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!