I am getting saying I do have write access to my iTunes folder.

Repair iTunes Security Permissions
Right-click on your main iTunes folder and click Properties, then go to the Security tab and click Advanced. Use the Change Permissions... button grant to your account (or the Users group) and SYSTEM full control of this folder, subfolders and files, then tick the option to Replace permissions entries... which will repair permissions throughout the library. When complete switch to the General tab, click in the Read-only check box to clear it, then click Apply.
If you don't have the option to change the permissions then use the Owner tab and Edit... button to take ownership from an account with administrator privileges. Tick the option to Replace owner on subcontainers and objects.
Repeat with the media folder if it isn't stored inside the main iTunes folder.
If you've brought over the library from another computer you may also want to remove any "mystery" identities (S<string of dashes & digts>) that have come over from the old computer...
The images above are from Windows 7. Hopefully the system isn't too different in Windows 8.
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Hello. I am running the newest version of itunes on my PC. everytime I try to copy a cd to itunes it gives me an error message that says I do not have write access for my itunes media folder or a folder within it. I cannot get this resolved.

Hello. I am running the newest version of itunes on my PC. everytime I try to copy a cd to itunes it gives me an error message that says I do not have write access for my itunes media folder or a folder within it. I cannot get this resolved using the solution given on the error message. I have been using itunes for 4 years and have never encountered this problem until yesterday. Help would be greatly appreciated.

Quit iTunes.
Go to My Music folder.
Select the iTunes folder, right click > Properties.
Click the Security tab and make sure you have full Read/Write privileges.

In I tunes I cant down load a CD. I get the message "The file couldn't be convereted. You don't have write access for you ITunes media folder or a folder with in it. To change permissions, ... When I do this it still dosen't work

In I tunes I can't down load a CD. I get the message "The file couldn't be convereted. You don't have write access for you ITunes media folder or a folder with in it. To change permissions, ... When I do this it still dosen't work.

Thanks C F McBlob but I recursively changed the permissions of my Music directory meaning every file and directory beneath it, as well as the directory itself, had the write permissions added.
I used "chmod -R u+w ./Music" and chmod -R g+w ./Music" to do it.
Alas, no cigar. :-(

"You don't have write access for your iTunes Media folder..."

My daughter is trying to import CD's into her library. Some work fine but most won't load and she gets a message stating "You don't have write access for your iTunes Media folder or a folder within it. To change permissions, select your iTunes Media folder in the Finder, and choose File>Get Info."
Following those directions the iTunes Info window appears and at the bottom her user name appears with the privilege as Read and Write. Clicking on the little gear icon below we select Apply to Enclosed Items. A message pops up stating "Are you sure you want to apply the selected owner, group and permissions to all the enclosed items?" Clicking ok a status bar pops up showing "Applying permissions to iTunes".
No changes occur in the issue we're having. This only occurs on her user.

If you have problems importing CDs with iTunes because of write access errors, you can do the following to reset the permissions to the Music folder for your user/s where the iTunes subfolders are typically located:
Open Finder
Macintosh HD
Users
Open the folder for your User
Music
Right click > Get Info
Bottom right hand side, unlock the padlock, entering your user's password
Under Sharing & Permissions, ensure all relevant users have Read & Write, including Staff
Then, click on the main user (you), then go to lower left hand side, click on the settings cog, and press Apply to enclosed items.

PLEASE HELP. you don't have write access for your itunes media folder or a folder within it

I am using Windows 7. If it makes a difference, my OS and important programs run on an SSD, while eveyrthing else is on a larger HDD. For awhile now I have had this problem anytime I try to do things in iTunes like import a CD, or a blu-ray digital copy. It gives me this error "you don't have write access for your itunes media folder or a folder within it windows 7." I have read tons of articles on how to change file permissions in windows and give full control and all that stuff. I swear I have read and tried anything remotely close to a solution for my issue, and it just wont fix it. Anyone have any out of the box ideas aside from changing permissions on the iTunes folder?
Also, when I make a new user account on my PC, the fresh iTunes on that account works just fine. So I don't know whats going on. Any help is GREATLY appreciated. Thanks!

clsepulveda wrote:
! I've gone to the itunes folder and found where it says read and write and I don't understand what the problem is.
Make sure to click the gear icon and select Apply to enclosed items.

