Permissions issues-saving document on LAN

I frequently am not allowed to save documents over my network. Example: I opened a Pages document on my MacBook Pro that resides on my desktop machine. I can edit the document, but it will not autosave and I cannot manual save it. I get a message telling me that it cannot be saved. When I try to duplicate the doc, I get this message: "Unsaved Pages Document.pages" couldn't be moved because you don't have permission to access "Autosave information." Then it tells me to change permissions, I can access the item in the Finder and choose "File>Get Info"----I am the owner of the account and the file. Permissions is set to allow me to Read and Write. I am logged into my desktop where the file is as Owner or Administrator---Anyone have an answer? I do not recall having this problem prior to Lion, but it has been happening for some time. More generally, why do I get error messages telling me that I do not have permission to do X when it is my file, my account, my folder and permissions are set for me to read and write?

Thank you, Linc, for this tip. I ran this on both the Desktop and laptop and it appears to have solved at least some of my issues. I will do further testing, but so far so good. Thanks!
I am still getting a similar blockage when I attempt to restore a Time Machine backup to my home account Library folder. I am trying to restore an item in the Application Support folder and keep getting this message:"The operation can't be completed because you don't have permission to access ".dat00ff.11f"."
Do you have a solution for this issue?
Again, thank you for your valuable help.

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I understand the confusion.
So the answers to your questions first.
It was suggested to me to get CR2008 but I heard 2008 will not be supported much longer, is that correct?
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"screen shot can't be saved" and other permissions issues

After having my iMac at the Apple Store for four days solving a problem with "quit unexpectedly" issues with all Apple built-in Apps on OS X Yosemite, I got the machine back with those problems solved. It involved re-installing OS X and restore files from backup. I thought all was well; the Genius Bar dude showed me that it's fixed. He said it took so long because of bizarre permissions issues he'd never seen before.
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Step 1
If you have more than one user, and the one in question is not an administrator, then go to Step 2.
Triple-click anywhere in the following line on this page to select it:
sudo find ~ $TMPDIR.. -exec chflags -h nouchg,nouappnd,noschg,nosappnd {} + -exec chown -h $UID {} + -exec chmod +rw {} + -exec chmod -h -N {} + -type d -exec chmod -h +x {} + 2>&-
Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.
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☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
Paste into the Terminal window by pressing command-V. I've tested these instructions only with the Safari web browser. If you use another browser, you may have to press the return key after pasting.
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Pages is not saving document correctly. After saving the changes either do not appear or you can not open the file. The error is "not a valid format" I am in Pages '09 4.1 (923). I also use Parallels. Anyone having similar issues?

Pages is not saving document correctly. After saving the changes either do not appear or you can not open the file. The error is "not a valid format" I am in Pages '09 4.1 (923). I also use Parallels. Anyone having similar issues?

I'm not sure that Lion AutoSave feature apply to network servers.
I'm just sure that the Versions feature doesn't.
Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) samedi 21 janvier 2012
iMac 21”5, i7, 2.8 GHz, 12 Gbytes, 1 Tbytes, mac OS X 10.6.8 and 10.7.2
My Box account is : http://www.box.com/s/00qnssoyeq2xvc22ra4k
My iDisk is : http://public.me.com/koenigyvan

Issues finding saved documents

I have MS office installed on my macbook for school and when I look for saved documents (word and excel), I can't find them. I then tried a search with the document name and can't find it either. The only way I can open it is if I right-click on word or excel in my dock and find it in recent documents. Anyone know why it is doing this and how to fix it?
Thanks!

