Made the switch to an mac from a PC. I imported the files but looks like my folders are protected and i cannot access them. Any thoughts on how to remove permissions?

All the pictures and files that were migrated are in folders that I do not have access to on the mac now. They imported fine, but now I cannot access them, Any thoughts on how to get them?

What you can do is this:
Open the Terminal application in the Utilities folder. At the command line prompt and paste the following line:
sudo chown -R `id -un`:`id -gn`
Put a space after "-gn`" and drag the folder that has all the imported folders into the Terminal window.
Press RETURN. You will be prompted to enter your admin password which will not be echoed.
This should give all the files and folders the same permissions as your Home folder so you can access the data. If the folders with your files are not contained in a single folder, then create a new folder on your Desktop (COMMAND-SHIFT-N) and drag all the imported folders into this new folder.

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