Backup Copy "Don't Have Write Access for your iTunes Media Folder"

Subject states the case. Here is what changed. I run a Mac Mini with an external hard drive with about 200gb of music (HD-1). I have a second external HD that I use to periodically back up with Time Machine (HD-2). HD-1 crashed so I bought a new drive. Well I want to use the new HD (HD-3) for the Time Machine backup, so I copied the iTunes folder from HD-2 to HD-3. I did this by opening the disk, selecting the file and copying, not by using "restore." I then erased HD-2 and copied the file back from HD-3 to HD-2.
iTunes has now found all my music and plays great. Then I tried to add a music CD and got the message above. I used Disk Utility to repair permissions on the internal hard drive, which took 17 minutes and found a ton of problems. Got one "Warning: SUID file system/library/core has been modified and will not be repaired. Disk Utility won't let me do the same repair to the external HD-2.
I also checked info and the permissions are "read and write" on the disks. I'm in over my head already to do this much and now stumped.
Any ideas? THANKS!

Problem Solved! Thanks to information I learned in an excellent article by Jesse David Hollington, "Transferring your iTunes Library" from iLounge. Published in Tutorials, Monday, Sept. 21, 2009.
I created a new library and now I can add media.
1) Go into iTunes Advanced preferences and change the Media Folder path to a new location. In my case I created a new folder on the same external drive as the "bad" library copy named (not creatively) "new 2011". Do this by selecting "change" and choosing this new folder.
2) Go to File>Library>Organize Library. Select Consolidate files, then OK.
This will move all your media to the new file. I have 180 GB of music, so this took a few hours. In my case, in this new location I am now able to add music.
3) As iTunes made new copies when it moved the files, the old "bad" music folder still exists. After you confirm that your media is in the new location and working, you can delete this old copy.
Hope this helps others.

Cannot import music: "Don't Have Write Access for your iTunes Media Folder

Subject states the case. Here is what changed. I run a Mac Mini with an external hard drive with about 200gb of music (HD-1). I have a second external HD that I use to back up with Time Machine (HD-2). HD-1 crashed so I bought a new one. Well I want to use the new HD (HD-3) for the Time Machine backup, so I copied the iTunes folder from HD-2 to HD-3, erased HD-2 and then copied the file back from HD-3 to HD-2.
iTunes has now found all my music and plays great. Then I tried to add a disk and got the message above. I used Disk Utility to repair permissions on the internal hard drive, which took 17 minutes and found a ton of problems. Got one "Warning: SUID file system/library/core has been modified and will not be repaired. Disk Utility won't let me do the same repair to the external HD-2.
I also checked info and the permissions are "read and write" on the disks. I'm in over my head already to do this much and now stumped.
Any ideas? THANKS!

Problem Solved! Thanks to information I learned in an excellent article by Jesse David Hollington, "Transferring your iTunes Library" from iLounge. Published in Tutorials, Monday, Sept. 21, 2009.
I created a new library and now I can add media.
1) Go into iTunes Advanced preferences and change the Media Folder path to a new location. In my case I created a new folder on the same external drive as the "bad" library copy named (not creatively) "new 2011". Do this by selecting "change" and choosing this new folder.
2) Go to File>Library>Organize Library. Select Consolidate files, then OK.
This will move all your media to the new file. I have 180 GB of music, so this took a few hours. In my case, in this new location I am now able to add music.
3) As iTunes made new copies when it moved the files, the old "bad" music folder still exists. After you confirm that your media is in the new location and working, you can delete this old copy.
Hope this helps others.

On my mac, when I try to import certain music CDs (not all) I get this message "You dont have write access for your iTunes media folder or a folder within it. To change permissions, select your iTunes media folder in the finder, and chose file get info"

I am not sure how to fix this and it is driving me crazy can anyone help?
Thanks.

Hi folks,
I've had this issue for a year now and I've read this and several similar articles on how to change permissions for you iTunes Media folder and all that enclosed stuff.
Well today, I got brave and dove into this issue once again and to my surprise I have it remedied.
Before I kept going to my side bar folder 'Music', then located the iTunes Media folder ( I have several libraries).
This time, I went from (your mac)HD, directly to the 'Library', scrolled to 'iTunes' and reworked my permissions there by creating a new user... (ME). While at it, I adjusted 'Administrator from and back to, 'read and write', gave myself, 'read and write' and left other users as 'read only.'
I then applied to all enclosed folders with the 'gear wheel,' locked the whole shabang up and proceeded to install several old CD's which refused to import in the past.
RECAP:
HD/Library/iTunes set permissions for YOU to 'read and write,' then apply to all enclosed folders.
BTW: those enclosed folders are likely to be all the albums you've collected previously.
Perhaps, the 'iTunes Media folder' description from previous instructions kept people looking in the wrong place.
In any case, I'm up and running and I hope you will be too.
Thanks,
PS

I can't download anything my purchase and get message that says I don't have write access in itunes

I am trying to downlaod music from itunes for the first time and get an error message iTunes couldn't download your purchase. You don't have write access for your iTunes Media folder or a folder within it. Change permissions in the finder and then choose store check for available downloads.
I have done all of this ... made sure that they are writeable and still having problems. Any suggestions would help. Thanks!

check if you have read & write permissions for your music folder. in the finder, right-click on it and get info. unlock the little padlock (you may have to enter your admin password) and change the permission settings if necessary. next, click on the little gear-shaped icon and apply to enclosed items like so
the important part is to apply to enclosed items !

