I don't have permission to view the contents of hidden files on my own Macbook Pro
I don't have permission to view the contents of hidden files on my own Macbook Pro.
Im fairly new to Mac and for some reason I do not have permission to view the contents in hidden files.
Can someone please help.
Thanks
kata505 wrote:
After some time, I found the location of the files to be in the folder 'Masters'.
Thank You everyone for their help.
Much appreciated
It is not good to mess with the structure of the iPhoto or Aperture Libraries.
You can access the image "files" from within the programs. Anything you would want to do with an image file you can do with the image in the iPhoto app itself.
If you really must get to the file, you can select Reveal in Finder from the File menu.
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Step 2 (optional)
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Start up in Recovery mode. When the OS X Utilities screen appears, select
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res
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