Music folder permission denied

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Music folder permission denied

So....

1. I had my music files on my old MacBook Pro (2011) on a partitioned drive

2. Bought a new MacBook Pro and set it up

3. All good except I couldn't figure out how to transfer the Music files via Migration Assistant

4. I have the files backed up on an external hard drive so I thought I would be OK with that

5. But when I try to copy these to the new MacBook I get a message saying I don't have permission to access them.

6. I have looked at the File Properties and added my new profile with read/write access but still no joy...

Questions:

1. How do I get the permissions issue sorted out?

2. Where should I copy the Music folder to exactly?

Any help gratefully received!

Cheers, Giles

MacBook Pro, iOS 10

Posted on Jan 21, 2018 8:27 AM

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Answer 1

turingtest2

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Jan 22, 2018 4:57 AM in response to Confused in KL

When you added permissions for your profile did you also Apply to enclosed items? Use Get Info on the folders you want to copy to or from in turn. Click the lock at the bottom right to make changes. Make sure that locked isn't ticked and that your own account has read & write access, then use the gear icon to apply the permissions to enclosed items and confirm.

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Answer 2

turingtest2

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Jan 30, 2018 1:14 PM in response to Confused in KL

Are you sure it isn't the other way around? I suspect (Me) is the account you are signed in with. If you take ownership with gilesrward you should be able to apply the permissions to everything else inside.

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Answer 3

Limnos

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Jan 21, 2018 5:53 PM in response to Confused in KL

I am confused why you set it up like that. I have had iTunes media on a separate drive but then I just disabled ownership on the other drive entirely.

This would probably be easier if you didn't have a split library. turingtest2 article: Make a split library portable - https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-7392

An iTunes library is a whole series of files and folders working together, normally all kept together. It sounds like you have a split library and I am not clear on your new setup.

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Answer 4

turingtest2

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Jan 30, 2018 1:22 PM in response to Confused in KL

The normal location for the iTunes folder would be <User>/Music/iTunes, with the media folder set to <User>/Music/iTunes/iTunes Media inside it, where <User> is your user's home folder. See Open a different iTunes Library file or create a new one - Apple Support for details on how to access a library once you've moved it.

It may sometimes be useful to have a second profile to boot into for troubleshooting, but ideally you'd want something less likely to cause confusion. As long as you have all of your data in your active profile or at least stored outside of the home folder of the other profile, then it ought to be safe to get rid of the unwanted one.

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Answer 5

turingtest2

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Jan 29, 2018 2:27 PM in response to Confused in KL

Did you unlock with the padlock?

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Answer 6

Jan 30, 2018 1:14 PM in response to turingtest2

Yes - absolutely. Here is a screenshot if that helps. gilesrward is my old ID from the previous mac and gilesward the new one. As you can see it doesn't give me any options under the new ID. For the old one it DOES give me the option to make it the owner of the file....but I am not sure if this would help or not?

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Answer 7

Jan 30, 2018 1:14 PM in response to turingtest2

You Sir (assumption there) are a genius! So now I have an unlocked folder of music sitting on my desktop. I don't want to stuff up again so I hope you don't mind me asking where I should copy or move it to for iTunes to work properly?

Incidentally, I had to create the gilesward ID when I moved to my new mac. Do I still need this ID considering that everything seems to work when I am using the old gilesrward ID?

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Answer 8

Jan 28, 2018 12:57 PM in response to turingtest2

Sorry for the delayed response and thanks for trying to help.

I have Read & Write access but when I click on the cogwheel no options show up.

Not sure where to go from here!

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Answer 9

Jan 30, 2018 2:55 PM in response to turingtest2

Thanks so very much for all your help: I have music again!

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Answer 10

turingtest2

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Jan 30, 2018 3:05 PM in response to Confused in KL

You're welcome. 🙂

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Answer 11

turingtest2

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Jan 31, 2018 3:08 AM in response to dennisporter1979

Did you post this to the wrong thread?

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Answer 12

Jan 30, 2018 4:52 PM in response to Confused in KL

Ok, from what I gather you must turn off the System Integrity Protection (SIP)

Click the  menu.
Select Restart...
Hold down Command-R to boot into the Recovery System.
Click the Utilities menu and select Terminal.
Type csrutil disable and press return.
Close the Terminal app.
Click the  menu and select Restart....

I could not change the icon of the Launchpad app and I was stuck until I tried this and it worked like a char, for me and I hope it works for you too.

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