Open Word or Excel and create a "test" document. When you go to save it, check the file path. Is it saving it to a weird location? If so, you can set it back to your Documents folder or wherever you want.
If for some reason Spotlight is not finding it when you search, you can re-index your hard drive (this may take a little time to complete depending on how much stuff you have). To do so:
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I have a couple of networked IMacs in my house. They readily see and connect to each other via OS 10.5.6, being connected to the same router. Usually there are no problems copying files from one Mac to the other or saving changes in work to a second Mac
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This problem of mine tends to happen only with MS Office files. The MS Word and Excel files that always insist on opening as Read-Only (and Microsoft insisted to me this was because of an Apple Networking permissions issue !!) are within folders that in turn are within higher level folders for which the permissions ( ?? and does this not apple for the whole folder and all its enclosed files and folders ?? ) are set as "Read and Write" for me, for "others" and "everyone" as well. I figured that looked broad enough. Still, though, I am stymied from saving changes though I own the files and both computers involved !!!
Surely Apple offers users some sort of stripped down (SIMPLE !!!) way of opening up read/write access as broadly as possible for any given networked folder whose own user and owner wishes it to have these broadest possible access permissions - so that surely I as the owner should be able to access.
I have repeatedl;y repaired permissions but this does not seem to help. I have noticed that sometimes some individual MS documents within a folder whose folder permissions have been opened up have not recognized the broader permissions granted for the whole folder and still have bizarre restrictions.
Don't all the files within a folder reflect automatically the permissions set for the folder itself ???
If not, why bother opening up a folder ??

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Using Numbers 3.0.1. I consistently get permissions errors Saving As or exporting a Numbers (or the new Keynote) document. Even to my Desktop.
I've recently repaired permissions on this machine (via booting to the Recovery Partition). Occasionally choosing another save location will do the trick, but often not. Usually it doesn't matter where I try to save to. Sometimes quitting the app and restarting helps. But more often than not, the issue continues.

Ok, using the Console log I was able to spot the file "com.apple.iwork.numbers". I deleted it, restarted the computer and oh magic it worked.
I still won't be that confident as I have this issue coming in and out. Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't.
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04/02/2014 17:37:59.716 Numbers[438]: Failed to generate image for binding FileInfoBinding [0x303] - extension: numbers, UTI: com.apple.iwork.numbers.numbers, fileType: ???? at size:16 and scale: 1 filename: (null)
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Trouble saving documents

When I save a document, it does not show up in Documents for a long time. I can use Finder to find and open the document if I can remember what I named it. Sometimes I remember the subject, but I can't remember the name I gave it, but it usually shows up in Documents in a few weeks. I don't remember having this problem when the computer was new. Is this a bug in a recent OS update? The information I can find on saving documents says that they should show up in Documents, but it doesn't say how long it should take. Do I have any control over how long it takes?

