Not enough privileges moving files on network.

I have about 10,000 files to move from my iMac to Mac pro, dropbox. I get these messages "You don't have enough privileges or permission to copy xyz.jpg file " and it stops.
It occurs all the time on different files. If I copy that specific forbidden file individually...I have no problem. These "permission" pop up messages are too much for me to handle. I might have to spend days to transfer all the files.
Well, what could be the answer? Why are some files get copied and some not when I transfer in bulk?

Do you only have that admin user? You could use a second account to see if it occurs on both or just one of them.

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Why does the new operating system not delete the moved files from their original locations - it seems like an enormous waste of space, time and effort to clean up every file once you've moved it - also, when transferring large amounts of files it becomes a very large problem remembering which files were transferred and which not.

You're going to need to be more specific, as I'm not quite sure I understand what you're talking about.
If you're referring to copying from an external hard drive or flash drive, and you want to actually move files rather than copy them, you can hold down the option key to force it to do a "move" rather than a "copy." This is not new behavior, though... the Mac OS has worked this way as long as I can recall (and I've been using it since 1984).
If you're having a problem with trying to move files from one place to another on a single drive causing them to be copied instead, that is likely because of some permissions issue preventing you from actually being able to move them.

Not enough privileges!

Lots of stuff on the issue in general but cn't see anything direct.
Have been told not enough privileges when installing downloaded applications. The latest was a Card Raider update was one yesterday not sure what it was. Both were 'drag and drop into applications' installs. Haven't tested a package installer app yet.
Thing is the user I was in was an admin user. Yes I di check to see if he had been demoted. He had not according to System Preferences, and he was able to do some other authentications.
I got over the problem by enabling root and using that account to install. However has anyone any idea what the source of the problem is, and what is the proper solution?

Do you only have that admin user? You could use a second account to see if it occurs on both or just one of them.

Consolidate Library, Not enough Space, itl files, genuius, external drive,

In the interest of putting something back, thought I would post this
Objective
To have a single iTunes Library, on a Server PC, (Windows Home Server) so that if a change is made while on PC (a) or PC (b) we see the change.
Setup
PC (a) living room
PC (b) kitchen
Windows home server, on 24 x 7
In doing this I made a number of errors, and hope you learn from this, and also found a couple of 'features' that made life harder.
Standard approach
1) in iTune preferences, alter the position where you want to store your data, so this could be
//Server/Music/iTunes/Alison/Library
You need the subdirectory as the Library is where your itunes will reside, and your internal itunes file one directory up.
This process will change pointers in te internal itunes files, but still references the music in the various locations it is stored.
2) Now go to the File Menu/ Library / Consolidate Library
This will move all your music to teh location you specified above.
At this point I ran into my first problem, despite having adequate space on the Windows Home Server (WHS) I would get the error 'not enough space to copy files'
I believe the reason I was getting this error message was that some of the files paths were over 256 chat in length. There is also a limitation in WHS on this, but I believe the issue in this case was with iTunes, not WHS.
To get around this issue, I changed the location of where I was going to consolidate all the files to, to an internal disk on the PC where my itunes library was. so Instead of;
//Server/Music/iTunes/Alison/Library
I used m:/iTunes/Alison/Library
This worked, so I had all my data (now duplicated effectively, but consolidated) on the same PC.
The reason people say use consolidate is that it makes the move easy and changes all the internal files, but as I couldn't consolidate to the location I required due to the error, I now have to move all the rest of the data manually.
3) Copy the Library file on the local PC drive to the WHS Library Directory;
Copy m:/iTunes/Alison/Library => //Server/Music/iTunes/Alison/Library
4) I then edited the internal itunes files, so that it pointed to the WHS server location. I edited the itunes internal file;
Settings\Alison\My Documents\My Music\iTunes\iTunes Music Library.xml
I did this in notepad, with a find and replace command,
Find 'm:/'
Replace '/Server/Music/
The above bit does require some thought and if you have made it this far, have a look at the xml file structure, and you will be able to figure out how to alter the path.
This has the effect of pointing the iTunes file at where the music is now stored, you can confirm this by starting iTunes and getting it to show the track it is playing in Explorer. If it is pointing at your new location you are good to go.
Remember I only had to do this, as I was unable to consolidate to the location I really wanted to go to, due to the space error.
Also note that I had 2gb memory on the machine I did the find and replace on, as Notepad is not memory friendly.
5) Apple has some other internal files that need to be corrected as well;
iTunes Library.itl
iTunes Library Genius.itdb (if running genius)
iTunes Library Extras.itdb (believe is genius related)
sentinel (no idea, but saw this file !)
To get these all corrected to the new WHS (or external drive) I created a iTunes Library.itl file with zero bytes in the directory Settings\Alison\My Documents\My Music\iTunes\, did this in notepad. I then started iTunes, and it created all of the above files with the new file locations. You can't edit the above files, apple encrypts them
6) you now move all of the corrected internal files to the WHS home server location;
//Server/Music/iTunes/Alison
iTunes Library.itl
iTunes Music Library.xml
iTunes Library Genius.itdb
iTunes Library Extras.itdb
sentinel
7) Now you repoint the itunes to the new location for the internal files, specifically the correct itunes library, there are a number of references on the net to do this that you press the shift key(PC) or the option key (Mac)
I am running a PC, and pressing the shift key while clicking on the itunes icon on the desktop does not work. You have to hold the shift key while starting itunes from the Start Menu, Programs, Itunes. This will then give you an option of which library to look at, and look at the library on the WHS drive (or external drive)
Thats it
Hope this helps someone who has to battle with iTunes like I did. Due to the variosu errors, size of the library (200gb) and other issues, whole process took 2 days, if doing this again would have taken a couple of hours.
DGW

