I have problem to access my Macintosh HD even I'm admin, I can't change sharing & permissions when I go to Macintosh HD info, I get only message: "The operation can’t be completed because you don’t have the necessary permission." This start happening when I start using High Sierra. If someone have answer to this question please help. Thanks.
In High Sierra, you cannot change the permissions on the root level of the hard drive.
If it is an external drive, you can set it to "Ignore ownership" in Get Info.
Or, you can just create folders at the root level to use instead. Once created, you can modify the contents without authenticating.
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The solutions here aren't working. I'd like to see Apple fix this terrible High Sierra.
Disappointing. Apple's making my computing life **** at the moment.
I will do that. Thank you.
Thank you, didn't know that, you have saved me a lot of wasted time.
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Looks good. I may give that a try. Tell you what, though...as having done fair amount of *nix admin-type stuff, I find this totally odious on Apple's part.
No, because this issue is causing application install problems that currently have absolutely NO work around and cost huge amounts of wasted time and money.
Yes seriously. How about QuarkXpress Kiraly?
Could not agree more!
Err......Idiots like QuarkXpress you mean? I guess you drive a car with the hood welded shut!
Apple seem to have forgotten who actually owns the computer!
I'm actually erasing my hard drive in about 3 minutes and taking it back. I'm so disappointed in apple. It's too bad.
A couple hours with Apple support people and a reinstall of High Sierra didn't fix a thing. I appreciate the support staff's efforts and thoroughness, but all I can say at this point is if you haven't installed High Sierra yet, don't. I certainly regret doing so.
Fair comment. So I need to move all files I may want to edit and change to my root (home) folder? Ok that's not making my life ****, granted, but it seems inconvenient and unnecessary. It was also something Apple support staff weren't aware of as I spent a fair chunk of time in a chat yesterday with them trying to resolve issue. They came up with reinstalling High Sierra, which took time and didn't help. Also, thank you for providing the solution.
Yes, that is how OS X has always worked. Personal files should always go in your home folder, or put them in /Users/Shared if you want to share them with other local users. The root level of the hard drive is an admin/system area; don't put user files there.
Problem with permission on high sierra