Can you save a document to a folder not in the Documents folder?
Funny thing, I've owned dozens of Macs and never use that folder.
Usually, you can choose a folder or path to have items saved there.
In fact, since I am often the only user of a computer and sometimes
have two user accounts, still do not use these user-account specialty
folders. I've often did as I had said, in creating a folder on the hard
disk drive and an alias to it on my desktop, or drag a link/icon into
the Dock (next to the Trash in Dock is an easy location to put it.)
Sounds as though there still may be some issues in the computer's
system, regarding how your created files are handled. You could
boot the computer from the Tiger install disc and run Disk Utility from
the version found in the Installer's menu bar (do not run the install
sequence, the finder-like Installer menu bar has options in a drop-
down menu, like finder does; you can launch Disk Utility and do other
jobs from the Installer, without installing anything.
If using the booted Tiger installer's Disk Utility, be sure to avoid any
of the extra features this utility can do in this situation; it can do a
fair amount of damages should you do more than 'repair disk' and
'repair disk permissions' out of turn. It can reformat, erase, partition.
The 9GB of remaining space in the hard disk drive may become a
marginal asset, since up to 5GB of the hard drive can be used for
the System and Apps, as Virtual Memory and temp swap files. That
would leave a dangerously low amount of 'free space' overall.
My computer drives have about 70% free space, except in my iBook,
and that has about 60% free space since it has extra spare installer
.dmg files in a folder there. I try and keep a good backup clone on an
externally enclosed FireWire bootable hard disk drive, of each Mac HD.
(Your Mini is probably an Intel-based Mac; so a backup external enclosure
for a hard disk drive for clones & backup would likely be USB2.0; if you
get one, be sure the vendor knows Macs. Get one that can support clones
and booting OS X from a drive in such an enclosure. If the Mini has ports
for FireWire, then get an external drive enclosure with FW & USB2.0.)
For general periodic maintenance, I have and use OnyX, so about once
a month or so (if bored, sooner; if forgetful, later) and have OnyX set in
its own preference setting, to restart the computer automatically when it
is done running any task it would require or recommend a restart when
done; so it does that. I can leave it after launching the selected choices
in Automation (checkboxed items can be chosen) and usually choose All.
{This does not mean it will start & run all by itself; I don't know if it can do
that aspect of scheduled maintenance, since this requires an Admin PW
to launch; so you'd have to be there to run OnyX, or remote login to do it.}
• OnyX - Titanium Software:
http://www.titanium.free.fr/pgs/english/apps.html
This can take some time, depending on the size of the hard disk drive
and other particular items in each machine's configuration. Maybe up
to 45 minutes on a drive if not too full. Could take longer on yours.
At some point, given the age of your computer and the fullness of the
capacity of the hard disk drive, you may have to consider the wear &
age of the moving parts sufficient reason to replace the hard disk drive.
If you do have or are considering a complete backup of the computer's
contents, there are external drive enclosures which can support a full
computer clone (free-running clone utilities are downloadable) and you
could backup the computer's contents; and a good boot-able clone is
about the best assurance you can still access your data if the main drive
in the computer should fail. You can make & test a clone before any
disk maintenance, reinstall from scratch, or an old drive gets replaced.
The time probably has come to consider these ideas and learn more.
And an all new installation on a low-level erased & reformatted hard
disk drive, and updated to the last Tiger 10.4.11 combo; would be a
basis for a cleaner and faster running system. Then, the last security
update, java updates, quicktime, browsers, Flash & Shockwave players,
could be applied; and only the apps you use most, reinstalled & updated.
Even without a new internal hard disk drive, could be a great refresh.
An external drive could be a home for more than just a bootable clone of
the computer's current content, a backup; the external can be partitioned
and more than one clone or different system version could be on there;
or a partition used for storage of items to be used alongside the Mac.
iTunes and iPhoto libraries can be relocated or moved to an external; so
as to free-up the internal drive. Generally, to keep it from being too full.
And I suspect your current hard drive status may be marginal, in that little
free or unused space exists; and if needed, you could not perform an
'Archive & Install/update' procedure or other helpful major tasks within it.
Anyway, I do not have a specific answer as to why the files you have
saved to the Documents folder are not going there. They should be
appearing in your User folder, since all your user activity when booted
in and logged-in a user account would go in there; generally speaking.
You should be able to search for a folder you made, by date, and see
if it still exists or if it was overwritten by something else & is missing.
The best cure to most OS X issues is preventative maintenance; but
in some (few) cases, in a newer and unproven system, other issues
may be the cause of some odd problems. But OS X 10.4.11 is very
stable and if kept up, probably the best system version so far; in the
comparison of non-current systems.
Good luck & happy computing!

