Delete a file from the desktop without having to confirm with Finder that you want it deleted

That's the response I get when dragging a file from the drive connected to my AirPort Extreme router so anyone connected to our WiFi LAN can access the drive;

and these are the permissions for that drive:

What are the permissions for the Desktop folder?

not that I am aware of but I'm open to any suggestions :)

Copy and paste this command into Terminal and hit return. Don't try to type it, just copy/paste.

ls -leO ~/Desktop 

It will list all of the files in your Desktop folder.

Underneath each file entry, look for a line that looks like this:

0: group:everyone deny delete

Or, you might see uchg between "staff" and the size (numbers before date). It should normally be –, so if it says anything other than –, post what it says there.

Essentially, a normal file should look similar to this:

-rw-r--r--@  1 barney  staff  -     130409 Dec 28 17:09 177841991559.JPEG

In Finder's Advanced settings pane make sure this checkbox is unchecked.

Get Info on your Desktop Folder and look at the Sharing & Permissions section. What does it show for permissions?

There doesn't appear to be a reason it is deleting immediately, but the permissions do not look correct. Did you ever do anything to change the permissions on your Home folder?

gymjunkie2 wrote:

not that I am aware of but I'm open to any suggestions :)

Have you installed and run any "cleaning", "optimizing", "speed-up", anti-virus or VPN apps on your Mac?