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Mar 19, 2011 2:51 AM in response to Kappyby James Harries,I have Custom Access to the original and Read Only for the alias. -
Mar 19, 2011 1:24 PM in response to James Harriesby jsd2,If it's only an alias, why not just trash it and make a new one? -
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Mar 19, 2011 3:42 PM in response to James Harriesby jsd2,You can generally still trash a locked item, provided that you own it:
But if you don't own a locked item, you will get this instead:
Is this what you see?
If you again Get Info and look under General, is the "Locked" checkbox checked and greyed out even if you unlock the padlock at the bottom of the window? -
Mar 20, 2011 3:28 AM in response to jsd2by James Harries,Yes I get the bottom one with the greyed out business -
Mar 20, 2011 4:26 AM in response to James Harriesby jsd2,I would try the following:
Open Terminal (in /Applications/Utilities) , and copy-paste the following line into the Terminal window, *followed by typing a single space. Do not type <Return> yet.*sudo chflags nouchg
After typing the single space, drag the icon of the locked alias into the Terminal window, click inside the Terminal window, and type <Return>.
Enter your admin password at the prompt (it will not echo on the screen), and again type <Return>.
Now again Get Info on the file, and see if the Locked checkbox in the General section is now unchecked. If it is, you should now be able to either trash the file or change its permissions, as you wish. -
Dec 4, 2014 7:19 PM in response to jsd2by Gogo159,Thanks for the instructions JSD2............I tried this to delete a file that was locked and it worked a charm.
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Nov 1, 2015 5:18 PM in response to jsd2by datsylove,Hello jsd2, thank you for sharing this post.
I just wanted to say I am having the same desire
to delete unlocked files I cannot unlock,
and get the same bottom message.
the Problem is I have followed the instructions
for terminal you provided and get this message:
-bash: Return: No such file or directory
This is almost any file I'm having the issue on...
and it's Right after I type <Return>. after typing
your quote and dragging in a file.
and It's done one-at-a-time.
Do you happen to have any further
ideas or suggestions? or any other Questions?
Again, thank you for sharing, it was worth a try!
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Nov 2, 2015 10:25 AM in response to datsyloveby BDAqua,Sadly I haven't seen jsd2 post in a long time.
Can you paste an exact command here that doesn't work for you?
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Nov 2, 2015 11:16 AM in response to BDAquaby datsylove,Hi BDAqua, thank you for taking the time
to read what I wrote.
the Command I am copying and pasting into terminal
(well actually typing in now, got it memorized...) is this:
sudo chflags nouchg
After the single space, a file is dragged
and dropped-in, and then the next command
I type in terminal is:
<Return>.
Immediately after, I do not see an authentication
login or anything of the sort; the immediate
response is:
-bash: Return: No such file or directory
I am actually this is noticing with almost any file
I drop into terminal, not just the alias files.
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Macbook: MacBook Pro Silver / had for 2½ years
Currently on Version 10.8.5
About the files, there are a few alias files
I have on my computer (no external drive,
the computer drive).
These are all files that were transferred from
another macbook (my older one) to this one
via Time Machine.
These are all copies that are all locked,
thus I also have read-only permissions
and cannot revise, delete, or unlock
the files on their own.
So, the result I get for trying to delete
without any terminal business is:
The operation can't be completed because the item
"xxxxfilename.docx" is locked.
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Again, thank you for taking the time to read what I wrote!
If I don't hear from you again today, enjoy your day!
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Nov 2, 2015 11:20 AM in response to datsyloveby BDAqua,Are the files mostly in one location?
Might try BatchMod, it's much better/easier than the Finder for recursive Permission changes, but careful, it's powerful...