File Permissions - iCloud

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File Permissions - iCloud

I installed Sierra on my mid-2015 MacBook Pro. During installation, I agreed to set up iCloud, which I immediately regretted... I guess I'm old-school and like my files on my hard drive. I waited a couple of days until I had time and removed iCloud. My problem though is that a couple of folders now tell me I don't have permissions to open, copy or save the documents inside. I went to Get Info and the permissions didn't change... it still says I can read/write but clearly I can't. Most of the documents I can't open are TextEdit (.txt) files. How can I gain access to my documents again?

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Posted on Nov 18, 2016 3:30 PM

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Answer 1

sterling r

Community Specialist

Nov 19, 2016 11:58 AM in response to ronjm

Hi ronjm.

If I understand your post correctly, you turned on iCloud drive but then turned it off and now you're unable to open documents that were moved to iCloud Drive. I'll be happy to help with this.

You can visit iCloud.com to access these files. To remove them from iCloud and store them locally, you'll need to set up iCloud again to access the documents stored there. Then you can store the documents locally on your Mac again. This article will tell you more:

Add your Desktop and Documents files to iCloud Drive

Let us know if that resolves this issue for you.

Thanks for using the Apple Support Communities. Have a great day.

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Answer 2

ronjm Author

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Nov 19, 2016 12:57 PM in response to sterling r

Thank you for your response.

Actually, once I canceled out of iCloud, I did retrieve my files so that's not the issue. The issue seems related to the iCloud fiasco but it could be coincidental.

After looking at this now for another day, I think I can say that the permissions problem is affecting only my TextEdit .txt files... and it's affecting nearly every one.

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Answer 3

braden85

Community Specialist

Nov 19, 2016 7:34 PM in response to ronjm

Hi ronjm.

Here’s an article you may find useful:
Resolve issues caused by changing the permissions of items in your home folder
If that doesn’t fully resolve the issue for you, do you mind letting us know the exact error you see or what happens when you try to open one of these files?
Thanks for using the Apple Support Communities. Take care.

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