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Permissions when copying files from one mac to another?

Hi all, my wife and I both have Macs (Mojave and High Sierra) and they are connected across our wifi network at home.

I can happily browse her Home folder and subfolders and I've gone on to her machine to add myself as an administrator in Home folder and all subfolders.

Yesterday I copied a folder full of photos from my Mac to her desktop and she found she didn't have read/write permissions for some of the images.

I had to use her machine to add her as a new owner of the folder.

To be honest, I've always had problems with permissions for files copied from one machine to the other.

What's the correct way of setting each other up as admin users on each others' machines and ensuring all future folders created have read/write permissions for both of us?

Thanks.

Posted on Nov 26, 2018 5:13 AM

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This support topic explains how to share folders:

macOS Sierra: Use File Sharing to share files

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Permissions when copying files from one mac to another?

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