Hiya, that's sweet to post what you went through!
I have a question, though - are you able to have both PCs running itunes at the same time?
When I try this, I get an error message that the ITL file is locked on the 2nd instance I try to open. I'm using an exHD, not a server.
Also - all that editng of the XML file doesn't save ratings, date added, and some other metadata. If you'd just moved the ITL file, that metadata would be intact.

External HDD on router... not enough privileges!?

Hi,
I have ASUS WL-500G PREMIUM router with 2 USB connectors and I connected a HDD WD MyPassport to the router via ono of those USBs.
A HDD is formated FAT with Disc Utility app and on router I have all privileges, but I can do anything from Windows (my wife's company laptop) read/write, but from my iMac I can only download files from this HDD... so, read!
If I'm trying to upload a file (a simple .jpg photo) sais that I dont have enough privileges and desnt do anything!!!
I tried to formate it Mac OS also, but the HDD is not visible then!
Many thanks for your tips and suggestions,
M

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Type : Volume
Disk Identifier : disk1s2
Mount Point : /Volumes/Elements
File System : Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
Connection Bus : USB
Device Tree : IODeviceTree:/PCI0@0/EHC1@4,1
Writable : Yes
Universal Unique Identifier : 960D8789-7186-35F4-A0EF-352E3F09174D
Capacity : 2 TB (2,000,052,772,864 Bytes)
Free Space : 2 TB (1,999,200,624,640 Bytes)
Used : 852.1 MB (852,148,224 Bytes)
Number of Files : 43
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Can Be Formatted : Yes
Bootable : Yes
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Journaled : Yes
Disk Number : 1
Partition Number : 2

TS1424 i keep getting error message not enough privileges and also error -1201 can someone please help

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We had a problem the other night where we ran out of space on our archive directory drive. We moved some of the archive files (about 50) to create some space and keep the system running. When we moved the archive files back, they will not get second copy deleted. Any suggestions on how to get these SCDed?
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Hello Jackie,
> When we moved the archive files back, they will not get second copy deleted.
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The current computer has only one log in account and so it does have administrator privileges and all privileges. I tried everything that I could think of wasting several hrs but it will not sync.
I have obviously installed the latest version of the iTunes software. The ipod is 60 GB model from few yrs ago and I dont have any warranty.
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Classic example of why you should save your workm in progress...just hit Ctrl+s to do it on the fly.
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