Permissions issue locks me out of my desktop folder

Hi All.
I have a worrying dilema that I am hoping someone can advise me on.
The symptoms are:
*1. A blank desktop after start-up (files, folders and volumes are not loading)*
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*drwxr-xr-x 6 wadelaube staff - 204 21 May 2008 .dvdcss*
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*drwxr-xr-x 3 wadelaube staff - 102 23 Feb 2008 .mplayer*
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*-rw------- 1 wadelaube staff - 1024 3 May 07:32 .rnd*
*drwx------ 3 wadelaube staff - 102 22 May 08:06 .ssh*
*drwxr-xr-x 6 wadelaube staff - 204 12 Feb 19:30 .subversion*
*drwxr-xr-x 2 wadelaube staff - 68 8 Jul 2008 .wapi*
*drwxr-xr-x 3 wadelaube staff - 102 11 Apr 2008 .wirefusion*
*drwxr-xr-x 2 wadelaube staff - 68 2 May 10:11 Applications*
*-rw-r--r-- 1 wadelaube staff - 1195 21 Apr 12:48 BlankPage.php*
*dr-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel - 1 23 May 17:55 Desktop*
*drwx------+ 61 wadelaube staff - 2074 15 Feb 07:38 Documents*
*0: group:everyone deny delete*
*drwx------+ 516 wadelaube staff - 17544 22 May 16:12 Downloads*
*0: group:everyone deny delete*
*drwxr-xr-x@ 9 wadelaube staff - 306 22 May 16:57 Dropbox*
*drwx------+ 65 wadelaube staff - 2210 1 Mar 19:33 Library*
*0: group:everyone deny delete*
*drwx------+ 9 wadelaube staff - 306 15 Feb 07:39 Movies*
*0: group:everyone deny delete*
*drwx------+ 5 wadelaube staff - 170 13 Jan 2008 Music*
*0: group:everyone deny delete*
*drwx------+ 16 wadelaube staff - 544 13 Feb 21:13 Pictures*
*0: group:everyone deny delete*
*drwxr-xr-x+ 6 wadelaube staff - 204 11 Jan 2008 Public*
*0: group:everyone deny delete*
*drwxr-xr-x+ 11 wadelaube staff - 374 23 Feb 22:17 Sites*
*0: group:everyone deny delete*
*-rw-r--r-- 1 wadelaube staff - 1754 27 Jun 2005 vtiinf.html*
*-rw-r--r-- 1 wadelaube staff - 957 14 Nov 2006 edit_archive.php*
*-rw-r--r-- 1 wadelaube staff - 0 2 Mar 21:22 index.html*
*wade-laubes-mac-pro:~ wadelaube$*
Thanks for your help.
Wade.

Weird permissions issue update

(see thread below for 7/12/08 "Weird permissions issue"
I re-installed the 3.1.1 final version of CCC, did another backup, (both HD and clone now had Security update installed (as was the case with the backup using the CCC beta) and, voila, no more permissions errors there either.
So, it would seem, the problem stemmed from the differing security packages, not CCC.
BDAqua: I owe you points. Thanks again for your help.
By the way, is there any conceivable Mac executed scenario by which files can end up in the trash (besides "recovered files") without intentionally placing them there, (not counting sleepwalking and unresponsive, zombie states)? This has happened.

There were about 7 or 8, all documents: Appleworks.cwk or Word or Word.doc. and one was saved in Simple Text. They were related in content and could have come from a few places as they were grouped, saved in several locations, but really impossible to trace where they resided just before they ended up in Trash.
I don't want anyone to get too bothered about this. It's one of those things I guess they call an anomaly when no suitable explanation can be found. I was just curious to know if it can happen according to some process in Tiger I don't know about.

Sharing files between user accounts without permissions issues

I have two user accounts on my iMac and need to make files available to both accounts, back and forth, without having to worry about permissions issues. Files need to be read and edited from both accounts. I posted previously about this and was told to place the files in Users/Shared. I've done this but it hasn't accomplished what I need.
I created a document in one account and saved it to Users/Shared, but when I opened the document from the other account and tried to edit it, I was told that I didn't have permission to edit and that I needed to duplicate the file. How can I avoid having to set permissions for files that I need to edit from both user accounts?

Or not.
I butt up against this lunacy frquently.
I have just created a file saved to my external NAS - no problem - tried to save my edits - now don't have permission to do so. Again - checked - custom access - again. Ridiculous.
Why can Apple not sort out this fundamental problem - if I create a file and put it on my network where I WANT IT - the OS should not then prevent me from accessing it.
I spend hours, regularly, trying to sort this out. Apple OS is a joke.
And to be kept being told - do this, do that, use terminal, reset passwords is ridiculous.
Sorry for the rant.
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How do I migrate from one user to another to resolve sleep/permissions issues?

