Folder/file permissions stop bluetooth transfer from my iMac to to MacBook Air ---  Both on Yosemite 10.10.1

e.g.  on iMac have 50 photo files in a folder ... folder can not be transferred to my MacBook Air via bluetooth - receive error message "Items can’t be copied to “Desktop” because you don’t have permission to read them."      I change the folder permissions on iMac (get info>>assign others to r/w permission), and also change the folder to a shared folder.   I still get the same message on MacBook Air.  
I have not tried manually changing 50 individual file permissions in the folder ...eeegads!  
Single files transfer properly between both computers ....after permissions are manually changed.   What's going on?   I never had to even say the word "permissions" pre-Yosemite.   Any advice would be greatly appreciated

There are apps such as Simple Transfer which allow you to transfer photos to/from your iPad and your computer via your wifi network - they will copy into the Camera Roll album in the Photos app on your iPad

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