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Are you using a Mac or a PC ?
Is 'Pictures' the directory that you've chosen to sync photos (on the Photos tab) from on your computer ? When you sync photos iTunes creates an 'iPod Photo Cache' foldr under the folder that you've selected to sync photos from - it's possible that the Pictures directory doesn't currently have write access on it, so iTunes can't create that directory.
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"You don't have write access"

I'm trying to import a CD into my iTunes, and it tells me, "You don't have write access for your iTunes Media Folder or a folder within it. To change permissions..." blah blah blah.
I've tried a few things I've googled, but nothing has worked. I think it has to do with a specific band, because it only happens with their CD's. I've tried changing permissions on all the folders, but it didn't work.
Help?

unless you've done so already, check if you have read & write permissions for your music folder. in finder, right-click on it and +get info+. unlock the little padlock (you may have to enter your admin password) and change the permission settings. next, click on the little gear-shaped icon and +apply to enclosed items+ like so
the important part is to *apply to enclosed items* !
JGG

Don't have write access iTunes media folder or folder within it

I have recently restored my iTunes media from a two week old version from a Time machine backup
I deleted all the files in my MUSIC folder, and then restored the version that I last used two weeks ago.
Now when I try to burn a CD into iTunes I get this message " The file "xxxx" couldnt be converted - You don't have write access for your iTunes Media folder or a folder within it. To change permissions, select your iTunes Media folder in the Finder, and choose File > Get Info."
I have read many of the previous community submissions and "solutions", and so far I have done the following
A) changed my folders to have "read/write" permissions
B) gone into Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility > Run "verify disk permissions" and "repair disk permissions"
C) gone into User > Library > Preferences > com.apple.iTunes.plist.lock file and removed it to the desktop
D) gone into Terminal App and run some script starting with sudo
and still the issue persists.
Does anyone know what is the true solution? - I am at my wits end..!!

Does your "/Users/Shared" folder exist? If not , recreate it with the correct permissions, see this document:
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" write access for your iTunes Media folder"

Hello,
My iTunes all of a sudden started to gave me this error when I tried to update my iPhone Apps:
*iTunes couldn't download your purchase*
*You don't have write access for your iTunes Media folder or a folder within it. Change permissions (in the Finder) and then choose Store > Check Available Downloads.*
This is most weird since I haven't done anything to the system nor the iPhone.
I tried to repair permissions, tried CHMOD and then booting from the installation disk and reset password, thrash preferences and the message is always there. Even weirder is the fact that when I connect my iPhone, iTunes ask me about "authorization", if I say AUTHORIZE, it gives me another error saying that it cannot be authorize because of an error, but it does not say what error!
If I deauthorize, I'll loose more than 200 Apps, but if I authorize, even with the correct password, it simply gives me that bloody error.
I do not know what else to do, any ideas?
And yeah... I tried going to the iTunes list, get info and authorize myself, despite being already authorized... by the way I do not have the "apply to the contents within...or something like that, you know what I'm talking about option". My system is 10.5.8. PPC, and I do not see the relevance but the iTunes list is hosted in an external HD.
I'll be more than thankful for any help.

wcarcass wrote:
I do not know what else to do, any ideas?
check if you have read & write permissions for your music folder. in finder, right-click on it and +get info+. unlock the little padlock (you may have to enter your admin password) and change the permission settings. next, click on the little gear-shaped icon and +apply to enclosed items+ like so
you may also give everyone read & write access.
the important part is to *apply to enclosed items* !
And yeah... I tried going to the iTunes list, get info and authorize myself, despite being already authorized... by the way I do not have the "apply to the contents within...or something like that, you know what I'm talking about option". My system is 10.5.8. PPC, and I do not see the relevance but the iTunes list is hosted in an external HD.
if above don't work, try the same procedure on the folder on the external containing your media files.
JGG

I just got a new mac and use my external hard drive to save all my images to but whenever I go to save my photo to my hard drive it says I do not have write access....Whats wrong how do i fix this or do i need a new hard drive??

I just got a new mac and use my external hard drive to save all my images to but whenever I go to save my photo to my hard drive it says I do not have write access....Whats wrong how do i fix this or do i need a new hard drive??@

This is a Mac question not a Photoshop question, and I am a Windows users, but I can Google and this might be what you need to do:
http://www.makeuseof.com/answers/change-read-permision-external-hard-drive-mac/

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