External Hard Drives Changing Permissions to Read Only
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.8)
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.8)
sudo chown root:admin
Put a space after "admin" then drag the icons of all three of the drives with which you are having a problem (or do it one at a time and repeat the command line) into the Terminal window. Press RETURN. You will be prompted to enter your admin password which will not be echoed.
sudo chmod a+rwx
Put a space after "a+rwx" and drag the icons of the drives into the Terminal window. Press RETURN.
killall Finder
Press RETURN.
External Hard Drives Changing Permissions to Read Only