Im locked out of my music folder.
im locked out of my music folder, I did not change my permission. please help!!!!
the error is "The folder “Music” can’t be opened because you don’t have permission to see its contents. "
the permission box in info says "you have unkown access. "
Last login: Sat Jan 26 14:43:48 on ttys000
Last login: Mon Jan 28 13:59:05 on console
server:~ aaronhertrich$ ls -aleO@ ~/
total 72
drwxr-xr-x+ 29 aaronhertrich staff - 986 28 Jan 18:20 .
0: group:everyone deny delete
drwxr-xr-x+ 9 root admin - 306 28 Jan 11:59 ..
0: user:_spotlight allow list,search,file_inherit,directory_inherit,only_inherit
-rw------- 1 aaronhertrich staff compressed 3 25 Aug 15:13 .CFUserTextEncoding
-rw-r--r--@ 1 aaronhertrich staff - 21508 28 Jan 19:57 .DS_Store
com.apple.FinderInfo 32
drwx------ 87 aaronhertrich staff - 2958 28 Jan 20:18 .Trash
-rw------- 1 aaronhertrich staff - 0 25 Aug 22:15 .Xauthority
-rw------- 1 aaronhertrich staff - 384 26 Jan 14:47 .bash_history
drwxr-xr-x 3 aaronhertrich staff - 102 23 Jan 18:39 .cache
drwx------ 3 aaronhertrich staff - 102 3 Oct 20:38 .cups
drwx------ 14 aaronhertrich staff - 476 11 Oct 21:19 .dropbox
drwxr-xr-x 3 aaronhertrich staff - 102 25 Aug 22:15 .fontconfig
-rw-r--r-- 1 aaronhertrich staff - 625 26 Jan 00:09 .profile
-rw-r--r-- 1 aaronhertrich staff - 241 25 Jan 19:26 .profile.macports-saved_2013-01-26_at_00:09:10
drwxr-xr-x 3 aaronhertrich staff - 102 18 Dec 14:12 Adobe Dreamweaver CS6
drwxr-xr-x 5 aaronhertrich staff - 170 25 Jan 20:25 Applications
drwxr-xr-x@ 5 aaronhertrich staff - 170 25 Jan 20:30 Applications (Parallels)
com.apple.FinderInfo 32
drwx------@ 15 aaronhertrich staff - 510 28 Jan 20:18 Desktop
com.apple.FinderInfo 32
0: group:com.apple.sharepoint.group.2 allow search
1: group:everyone deny delete
drwx------+ 26 aaronhertrich staff - 884 28 Jan 12:50 Documents
0: group:everyone deny delete
drwx---rwx+ 119 aaronhertrich staff - 4046 28 Jan 19:57 Downloads
0: group:everyone deny delete
drwx------@ 15 aaronhertrich staff - 510 11 Oct 21:14 Dropbox
com.apple.FinderInfo 32
-rw-r--r-- 1 aaronhertrich staff - 0 25 Jan 17:52 DumpLog 13-01-25 17:52
-rw-r--r-- 1 aaronhertrich staff - 0 25 Jan 17:56 DumpLog 13-01-25 17:56
-rw-r--r-- 1 aaronhertrich staff - 0 25 Jan 18:07 DumpLog 13-01-25 18:07
drwxr-xr-x@ 6 aaronhertrich staff - 204 11 Oct 21:14 Google Drive
com.apple.FinderInfo 32
drwx------@ 60 aaronhertrich staff hidden 2040 26 Jan 19:41 Library
com.apple.FinderInfo 32
0: group:everyone deny delete
drwxrwxrwx+ 37 aaronhertrich staff - 1258 28 Jan 19:57 Movies
0: group:everyone deny delete
drwx---r-x+ 4 aaronhertrich staff - 136 28 Jan 20:16 Music
0: group:everyone deny delete
drwx------+ 10 aaronhertrich staff - 340 12 Dec 08:08 Pictures
0: group:everyone deny delete
drwxr-xr-x+ 5 aaronhertrich staff - 170 25 Aug 15:13 Public
0: group:everyone deny delete
server:~ aaronhertrich$
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I have no idea what you mean by this. Can you please explain further?
an album I purchased online from a recording entity is locked out too.
