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When on the import menu, the Desktop tab on the left hand side has a little buffer symbol next to it and I can't click on it or access the files to import them.
This also happens on iMovie. Does it have something to do with my hard-drive?
iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)
Post a screenshot. I'm not sure what you're describing.
Russ
The things next to the crosses just keeping spinning showing it's loading?
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Open the disclosure triangle for users and go to your user>Desktop. Can you access it that way?
Also, just tp say that for best performance you should keep your projects on a drive other than your start-up.
Russ
No, the User folder only contains the folder 'Shared'.
And thanks, recon I'll get an external hard drive, if that's what you mean.
Cheers
If you follow this path, you only have Shared?
Russ
No I can only select Macintosh HD from that dropdown.
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OliBMX wrote:
No I can only select Macintosh HD from that dropdown.
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This is rather suspect. I believe this may not be related to FCP X.
Where is your home folder? Did you set it to some place other than the default?
It should appear there under Users, next to "Shared". This is so not normal.
Go to the Finder and press Cmd-Shift-D. You see a window titled "Desktop" showing the contents of your desktop folder. Cmd-click the title of that window. You should see something like the following picture (with your own username below "Desktop" and above "Users", and the name of your hard drive and machine below):
What's in the User Information folder?
Russ
This is what it shows.
Can't select my username, as you can see it's faded.
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User information is empty when I click the arrow, it's only 4 KB.
Thanks again
Open System Preferences>Users & Groups. In the left side pane there whould be a list of current user and other users. Are you llisted correctly as administrator?
Russ
Yes, I am the only Current User and am set to Admin.
It looks like there may be some permissions problem, as apparently you are not allowed to access your own home folder.
What happens if you do Cmd-Shift-H in the Finder? (this should open your home folder, but since it appears dimmed, you may not have permission to).
Go up to the Users folder in the Finder. What do you see?
If you see the icon for your home directory (it should be named Oli and have the 'home' icon), does it have a forbidden sign on it? Click this icon and hit Cmd-I to open the Get Info window. What do you see under "Permissions"? It should be something like the image below. If you don't have "read and write" permissions, that could be the cause of the problem. You may try to fix it by clicking the padlock icon, enter your password and then changing the permissions. But I wonder how that may have happened in the first place (if it is the case).
The info window shows the same privilages you have.
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OliBMX wrote:
The info window shows the same privilages you have.
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And can you actually open the home folder in the Finder?
Can't access Desktop from Import menu
