I copied all of my folders from and external hard drive to a Time Capsule. Now every time I open a file it says "locked". When I do a get info, all files and folders show as not locked. Is there a way to unlock all of my files and folders on the Time Capsule? I also tried coping them to the MacBookand they all stay as locked.
When I did some more reading, I found the following.
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Mac OS X 10.4 or later
I tried the lock/unlock under Get Info. The items did not show as locked in the first place. I will try the creation of a new folder and see how that works.
Not sure about the Time Capsule, but on your Mac launch /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app and at the prompt
copy and paste this command...
sudo chflags -R nouchg
leave a space at the end then drag the folder into the terminal window, it will show the path.
Press return
You'll be prompted for your password. It will be invisible.
Press return.
Thanks for the reply!
I ran sudo chflags -R nouchg on the high level folder, entered my password, and waited. When I was returned to the command prompt, I tried to open one of the documents again. As soon as text editor opens, the file is marked locked. I checked other file types as well. Everything is locked. I must be missing something.
From my experience with Time Capsules it sound like the actual folders / files you copied had some sort of permissions attached, if you get info on the folder on the Time Capsule, unlock the padlock down the bottom (possibly with the username and password from the computer you copied from), adjust the priviledges and select apply to all enclosed items (button with small gear lower left).
If that fails I would create a new folder on the Time Capsule then copy the files you want into it eliminating the locked folder going accross.
CakemanPA, this is Tim here.
My Dad is correct and I did fix his problem which sounds just like the one you are having.
To see what I did, read this page --> http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/switcher-hangout/147323-mac-has-locked-me-out-a ll-my-drives.html
Hope this helps.
Wow is this is really frustrating. I have tried several techniques and even copied files and folder onto my MacBook under documents. All files still show up as locked. Back to the drawing board
Contact my son > dave.twodogs@gmail.com
He usually gets home after 7 pm
I had the same problem and apple senior techs said all was lost to reformat etc...
My son TIM solved this problem when apple senior techs couldnot.
will not work... this requires a minor programing change. contact dave.twodoogs@gmail.com
I had the same problem and even on my external hds.
I will contact him. I am out of ideas. I even went through some unix things that I know. I don't see anything different on these files than the files on my MacBook
I was incorrect in suggesting you contact TIM (my son)
He does not recall how to unlock files and folders.
Very sorry.
My files all showing as locked. How do I unlock?
