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This is a revisited question as the link describing action has been broken.
I encrypted a folder and now when I open it, I cannot write to it even though I am the admin with 'write' privileges. Get Info shows me as having read and write, but just above that is says the folder is read only.
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iMac 21.5″ 4K, macOS 11.6
How did you encrypt the folder?
There is no way in macOS to encrypt a folder. You can create an encrypted disk image from a folder, but that doesn’t create a r/w disk image. If you want a r/w disk image, you have to create that from scratch, then copy the folder contents into the mounted image.
You nailed it, Barney. I thought that creating an image from a folder was r/w. Was able to create a new one and moved the stuff into it like you had mentioned. Good gouge.
****... I just hate it when an Eagle guy has the answer lol. One of two gun stitchings I ever got from a mutual start was from Archie Rippeto when he was up at the Klamath Guard unit. He could make that airplane do ungodly things.
~Gomez out
Encrypted folder and now it's read only
