Finder keeps asking for authorization

I have to enter my password everytime I want to Move/Trash anything in the Finder or Desktop. Is there something I can do to stop this from happening?

You didn't say if something preceded this problem. Did you attempt to update Mac OX for example? If you did update to Mac OS 10.7.3 using Software Update, try downloading the combo client updater from here...
http://support.apple.com/downloads/
And running it.
However, your permissions are messed up. I would attempt to fix them before doing anything else. To fix system permissions, launch Disk Utility, select your boot volume and repair permissions.
To repair permissions of the files in your Home Folder, follow the instructions here...
http://blog.chron.com/techblog/2011/09/want-to-really-repair-permissions-on-your -mac-try-this/
There are versions of these instructions all over the Web. If you don't like these, then do a google search for...
[mac lion repair user permissions] (no brackets)
and pick from the choices you'll see.
I can't understand why repairing user-level permissions hasn't been incorporated into Disk Utility. I've had to do that several times over the past couple of years.
While you're in Disk Utility repairing system permissions, also select your boot volume and verify the disk directory. If problems are noted, then boot into your Recovery HD partition (hold Cmd-R immediately after the boot chime) and run Disk Utility from there and repair the disk directory of your normal startup volume.

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Finder keeps asking for password verification

Finder keeps asking for password verification when I ask to move or delete a file.
How can I stop this from happening?
Thanks in advance.

Repairing the permissions of a home folder in Lion is a complicated procedure. I don’t know of a simpler one that always works.
Launch the Terminal application by entering the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. If that doesn’t work, then in the Finder, press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
Drag or copy – do not type – the following line into the Terminal window, then press return:
chmod -R -N ~
You may see a few error messages about an “invalid argument” while the command is running. You can ignore those. If you get an error message with the words “Permission denied,” enter this:
sudo !!
You'll be prompted for your login password, which won't be displayed when you type it. You may get a one-time warning not to screw up.
Next, boot from your recovery partition by holding down the key combination command-R at startup. Release the keys when you see a gray screen with a spinning dial.
When the recovery desktop appears, select Utilities ▹ Terminal from the menu bar.
In the Terminal window, enter “resetpassword” (without the quotes) and press return. A Reset Password window opens.
Select your boot volume if not already selected.
Select your username from the menu labeled Select the user account if not already selected.
Under Reset Home Directory Permissions and ACLs, click the Reset button.
Select  ▹ Restart from the menu bar.

ITunes keeps asking for authorization and won't close

I have been having trouble with iTunes ever since I upgraded to Mountain Lion. iTunes will open and repeatedly ask for authorization. I've tried resetting the authorization, using terminal to do it, deleting folders, etc. I would like to try and uninstall iTunes, but I cannot get iTunes to close. Not even force quit will cause it to stay closed long enough to delete it and reinstall it. Then there's the problem where it appears to have lost my library completely...which may be part of this issue or a separate issue. Considering it started at the same time, I'm guessing it's just another facet of the issue. I'd love to just reinstall iTunes, but I can't get it to not open and/or close. I am about ready to throw the MacBook in the garbage, because this is the sort of problems I expect with Windows, not Apple. Any ideas would be appreciated to save my laptop and sanity.

here is the fix..it worked for me
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS5376

Finder Keeps Asking for Password

Recently, my Finder started asking for a password anytime I wanted to delete an item or send it to the trash. I am the admin on my MacBook Pro and no other accounts are set up. I have no idea what I did for it to start asking for this. I does accept my password when I delete something, but I don't want to have to enter it everytime I delete a document. Any ideas on what's going on?

This can happen if you select "Apply to enclosed items" on a system-created folder. Remember to not do that in the future. Clear the ACLs on your home folder with Terminal:
sudo chmod -R -N ~
sudo chown -R `whoami` ~
chmod -R u+rwX ~
That ought to fix it.

Keeps Asking For Authorization...

Here's the gist of the problem: I bought a song, but iTunes keeps asking me to authorize my computer and then it says it's already been authorized. It won't let me play the song.
Behind the problem:
I suppose I did a stupid thing. I started downloading the iTunes update, and then went and bought a song. The song downloaded and showed up in my library, where I could see the album as it was finishing up the download. Then the iTunes update finished, and the computer was restarted. When iTunes opened back up, the song I just bought was gone. I searched my computer and found the file, then added it to iTunes. Now when I try to play it, it has my re-enter my password, then it says the computer is already authorized. I can't play it! I can hear the song in Quicktime, but not in iTunes.
The song also is missing all its information (album name, song name, artist, etc.) but it was inside a folder that had the same name as the song. I tried right clicking on the song and selecting "Get Track Names" to see what would happen, and it says: iTunes cannot get CD track names for songs that were not imported using iTunes. To allow iTunes to look for CD track names for this song, import the song again using iTunes."
Does anyone know what the problem is? Thanks so much in advance!

