Randomly one day all my files now require my password to delete, I didnt set this up in any way. It was sugested that it might be a setting in my time machine but it wasnt. I have no idea how to fix this without manually going through every single file on my computer and unlocking it.
iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
Repairing the permissions of a home folder in Lion is a complicated procedure. I donât know of a simpler one that always works.
Back up all data now. Before proceeding, you must be sure you can restore your system to its present state
Launch the Terminal application in any of the following ways:
â Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
â In the Finder, select Go âč Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
â Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the page that opens.
Drag or copy â do not type â the following line into the Terminal window, then press return:
chmod -R -N ~
The command will take a noticeable amount of time to run. When a new line ending in a dollar sign ($) appears below what you entered, itâs done. You may see a few error messages about an âinvalid argumentâ while the command is running. You can ignore those. If you get an error message with the words âPermission denied,â enter this:
sudo !!
You'll be prompted for your login password, which won't be displayed when you type it. You may get a one-time warning not to screw up.
Next, boot into Recovery by holding down the key combination command-R at startup. Release the keys when you see a gray screen with a spinning dial.
When the Recovery screen appears, select Utilities âč Terminal from the menu bar.
In the Terminal window, enter âresetpasswordâ (without the quotes) and press return. A Reset Password window opens. Youâre not going to reset the password.
Select your boot volume if not already selected.
Select your username from the menu labeled Select the user account if not already selected.
Under Reset Home Directory Permissions and ACLs, click the Reset button.
Select ïŁż âč Restart from the menu bar.
it says Read & Write, and there is the little locked lock icon, and when I click it to unlock it, i type in my password and then when I close the file and click get info again, it's backed to being locked!!!
Oh ok, well all the files dont have the locked checked but when I go to delete them it says that "Finder wants to make changes, type your password to allow this." This has never happened and now its asking that for all my files. And when I do type in my password it seems that it doesnt even go in the trash (which is now empty all the time)
Actually a file showed up and I clicked empty trash and it showed that it was eptying over 1,000 items so they were just not showing up, just like some files that I save my desktop, this is an all around mess at this point, is my best bet to reformat?
OK, that Lock doesn't "Lock" the file, just locks the ability to change rights on the file/folder.
Blue arrow lock allows rights changing or not, Red arrow Lock actually locks the file if checked...
When you do a Get Info on one of these files in the Finder, is it actually Locked??? What rights does it say you have?
Solving Trash Problems...
http://thexlab.com/faqs/trash.html
Seee
Empty and recreate an account's Trash
OK, try Linc's suggestions.
That was by far the most complicated thing I've ever had to do on a mac but it worked!! Thanks a billion!
Great to hear, Linc is fantastic! đ
All my files became locked out of nowhere