My MacBook Pro's been having several issues, mainly with waking from sleep. I've tried Repairing Permissions, Repair Disk, running tools like OnyX and Drive Genius, but they can't find any issues. I checked the Console log, and there was some sort of denial from displaying the login window after I woke up from sleep.
Initially I thought this had to do with some of my peripherals being plugged in when I already had the lid closed; the Mac would wake up, not realize the lid was closed, and never go back to sleep. Nothing--keyboard or trackpad touches--would wake the machine up. I'd have to hard reset by holding the Power button on.
I had an Apple Genius suggest that I create a new user and test it out with the (same) default sleep settings as the buggy user account. It wakes up from sleep lightning fast, and has thus far never had any issues.
I'm leaning toward sticking with this new user and migrating over my things bit by bit, to try and avoid potential permissions issues. But since I don't know where the source of this sleep problem lies, how should I go about it?
I've read through Pondini's Transfer Guide here http://pondini.org/OSX/Transfer.html, but I'm just wondering where people would start, knowing that the machine has had permissions issues with some files. (The permissions issues, btw, I believe were caused by a mangled Time Machine restore. I replaced my internal HD with another one, but the Time Machine/Migration Assistant restore wasn't complete. I did it a second time from within the user account that got created, then tried to delete the malformed one and rename the complete one, but that's when the issues started.)

I wasn't intending to move the entire home folder, rather, moving things like what's inside my Documents folder in chunks.
From what I read, tracking down the origin of sleep/wake problems on a computer is notoriously hard, especially if Disk Utility and similar tools don't give any clues during Repair Disk or Repair Permissions. Creating the new user seemed to help, but I don't know why that alone would "fix" anything, so I haven't moved any files as of yet nor done anything with the new user account.
Trying to move the things from my Library folder to my desktop also seems a bit risky; it's hidden in Lion and Mountain Lion because a lot of system files are there, right? Wouldn't moving them cause problems, not just help me find what file/folder (if any) could be the culprit?

Error occurred while saving document in Web Analysis Studio

We have encountered an issue when we tried to save a new report in Web Analysis. An error message box will prompt up displaying "Error occurred while saving document." (Please refer to the attached screenshots). Clicking the details button gives no response.
Originally we encountered this whilst creating a report with an SQL spreadsheet (JDBC connection tested successfully), which failed to save. Proceeding to test this saving a blank report also gave the same error message.
The report shows up in the Oracle view, however also produces an error when trying to open it. "Unable to perform request
Undefined exception encountered. Recommended Action: Contact your corporate technical support." (Please refer to the attached screenshots)
Web Analysis version 11.1.2.3.000.1175
Please advise on how to handle this case

Hi Soumya,
Thanks for your reply. I am already using the admin account which is given administrator provisioning under Reporting & Analysis. I have not had issues in the past of saving documents to the server location (e.g. with FR studio). Any ideas as to what else could cause this error? Thanks!

Permissions Issue, Colour Wheel, Hard Drive Issue??

Hi!
I have had issues with my mid 2009 MBP recently and I'm wondering what the best way to fix them would be.
First off, I have some major permissions issues with my accounts. I am using 3 different users regualrly on the same machine and needed to access files from the home folder so I changed them a long time ago, and am not sure how to fix that. I have repaired the permissions countless times in the disk utility and it seems like there's always loads more to do each time. When I varify the disk, it says its all okay.
Secondly, I have had the machine freeze on me several times while doing very little on it. This happened awhile ago, and thought that it was just the permisions thing and so I did that again, and it started working better, for awhile. It would go a few days or weeks before doing the same thing, sometimes not even getting past the apple logo on startup before freezing. This makes me think it may be a hard drive issue???????
This morning, I tried dozens of times to boot, with no success at all..... until about the 25th time when it miraculasly booted. I have run permissions repair a few more times and it seems to be working okay at the moment, but the problem seems to be happening more often over time.
To complicate matters, I am traveling at the moment and will not be home for several months. I purchased an external harddrive last night and was able to successfully back up my data.
Question 1: Is it the permissions that are causing these problems, or is it related to something else. The computer seems to work fine when its working, and then once in awhile, decides its not going to do anything.
Question 2: Would upgrading to Lion (currently running 10.6.8) fix the permissions issues or just carry them forward? I would like to consolidate the 3 users into one, if that would solve it. Does the migration utility preserve permissions or does it give you a brand new start?
Question 3: If neither solving the permissions or the OS upgrade would fix the problem and it does need a new harddrive, is it possible to buy one and install it myself? I do not have apple care left on this machine and am on a very tight budget. I am used to taking things apart and all that as part of my job and it seems simple enough. Where can you buy a replacement??
Hopefully someone out there will be able to help me out on this one.
Cheers!!!!
Brian

