Incorrect Permissions on Applications Folder
Computer: 11-inch Mid-2011 MacBook Air, OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.2
Problem: Permissions on the /Applications folder are incorrect. When I double-click on the Applications folder in the finder (either directly, or from the Sidebar) the folder will not open. However, I CAN access the Applications folder using the "Go" Menu or the CMD+SHIFT+A shortcut.
How I got here:
My MBA would not boot and I had to restore from a backup. I first reinstalled the OS, created a new admin account, then restored my user accounts from my Time Machine Backup. At this point everything seems to be in working order with the exception of the odd Applications folder behavior.
Notice in image below, the Applications Folder is slightly transparent.
Permissions for the /Applications are below. The permission outlined in RED is the only permission that CAN be deleted. For all others, the "-" is greyed out.
Changing the permissions in the Get info window does not help. Repairing permissions in disk utility did not help. I have also tried the following Unix commands without success.
sudo chown root:admin /Applications
sudo chmod 775 /Applications
Output from ls -l gives the following results:
drwxrwxr-x+ 91 root admin 3094 Oct 29 00:14 Applications
Any help is greatly appreciated.
MacBook Air, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2), 1.8 GHz Core i7