Ventura Requires a Password to Do So Many Things

Is there a setting somewhere to allow basic things to be done without asking permission all the time? It's so annoying. It's seemingly inconsistent too. For example: copy a file to an external drive, need permission. Delete a file from an external drive, need permission. Move a file on an external drive into a folder, need permission. And when I move it, it makes a copy instead of just moving it, most of the time. I've done Command-I and tried to change permissions and won't let me. Some files say everyone can read and write but no go. Some files, a .jpg for instance, show that I can read and write but it won't open with Preview? I didn't have any of these issues before Ventura. I can boot into a Big Sur volume and not have these issues. While I can mostly get done what I need to it's a total pia. Any advice is appreciated, thanks.

iMac 27″, macOS 12.7

Posted on Mar 20, 2024 9:57 AM

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Posted on Mar 21, 2024 9:07 PM

Make sure the external drive is configured to "Ignore Ownership" which will stop the need to authenticate with such transfers. This external drive is just a data drive? It was never a macOS boot drive or a Time Machine drive?

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When transferring files to another volume, the default is to copy the items. You can tell macOS to move those files instead by holding the Command key while dragging & dropping the items to another volume. I highly recommend not using the move option, but instead copy the items, then once completed, delete the source items. There have been a lot of users who have lost their data when the move operation failed....the data was not on the destination volume and it was no longer on the source volume either.


When transferring files to another location within the same file system, the default behavior is to move those items. Again you can force macOS to copy them instead by holding the Option key as you drag & drop items onto another volume. You should see a "+" symbol appear on the mouse pointer when you press the Option key which symbolizes you are adding another copy of the item to the destination.



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Mar 21, 2024 9:07 PM in response to azmilt

Make sure the external drive is configured to "Ignore Ownership" which will stop the need to authenticate with such transfers. This external drive is just a data drive? It was never a macOS boot drive or a Time Machine drive?

Where's the "Ignore ownership on this vol… - Apple Community


When transferring files to another volume, the default is to copy the items. You can tell macOS to move those files instead by holding the Command key while dragging & dropping the items to another volume. I highly recommend not using the move option, but instead copy the items, then once completed, delete the source items. There have been a lot of users who have lost their data when the move operation failed....the data was not on the destination volume and it was no longer on the source volume either.


When transferring files to another location within the same file system, the default behavior is to move those items. Again you can force macOS to copy them instead by holding the Option key as you drag & drop items onto another volume. You should see a "+" symbol appear on the mouse pointer when you press the Option key which symbolizes you are adding another copy of the item to the destination.



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