Q: Change desktop creation date
Hi all,
I have just migrated to a new Mac, and restored from a Time Machine backup.
Somehow, the creation date for my desktop folder has become 1984, and as such, is greyed out in the folder list under users, and is unable to be saved to from, say, MS Word. I can save elsewhere and drop into it, but can't save directly to it from any save dialog in a program.
How can I change the desktop creation date? I can't delete it and make a new one "used by OSX...." etc, and nor can I "touch -t [date]", in terminal.
Does anyone have any idea please?
iMac, OS X El Capitan (10.11.1)
Posted on Jun 2, 2016 5:28 PM
Back up all data before continuing.
I've tested these instructions only with the Safari web browser. That's what I suggest you use, even if your preferred browser is something else.
Please triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:
touch -t 198001010000 Desktop
Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.
Launch the built-in Terminal application in any one of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad and start typing the name.
Paste into the Terminal window by pressing the key combination command-V. If you use another browser, you may have to press the return key after pasting.
Wait for a new line ending in a dollar sign ($) to appear below what you entered. You can then quit Terminal.
Posted on Jun 2, 2016 6:34 PM