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I Hope I Was Able To Help You Or Solve Your Question.
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If you are locked out of your Itunes account and you no longer use the same email address, can you create a new account without losing your music library
Just to let you know that I DIDNT swear in the last post. It was bleeped for using non offensive language. Just letting you know. (And @moderator this subnote isnt "off topic", its just letting colleagues know I'm not in the habit of swearing - something that the search and replace word-bot actaully makes it look worse than it is!!)
Many thanks - please dont delet this footnote (again)
Dom -
For the first time it asked me to answer security questions which I have never done before and now I am locked out, please help me get back into my itunes account so I can buy songs
The Three Best Alternatives for Security Questions and Rescue Mail
If you do not have success with one, then try another:
1. Send Apple an email request at: Apple - Support - iTunes Store - Contact Us.
2. Call Apple Support in your country: Customer Service: Contact Apple support.
3. Rescue email address and how to reset Apple ID security questions.
A substitute for using the security questions is to use 2-step verification:
Two-step verification FAQ Get answers to frequently asked questions about two-step verification for Apple ID. -
APPLE: Please take videos OUT of music folder!!!!
Apple, you're killing me on space. I love that I can download videos but please let me store them in a folder OUTSIDE the music folder!!! I simply cannot store all the music and videos in one place.
I have 83 GBs of music in my music folder. I have a 160 GB external hard drive, 83 GB use for music, 34 GB for photos (in iPhoto)...bring it up to 117 for my 'current' iLife programs. I downloaded one 30 min episode of a program yesterday and that alone was 115 mb. Downloading a hour program would be 230 mb. If I downloaded the entire first season of Desperate Housewives, for example, 5.29 GB... Closing the game even tighter on my 160 GB hard drive!!
You simply MUST allow users to set a default folder for videos elsewhere and take it OUTSIDE the music folder!!Steve hello,
You say
I don't quite understand why more people aren't sympathetic to what Christopher is saying.
When someone's understanding of what is happening and what is not is flawed, it is hard to make sense of it all... now do not get me wrong as I have no axe to grind but your own understanding is not quite right as well... I will explain...
Apple's current system of saving other media (in this case video) to the MUSIC folder makes storage difficult..
Think of another file, say an Appleworks document, you create it and you save it... where do you save it ?... the program will suggest somewhere based upon file type but you choose where it goes in the end...
The same basic principles are at work here in iTunes... you create it (rip) and you save it (location ?) the only change is you decide in advance where you want files stored by setting the location for newly added files in the preference settings...
the result is exactly the same as all other files on your computer...
and as I said earlier "when ripping or importing files a copy is automatically placed in the nominated location, you have no say in this...
if the nominated location folder is not available a copy will be placed in the home iTunes Music folder and if that is missing a new one will be created and they will be put there..
I fail to see where the perceived problem exists...
for example, If it worked the other way ... you set a music file to download and you are not available when it has finished downloading, where does the computer put the file ?
this should be looked upon as a 'god-send' as any files handled by iTunes will be saved with no further input from the user necessary... you have chosen where with two clicks, in advance.
A thought: whilst it may seem like a good idea to have a command setting in iTunes preferences that locates Music files in this folder and videos in another and movies in yet another one, let alone all the podcasts etc. and other things of the future... it will get very crowded and in a crowded place things can and do get confusing...let's hope they keep it simple... and user freindly
Finally Steve what do you mean by this statement ?
We cannot split our iTunes music Library between two drives (or partitions)..
Why not thousands of other do this all the time including me...
take care Steve .... TP -
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Unfortunately there isn't a way to completely lock out Settings. Apple designed iPads to be personal devices where user is "King"…which makes it a pain for school tech admins like you and I to manage. Apple only allows certain features and restrictions for 3rd party vendors to work with. So unfortunately there isn't a way to completely lock out Settings by a 3rd party vendor.
What settings are the kids changing? Perhaps there's a workaround that could help (until Apple makes things more school/enterprise friendly).
~Joe
(a fellow K12 tech)
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