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Permissions when transferring files

Hi. Hope someone can help, because this is driving me nuts.


I have a laptop, and a Mac Mini connected to the TV in my house. I have a video file on my laptop. Through my home network, I copy the file to my Mac Mini. No problem. But when I open the file on Mac Mini, it says "You don't have permission to play this file". What? It's my network, my file.


How can I make sure that this never happens in the future? What nonsense permissions platform does Apple have that makes it necessary to prevent me from playing a simple ".avi" file from a computer where I just transferred it?


The file goes into the "Public" folder on the Mac Mini. Is there a way I can make ANY file that's in my Public folder to be read/write for everyone? I tried changing the chmod on Public folder, but this doesn't help.


Thanks!

Posted on Nov 12, 2011 9:31 PM

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Permissions when transferring files

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