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Q: how do I unlock a folder that the check mark is greyed out

I have a folder that is locked.  The lock box is greyed out with a check in it.

The ownership shows me as read write which I also cannot change.

nobody rea and write

everyone read and write

all greyed out

lock on bottom right is open

Posted on Dec 22, 2013 9:53 AM

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Q: how do I unlock a folder that the check mark is greyed out

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  • by Baby Boomer (USofA),

    Baby Boomer (USofA) Baby Boomer (USofA) Dec 22, 2013 1:45 PM in response to jhills
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    Dec 22, 2013 1:45 PM in response to jhills

    If you are the admin......

     

    Highlight locked file>File>Get Info.  Uncheck "Locked."

     

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  • by jhills,

    jhills jhills Dec 22, 2013 6:14 PM in response to jhills
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    Dec 22, 2013 6:14 PM in response to jhills

    tried that.  Rember it is greyed out

     

     

     

    Mac mini

      Model Identifier:          Macmini6,2

      Processor Name:          Intel Core i7

      Processor Speed:          2.3 GHz

     

     

     

    running mountain lion 10.8.5

  • by Baby Boomer (USofA),

    Baby Boomer (USofA) Baby Boomer (USofA) Dec 23, 2013 11:38 AM in response to jhills
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    Dec 23, 2013 11:38 AM in response to jhills

    jhills wrote:

     

    tried that.  Rember it is greyed out

     

     

     

    Mac mini

      Model Identifier:          Macmini6,2

      Processor Name:          Intel Core i7

      Processor Speed:          2.3 GHz

     

     

     

    running mountain lion 10.8.5

     

    Right.  However, you have not mentioned if you are the admin or not.  Or if you are trying to troubleshoot in an admin or guest acct.

     

    Set up a test account to see if the problem shows up there.  Need to rule out system wide problem.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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  • by jhills,

    jhills jhills Dec 23, 2013 3:37 PM in response to Baby Boomer (USofA)
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    Dec 23, 2013 3:37 PM in response to Baby Boomer (USofA)

    I have tried as admin and as guest.  I cannot change the priviledges even though I can open the lock.

    Anyway the locked box is still greyed out and I notice the all the names under permission are also greyed out but that is probably due to the locked state.

    Made a admin acct no change.

  • by Baby Boomer (USofA),

    Baby Boomer (USofA) Baby Boomer (USofA) Dec 24, 2013 1:59 AM in response to jhills
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    Dec 24, 2013 1:59 AM in response to jhills

    Reinstall ML and/or try the following....

     

    Mountain Lion Recovery

    Boot up from your computer by holding down the command+r keys.  This will take you to the recovery drive.

    Select Disk Utility & hit Return. 

    In Disk Utility select the HD on the left & click on Repair Disk (bottom right).

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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  • by andyBall_uk,Solvedanswer

    andyBall_uk andyBall_uk Dec 24, 2013 2:19 AM in response to jhills
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    Dec 24, 2013 2:19 AM in response to jhills
  • by jhills,

    jhills jhills Dec 25, 2013 9:26 AM in response to andyBall_uk
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    Dec 25, 2013 9:26 AM in response to andyBall_uk

    thanks andyBall solved