Changing file attributes - MacOS Big Sur

Is there an easy and fast way to change the read-only file attribute on multiple files? As far as I can tell, Finder has you look at the files one by one to even find out whether the file is read-only.

Thank you for any suggestions.

iMac Line (2012 and Later)

Posted on Jul 2, 2021 1:09 PM

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Barney-15E

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Jul 2, 2021 2:00 PM in response to silkenpaw

Select all and show the inspector, cmd-opt-i.

But, it really depends on why they are read-only.

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