WillAdams92

Q: Permissions issue after Migration

I recently migrated my old MacBookPro to a new one, and found that I don't have permission to access several folders, including my desktop, documents, downloads, and others. I suspect the issue is because of the different usernames between the computer (the new one wouldn't let me put a space in my name, so I went from "Will Adams" to "WilliamAdams").

 

I opened the info of one folder in an attempt to add my new user to the permissions (I also deleted the "Fetching..." user), but when I click the + button the Finder freezes up and I get the spinning rainbow wheel. How can I resolve this without having to restart and do the migration all over again?

MacBook Pro (15-inch 2.53 GHz), OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)

Posted on Apr 5, 2015 8:09 AM

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