bgroot422 wrote:
First off, I have some major permissions issues with my accounts. I am using 3 different users regularly on the same machine and needed to access files from the home folder so I changed them a long time ago, and am not sure how to fix that. I have repaired the permissions countless times in the disk utility and it seems like there's always loads more to do each time. When I verify the disk, it says its all okay.
Disk Utility permissions are separate from User account permissions.
This link is how to fix them
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2181549?start=0&tstart=0
Disk Utility will always show something to be needing repair, but that's ok
Apple supoort doc.
https://support.apple.com/kb/TS1448?locale=da_DK
Verify Disk is good, that's a good thing.
To complicate matters, I am traveling at the moment and will not be home for several months. I purchased an external hard drive last night and was able to successfully back up my data.
Your data is backed up, hopefully not with TimeMachine alone, but if you did, then get another drive and backup data manually to that as well. If the TM drive gets messed up, it's a pain to get your data off of it.
Question 1: Is it the permissions that are causing these problems, or is it related to something else. The computer seems to work fine when its working, and then once in awhile, decides its not going to do anything.
Well you could call Apple for replacement 10.6.x disks, and just reinstall 10.6 and bundled programs, but this can kick out kext files out of the /System/Library/Extensions folder installed by some third party software.
This method fixes OS X, but doesn't touch your files or most programs.
Nor will this method fix your Users accounts if the issue is in there.
A creation of a new user, then deletion of the others, return files from backup (set permissions) will fix User folder issues if the above user permissions fix doesn't work.
(Of course you could wipe the drive from the 10.6 disk, but you have to install all software again)
Would upgrading to Lion (currently running 10.6.8) fix the permissions issues or just carry them forward?
No, you don't want to install Lion, it won't fix those issues in User folders, not only that Lion has it's own issues and doesn't work with a lot of older software etc. No use clusterfscking a already bad situtation when it's seems it's only localized to the User accounts.
I would like to consolidate the 3 users into one, if that would solve it.
Yes that could very nicely and tidy up things in the process.
What you do is transfer all files to one regular powered storage hard drive.
(Don't use/disconnect the TimeMachine drive for this as it preserves the users seperated and you don't want all those users back restoring with Migration Assistant)
Create the New User on the machine as Admin, log into it and delete all the other Users, transfer all your files back from the regular storage drive, changing all the permissions to yourself before placing them into their respective folders as they will have three different permissions.
Notes:
If you have a extensive iTunes playlists on one User (say #1), then create the new user with that same name (will require some work, create User 4, delete Users 1-3, reboot, create User 1, delete User 4) then transfer your iTunes folder to Music of that User 1 (same name as before). This will preserve the pathnames of your song locations and your playlists will be preserved.
(before you ask, no you can't combine playlists)
Also if you have photo's in iPhoto Library, you have to right click on it and "show package contents" inside is a folder called Originals, copy them out and import into the iPhoto of the User #1.
Does the migration utility preserve permissions or does it give you a brand new start?
Yes it preserves user permissions, no it doesn't give you a brand new start. Only a fresh install, creation of new users and then just transferring of files does that.
Nothing about TimeMachine or Migration Assistant gives one a "fresh start", it's if hosed, so is your restore.
If you want that sort of pristine protection, you need to clone your ideal boot partition/drive using Carbon Copy Cloner (free/donationware) occasionally as a hold the option key bootable drive, then you can erase and reverse clone the pristine saved clone.
One can also update the clone on occasion, this way keeping the clone pristine.
I maintain 3 clones time dated, even have my boot drive partitioned 50/50 and auto-cloned, this way I have two boot partitions on the road and two externals at home.
I never use TimeMachine, it's not bootable (well it is on 10.7.2 only to restore though)

