Itunes download error "You do not have enough access privileges for this operation" operation"

Perfect step by step answer to problem FIXED upload into iTune Library.

Just to update on this , my solution, which was a bit "belt and braces" was to move my library location onto an external usb drive, and then having done that, move it back onto my Macbook Pro. This restored all the permissions. :-)

Your suggestion fixed the problem. To explain a little more detail:

1. I had to be logged into the Terminal application with root privileges. I do that by logging as root, but the sudo thing works too I think.

2. enter this into the command line, to set the default directory to /Users, the directory that needs the folder called Shared:

cd /Users

3. Now check to see if the Shared Folder is there and what its permissions are

ls -la

That will list the contents of the directory with the permissions on each file and subdirectory. If Shared is not in the list, add it. This step requires root privileges:

mkdir Shared

Once the Shared directory is there, look at that permissions. The permissions need to look like this on the line listing the Shared folder:

drwxrwxrwx .... Shared

d means directory, then there are three sets of rwx, which all mean read-write-execute for different users of the computer. If they are not like what is showin above, make them like that with this command:

chmod 777 Shared

Now when you list the Users directory, you will see a folder named shared with the permissions that share iit.

And the dumb message from iTunes disappears.

Mine looks like this

drwxr-xr-x 7 root admin 238 Aug 23 20:10 .

drwxr-xr-x 34 root wheel 1224 Aug 21 16:53 ..

-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 0 Sep 9 2014 .localized

drwxrwx--- 6 root admin 204 May 29 2015 Deleted Users

drwxrwxrwx 3 root admin 102 Aug 23 20:10 Shared

drwxr-xr-x 41 danallen staff 1394 Aug 21 16:51 danallen

drwxr-xr-x+ 12 darlingcydee staff 408 Oct 8 2015 darlingcydee

I had absolutely no clue this was the fix, until I read winklerjw57's comment

I have the same problem of iTunes popping 'you don't have enough privileges for this operation. ' Im trying to follow ur steps here but my "get info" is disabled. what do i do?

Hi, this didn't work for me.

What else can I do?

I tried what was recommended and it still gives me the same No access to privileges... and then i hit ok and iTunes locks up then I need to force quit... how can I get my iTunes to work again

Starting iTunes as Administrator is a successful work-around for me, but I would like to know why upgrading my iTunes and my iPhone resulted in a more limited capability.