I recently replaced my hard drive. When I attempt to open iTunes and iPhoto I get an error message that reads "The folder "iTunes" is on a locked disk or you do not have write permissions for this folder." PLEASE ADVISE

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ronald1906 Author

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I recently replaced my hard drive. When I attempt to open iTunes and iPhoto I get an error message that reads "The folder "iTunes" is on a locked disk or you do not have write permissions for this folder." PLEASE ADVISE

I recently replaced my hard drive. When I attempt to open iTunes and iPhoto I get an error message that reads "The folder "iTunes" is on a locked disk or you do not have write permissions for this folder." PLEASE ADVISE

iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Dec 7, 2012 2:22 PM

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edex67

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Dec 15, 2012 2:43 PM in response to ronald1906

Did you restore from a backup after you replaced the HDD?

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Jan 16, 2014 3:29 AM in response to edex67

In my case its a new computer the old one was stolen and the time machine disk did not work for a restore but did for copying the info to the new mac

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