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Jilou2022 Author

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impossible to edit a folder in my HDD (macOS Ventura)

After install macOS Ventura i can't edit any folder in my hard disc like before in macOS 12

Posted on Oct 25, 2022 10:09 AM

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a brody

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Oct 25, 2022 10:13 AM in response to Jilou2022

Is this folder at the "root" of the hard drive, or inside a specific folder? Root folders are generally not editable, unless you go to Sharing and permissions and adjust the permissions with an admin account. Make sure the folder does not belong to any OS specific components, as that is one reason you can't edit such folders. That prevents you from being hacked.

If the folder is on a PC formatted NTFS hard drive, you'll want to use:

https://osxfuse.github.io/ Macfuse