happened here...

See if this works for you—

Boot from your Recovery by holding down the key combination Command-R at startup.

From the Recovery Desktop select Utilities >> Terminal

In the Terminal window, type:

resetpassword

and press return.   

We are not going to reset Password however we are going to Reset ACLs

Reset Password window opens>> select your boot volume if not already selected.

Select your username from the menu, select the user account if not already selected.

Under Reset Home Directory Permissions and ACLs, click the Reset button.

Then from the >>Restart from the dropdown.

lmqf295 wrote:

Thank you leroydouglas

Unfortunately didn't work.

Although I think I followed your instructions, couldn't find the option" Reset Home Directory Permissions and ACLs"

Maybe my OS is all screwed up, which I find unlikely considering this is the recovery partition; or some update changed this feature.

Thanks anyway

Lino

Ok good work

It seems every macOS is shifting and changing this approach.

You can try from the Terminal copy & paste:

diskutil resetUserPermissions

lmqf295 Said:

“reset home folder permissions: Hey guys, Can anyone help me reset my home folder Sharing and Permissions to default. Couldn't find clear info about this anywhere else. macOS Catalina 10.15.7 [...]my OS is all screwed up, which I find unlikely considering this is the recovery partition; or some update changed this feature.”

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Leave the Home Folder as Read-Only:

I don’t know how the Home folder would have become non-read only, unless you fiddled with its permissions, in which case don’t. If your Home folder is reset, then you might get a messed up install. In all, leave the Home folder as read-only.