I also just played the song all the way through on Quicktime and it's messed up in the end, about 3 minutes in. It sounds like a song on a CD that's scratched.
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ITunes won't sync with ipod classic, keeps asking for authorization

I have a brand new Macbook Air. I transfered my iTunes library from my old mac to the new one. However, some songs weren't on the old computer, they were only on the iPod classic.
When I try to sync the iPod classic, it tells me 539 songs aren't on the new computer, should it sync? I say yes. Then it says that the computer is no longer authorized. I fill in the authorization with the correct userid and password (it comes prefilled with a very strange userid that I've never seen before.)
It tries to sync, then I get the same message, that the computer is no longer authorized.
I'm assuming there's a certificate or cookie some place that's out of wack -- can you tell me where it is and I can go delete it?
Thanks
PS. I was able to successfully sync my iPod Nano to the new computer without this issue at all. Then again, it didn't have any songs on it that weren't already on the new computer. I haven't tried syncing my iPod Mini to the new computer yet.

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My finder keeps asking for my password when i try to delete things. and when i do enter in my password nothing is deleted. i tried going into terminal and typing in su, but it wouldnt let me type my password

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Never empty the Trash in the shell (Terminal.)
1. Triple-click the line below to select it:
~/.Trash
2. Right-click or control-click the highlighted line and select
Services ▹ Show Info
from the contextual menu.* An Info dialog should open.
3. The dialog should show "You can read and write" in the Sharing & Permissions section. If that's not what it shows, click the padlock icon in the lower right corner of the window and enter your password when prompted. Use the plus- and minus-sign buttons to give yourself Read & Write access and "everyone" No Access. Delete any other entries in the access list.
4. In the General section, uncheck the box marked Locked if it's checked.
5. From the action menu (gear icon) at the bottom of the dialog, select Apply to enclosed items and confirm.
6. Close the Info window and test.
*If you don't see the contextual menu item, copy the selected text to the Clipboard (command-C). Open a TextEdit window and paste into it (command-V). Select the line you just pasted and continue as above.

Itunes keep asking for computer authorization

hej out there!
after I have byed a song and want to hear it, itunes say that my computer is not authorizased for playing the song. then a box pop up and asking for my password.
well then i do that but it seamslike my computer is not being authorixed cause it keep asking for authorization all the time and not playing the song.
funny ha!!!!
hope some out there are having more brain then I...
cheers

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I lost my logic 8 pro serial number. I can't find the booklet that comes with the serial number. How can retrieve this? I upgraded from logic pro 7. I changed hard drives and now it keeps asking for the serial number. But I can't find it. Where can I requ

I lost my logic 8 pro serial number. I can't find the booklet that comes with the serial number. How can retrieve this? I upgraded from logic pro 7. I changed hard drives and now it keeps asking for the serial number. But I can't find it. Where can I request it? Thanks!

If you still have the receipt or other proof of purchase, you can ask Apple to send you the serial. Otherwise, bad luck mate.. Good news is, you can now buy Logic Pro 9 from App Store for just 199 USD

Keeps asking to authorize computer

keeps asking to authorize computer to play a song and still wont play it

My Problem solved. At some point many years ago a duplicate account was made, same info, same password the only difference was a capital letter in the user ID. The account had not been used in so long that it had been deauthorized by apple. I put in a call to apple iphone support and they contacted itunes and fixed the problem. The funny thing is, itunes support could not find the account I use and have been using the past 6 years. Oh well. Problem solved. Oh I found the duplicate account because someone suggested comparing the songs that would not play and the songs closest to them that would play, study the songs info line by line looking for ANY difference.
Thanks Katrina for the suggestions, if not I would have never noticed that one capital N that made all the difference.

I cannot get the verification email to arrive in my inboxes and when I choose the security question options it tells me my birthdate is incorrect and I know it it not Help trying to reset my iPad to factory settings and keeps asking for a password I can't

I am trying to put my ipad back to factory settings and it keeps asking for my original Id which is the reason I am needing to reset it. When I try to do this via password prompts it asks for my date of birth which I enter correctly and it tells me it is incorrect and then trying the email route this does not send any emails to the registered accounts I set up originally - help!!

My guess is all the issues are probably related and fall back to malware.
AVG is probably correct in identifying malware. So I suggest you try some cleaning tools other than Emsisoft .
ones I use (all of them one after the other until I find one that can cope) are;
Roguekiller http://www.adlice.com/softwares/roguekiller/
Malwarebytes anti malware Free http://www.malwarebytes.org/mwb-download/var2/confirm/
ESET online scanner http://www.eset.com/int/home/products/online-scanner/
So first create a clean boot in Windows using Microsoft's instructions https://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135?wa=wsignin1.0 and then run the anti malware applications.
My outside looking in guess is that malware has set itself up as an internet proxy and is is downloading copies of itself and other malware, blocking some mail port as times as downloading more malware is more important, and probably breaking your tivo as well..
Try the malware programs first. If that does not work I will try and talk you through some logging to see what is happening.

When I try to reset my iPad mini it keeps asking for a passcode! have tried restoring, connecting to iTunes and looked for the 'set up as new iPad' notification, but nothing is working? can anyone help please?

I know my passcode is correct but when I try to reset my iPad mini it keeps asking for a passcode! have tried restoring, connecting to iTunes and looked for the 'set up as new iPad' notification, but nothing is working? can anyone help please?

