Locked Image Files in Bridge

When I was working in Photoshop CS2 yesterday, I opened Bridge to look at some image files. I wanted to rate some of the images with color labels. Several of the image files had the "Lock" icon and would not allow me to rate the image.
I have no idea how the file got locked. I'm the only one who uses my home computer. How do I unlock the image file?

Not sure if this is the answer, but maybe the file is labeled "read only". For example files copied from CDs will always have a read-only attribute. To remove it, go to File > Properties in your file manager, and uncick the box next to "read-only."

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I previously was to be able to freely use Bridge for organizing my photos on a PC and now sorely disappointed that I can't do this with my new iMac.
No need for disappointment because you can move all files freely within Bridge.
First check if you have read and write permissions for your files/folders/disk (try move the files using finder) If Finder allows you to drag the files to the location you previously wanted in Bridge then the problem lies in Bridge.
First select a file and with right mouse click menu choose purge cache for selection. If the problem is gone you could do so for the whole folder using menu tools/cache/purge cache for folder while having Bridge pointed to that folder.
If not restart bridge holding down option key and choose reset preferences.
could you report back?

How to correct "No timestamps were found on any of the image files" in Bridge CS4?

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Does this give you any clues on HDR? http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CDwQFjAB&url=http%3A%2 F%2Fhelp.adobe.com%2Fen_US%2FBridge%2F3.0%2FWS3B0804D4-9DB7-441d-983D-0F863872F6E6.html&ei =Lfz5TtT-H6LkiAKIrLnIDg&usg=AFQjCNHFhS6ND2dG24gADWxEeOMdWacd4A

Locked Image Files - Adam#1

Here's the situation....
Creating an iWeb site using the Gazette template for my college website. Everything is great until I want to change a published site on the college's non-Mac server. I can publish to my folder on the server great, but when I try to update the folder it tells me I don't have permission to trash the COLUMN DIVIDER image file in the IMAGE FOLDER. That's the only file I can't update on this PC Server.
So everytime I want to publish again...I publish to my SITE USER folder....open up my folder on the non-pc server.....physcially trash everything but the COLUMN DIVIDER file, and then copy everything around that file.....
It works dandy, but annoying...
Any problems with that COLUMN DIVIDER creating a locked file...which it doesn't look like in the Info box?
Any suggestions?
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Adam

Hi Adam...
Another workaround that might make your site updating life easier is to use an FTP program like Captain FTP ( http://captainftp.xdsnet.de/ ) that actually has a syncronizing function built in to the upload function. This will allow you to upload only the files that have changed in your sitefolder. And since this "column divider" image file seems to be a template file, it will always be present in your sitefolder. So once it is uploaded, it is there for good...no need to delete and upload another copy, etc.
Lots of people around here using Captain FTP for its sync function. For iWeb, I believe there is a setting that you need to disable....do a search in this forum...I think it is syncronize by date or something like that.

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Good idea, but no dice.
I don't have it do that.
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Image files with large pixel dimensions display out of focus in a Bridge viewer?

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1) I backed up all the settings and workspace files, then deleted them. No change.
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