I'm logged in as admin but am locked out of the main folder

I was attempting to change the permissions so I could access this computer from my laptop, an older mac running 10.4.9. This one is running 10.9, up to date. As admin, (and only user of this system) i should have access to everything, but suddenly i no longer have access to the main hard drive folder, where all my work is stored. The error message is that I do not have permission to see its contents. How can I change this back and get access to all my working files?

Nevermind, i just figured it out. I have to have everyone have full read & write access. But how do I make it so the admin only has write access then?

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See > Apple What to do before selling or giving away your Mac
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5189?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
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Sound no longer comes out of the speakers but will come out of the headphones on a m6-1035dx

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