If the iPad was running iOS 7, iCloud: Find My iPhone Activation Lock in iOS 7
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5818
How can I unlock my iPad if I forgot the passcode?
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/ipad/ipad-troubleshooting-repair-faq/ipad- how-to-unlock-open-forgot-code-passcode-password-login.html
iOS: Device disabled after entering wrong passcode
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1212
How can I unlock my iPad if I forgot the passcode?
http://tinyurl.com/7ndy8tb
How to Reset a Forgotten Password for an iOS Device
http://www.wikihow.com/Reset-a-Forgotten-Password-for-an-iOS-Device
Using iPhone/iPad Recovery Mode
http://ipod.about.com/od/iphonetroubleshooting/a/Iphone-Recovery-Mode.htm
Saw this solution on another post about an iPad in a school environment. Might work on your iPad so you won't lose everything.
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‘iPad is disabled’ fix without resetting using iTunes
Today I met my match with an iPad that had a passcode entered too many times, resulting in it displaying the message ‘iPad is disabled – Connect to iTunes’. This was a student iPad and since they use Notability for most of their work there was a chance that her files were not all backed up to the cloud. I really wanted to just re-activate the iPad instead of totally resetting it back to our default image.
I reached out to my PLN on Twitter and had some help from a few people through retweets and a couple of clarification tweets. I love that so many are willing to help out so quickly. Through this I also learned that I look like Lt. Riker from Star Trek (thanks @FillineMachine).
Through some trial and error (and a little sheer luck), I was able to reactivate the iPad without loosing any data. Note, this will only work on the computer it last synced with. Here’s how:
1. Configurator is useless in reactivating a locked iPad. You will only be able to completely reformat the iPad using Configurator. If that’s ok with you, go for it – otherwise don’t waste your time trying to figure it out.
2. Open iTunes with the iPad disconnected.
3. Connect the iPad to the computer and wait for it to show up in the devices section in iTunes.
4. Click on the iPad name when it appears and you will be given the option to restore a backup or setup as a new iPad (since it is locked).
5. Click ‘Setup as new iPad’ and then click restore.
6. The iPad will start backing up before it does the full restore and sync. CANCEL THE BACKUP IMMEDIATELY. You do this by clicking the small x in the status window in iTunes.
7. When the backup cancels, it immediately starts syncing – cancel this as well using the same small x in the iTunes status window.
8. The first stage in the restore process unlocks the iPad, you are basically just cancelling out the restore process as soon as it reactivates the iPad.
If done correctly, you will experience no data loss and the result will be a reactivated iPad. I have now tried this with about 5 iPads that were locked identically by students and each time it worked like a charm.
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Try it and good luck. You have nothing more to lose if it doesn't work for you.
 Cheers, Tom

HT5035 Why, when trying to download a "free" app from iTunes after it say's, "this apple id hasn't been used with the iTunes store" does it keep asking for credit card info???

This is so frustrating! I have an itunes store account, etc. I lost all my info when I had to "restore" my iphone.
I wasn't able to do the "restore" until recently, gosh it was about 6mos or more ago when my iphone died...
So, as I get older I am having memory problems and haven't been able to access my itunes account.
Obviously when I did the "restore" on my iphone I lost all my info with it... So, wanting to use my iphone for
music, games, etc. I had to create a new apple id, fine, but when I wanted to download a "free" app it says
my apple id hasn't been used with itunes so it keeps asking for credit card info.
I do not remember ever having to have a credit card before!
I am so frustrated... First it was not being able to access my account then having to create a new one, fine!
But now I can't download "free" content without credit card information!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! UGH!!!!!!!
Please, can anyone help...?!?
Sincerely,
"Distressed"

If you are within 14 days of purchase you can still return the iPhone and get the phone that suits your needs, however, I think you will find that no matter which phone you get the content provider will want to know how you are going to pay for future purchases. For Android phones it is Google, and they will certainly want to know.
To create an Apple account without a credit card see: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2534

Sold my wifi iPad and reset b4 selling but new owner can't log into apple keeps asking for old( mine) Apple id

Sold my wifi iPad and reset b4 selling
New owner can't sign into his Apple ID keeps asking for old (mine) Apple ID
Thought would have erased with resetting iPad

Hello, your iPad is 'Activation Locked' as a part of 'Find My iPad'.
Log onto www.icloud.com, go to 'Find My iPhone'. Then select 'All Devices', your old iPad will probably show here, select 'Remove from Account'.
If there is no option to 'Remove from Account' ask the current owner to switch iPad off for a while, and remove from account should show in 5 minutes or so.

I want to take my apple tv from my home in Canada and us it at the Cabin in the States, but can't seem to get it to set up in the states? It just keeps asking for time and date over and over.

We just bought apple tv for our home in Canada, we also want to use it at our Cabin in Montana. We have internet and can get netflix etc on the Macbook, but don't seem to be able to hook up the Apple TV, it just keeps asking for the Time and Date over and over. Anyone know what we are doing wrong?

Hi There,
Find this here:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/20125520#20125520
Problem lies with IOS 6.0
Restore back to IOS 5.1.1 and set the Location to US you will be ok.

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