Don't have Permission to Access Some of the Items
I get this error message while trying to doing a manual overwrite of a folder from my computer to an external hard drive (Not my Time Machine backup drive).
I am the Admin User of both my Mac and backup folder. So what gives?
Disk Permissions have been checked/ restored
it didn't work.
this is what terminal showed so I'm assuming QXPress is somehow preventing me accessing my own user folder:
chown: /Volumes/Prior OS X/Applications/QuarkXPress 7.3/Color/FOCOLTONE.qcl: Operation not permitted
chown: /Volumes/Prior OS X/Applications/QuarkXPress 7.3/Color/PANTONE(R) ColorBridge EC.qcl: Operation not permitted
chown: /Volumes/Prior OS X/Applications/QuarkXPress 7.3/Color/PANTONE(R) ColorBridge PC.qcl: Operation not permitted
chown: /Volumes/Prior OS X/Applications/QuarkXPress 7.3/Color/PANTONE(R) metallic coated.qcl: Operation not permitted
chown: /Volumes/Prior OS X/Applications/QuarkXPress 7.3/Color/PANTONE(R) pastel coated.qcl: Operation not permitted
chown: /Volumes/Prior OS X/Applications/QuarkXPress 7.3/Color/PANTONE(R) pastel uncoated.qcl: Operation not permitted
chown: /Volumes/Prior OS X/Applications/QuarkXPress 7.3/Color/PANTONE(R) process coated.qcl: Operation not permitted
chown: /Volumes/Prior OS X/Applications/QuarkXPress 7.3/Color/PANTONE(R) process uncoated.qcl: Operation not permitted
chown: /Volumes/Prior OS X/Applications/QuarkXPress 7.3/Color/PANTONE(R) procoated EURO.qcl: Operation not permitted
chown: /Volumes/Prior OS X/Applications/QuarkXPress 7.3/Color/PANTONE(R) solid coated.qcl: Operation not permitted
chown: /Volumes/Prior OS X/Applications/QuarkXPress 7.3/Color/PANTONE(R) solid matte.qcl: Operation not permitted
chown: /Volumes/Prior OS X/Applications/QuarkXPress 7.3/Color/PANTONE(R) solid uncoated.qcl: Operation not permitted
chown: /Volumes/Prior OS X/Applications/QuarkXPress 7.3/Color/PANTONE(R) solidinhex.qcl: Operation not permitted
chown: /Volumes/Prior OS X/Applications/QuarkXPress 7.3/Color/TOYO.qcl: Operation not permitted
chown: /Volumes/Prior OS X/Applications/QuarkXPress 7.3/Color/TRUMATCH.qcl: Operation not permitted
chown: /Volumes/Prior OS X/Applications/QuarkXPress 7.3/Color/Web Named.qcl: Operation not permitted
chown: /Volumes/Prior OS X/Applications/QuarkXPress 7.3/Color/Web Safe.qcl: Operation not permitted
chown: /Volumes/Prior OS X/System/Library/CoreServices/boot.efi: Operation not permitted
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