Can't Customize, Change Settings, or Move Files -- Permissions Issue?

Hey all:
Just got a new MBP w/ 10.5.2. Successfully migrated most of my user settings and applications from the old Tiger HDD (old laptop died a horrible death).
The problem is that aside from everything appearing to be the same, I'm finding that I don't have the access to do a whole lot with my own files. Several different problems that "seem" like they're stemming from the same accessiblity/permissions issue include:
Intermittent trouble downloading files with Firefox's default download tool.
Complete inability to change desktop background.
Programs fail to remember setting changes after quit and re-launch.
System Preferences do not remember changes to settings.
Certain files can not be moved, renamed, opened, or deleted w/o admin authorization, or in some cases, at all.
The problems started after I migrated the old system over after having an interim user account running for a few days prior. After migrating, I attempted to reconcile the two together and that's when things got hairy.
In the past couple days, I have tried:
1.) Archive and Install (preserving User settings - now down to just one admin).
2.) Changing permissions to system read/write, admin read/write, everyone read only for the entire /User directory, applied to all enclosed items.
3.) Repairing Permissions (which took about 10 minutes!)
I'm at the end of my rope here. I'm stuck with my OS acting the way it wants to, which is the exact way it was after being archived and reinstalled, no matter what changes I try to apply in the Finder, Preferences, or in any programs.
I'm thinking maybe a clean install and then migrating over the backup I just made on my external HD will get me my stuff without whatever troublesome thing is freezing me out, but I'm not really sure, and I don't really understand much about command lines in Terminal.
Does anyone have any ideas? Many thanks.

Oddly enough I just had a spastic moment with a mouse click and put my Drop Box in the Trash (I keep the Delete thing in my window toolbar, which is handy, but can lead to accidents)... Since I was playing with it I noticed its absence immediately. Realized what I had done after a moment's reflection, and put it back. Which just goes to confirm something I ALWAYS do before I empty the Trash: open it and see what's in there first, then click empty.
As to whether removing ACLs is for advanced users only: well, up until Leopard that's the way it always was, there were, until now, NO ACLs on the users folders. So should everyone have been an advanced user until now? Did you ever delete a folder in Jaquar or Panther or Tiger and empty your Trash without checking? Indeed, if you use Time Machine, available in Leopard but not before, you are already protected from such goofs, since you can recover things accidently deleted using Time Machine, so actually you are in better shape with Leopard than ever before, WITHOUT the ACLs if you use Time Machine. Until Leopard there was neither belt nor suspenders to automatically protect you from losing data. Leopard supplies both.
The situation reminds me of the continuing debate about virus protection on the Mac. Personally, I have seen various anti-virus programs cause all sorts of problems, and it has yet to protect any Mac system from anything (since as yet there are no Mac system viruses). Anti-virus software may have saved some users of Microsoft Office who share files with Windows users from getting a macro virus in their Word docs, and it might have kept a Mac user from passing on some email virus to some Windows users by forwarding stuff from the Internet. But still.... if you don't use MS Office or forward email junk, you get no benefit and may get some problems.
Same seems to me to be true of ACLs: it is possible to get a benefit (you can't accidently toss your Movies folder and lose data, assuming you mindlessly empty your Trash and don't have a backup), but an awful lot of people are having an awful lot of problems.
Francine
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