No access to Documents folder

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No access to Documents folder

As the new iMac isn't compatible with the old Macbook (vis a vis cabling), I couldn't use Migration Assistant, so used Carbon Copy Cloner instead.

While I could clone my macbook drive, I had no joy brining it over to the iMac – 19 hours later and nothing's happened. So I switched CCC off.

Now I get this message:

The folder “Documents” can’t be opened because you don’t have permission to see its contents.

Fixing permissions and a restart haven't helped.

Any suggestions?

Macbook 2.4Ghz (White) 4GB RAM, Mac OS X (10.6.4), Logic Studio 8, Safari 5.0.2, iLife 08, iWork 08, Aperture 2

Posted on Jan 9, 2012 11:43 PM

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TresRoque Author

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Jan 10, 2012 3:58 AM in response to TresRoque

I followed this article:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2466675?answerId=11699023022#11699023022

But also opened the folders under my User account, then hit CMD+I to see the folder permissions, which I then reset – as they'd been changed and a permissions repair hadn't worked.

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Barney-15E

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Jan 10, 2012 4:07 AM in response to TresRoque

Pemissions repair does not affect the user folders. There is a procedure here to reset the home folder permissions: Using "Apply to Enclosed Items" on a Home folder

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Answer 3

Apr 16, 2014 6:58 PM in response to TresRoque

Linc Davis here in his first reply saved my Computer. Big thanks. Try this if you virtually have any permission problem in your home folder. I had a similar problem but not quite exact.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5662911

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