Safari wants to make changes, stops responding

Every time I start Safari I see "Safari wants to make changes. Type your password to allow this" Then I type it and Safari stops responding. I hit cancel and it works but pops up every time I start safari. I have tried resetting safari in the developer menu but that did not work. What can I try to get this to stop doing this from popping up every time I run Safari?

I rebooted and it stopped. Stupid, just shoudld have tried tht first.

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Suddenly I have problems moving files to the trash... get a dialog saying Finder wants to make changes and I must provide the password... Any explanation or ideas how I can get this to stop?

Suddenly I have problems moving files to the trash... get a dialog saying Finder wants to make changes and I must provide the password... Any explanation or ideas how I can get this to stop?

Please take these steps if you're prompted for a password when moving items in your home folder to the Trash.
1. Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:
~/.Trash
2. Right-click or control-click the highlighted line and select
Services ▹ Show Info
from the contextual menu.* An Info dialog should open.
3. The dialog should show "You can read and write" in the Sharing & Permissions section. If that's not what it shows, click the padlock icon in the lower right corner of the window and enter your password when prompted. Use the plus- and minus-sign buttons to give yourself Read & Write access and "everyone" No Access. Delete any other entries in the access list.
4. In the General section, uncheck the box marked Locked if it's checked.
5. From the action menu (gear icon) at the bottom of the dialog, select Apply to enclosed items and confirm.
6. Close the Info window and test.
*If you don't see the contextual menu item, copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Open a TextEdit window and paste into it (command-V). Select the line you just pasted and continue as above.

I just started getting the error message below - when I drag a file to TRASH, I get the message "Finder wants to make changes. Type in your password to allow this. Why ? and how to to stop this request ?

I just started getting the error message below, when I drag a file to TRASH, I get the message "Finder wants to make changes. Type in your password to allow this." Why ? and how to to stop this request ?

There should be nothing native to the OS X which would ask for a password
or other information on a restart, unless accompanied by the traditional login
box with your user name.
There are adware or marginal products that could be called malware (bad)
that would impose their presence and some items that could have been
downloaded by accident or through some corrupted free software site; of
those some could ask for and gain permission to go through your Mac
and maybe even run in the background to do other nefarious misdeeds.
You could see if startup in SafeBoot allows you access past that the Completer.
Since I don't have a pile of helpful article links on how to resolve various issues
I'd be looking them up one way or another.
There are some helpful items in the site http://thesafemac.com - see Tech Guides
listed (adware, malware, & performance) plus a link to the adwaremedic page.
Also, Apple support has a helpful page on how to remove adware and other bits:
•Remove unwanted adware that displays pop-up ads and graphics on your Mac - Apple Support
Hopefully this helps somewhat.
Good luck & happy computing!

PGP engine wants to make changes every 5 minutes - how can i stop it?

I get pop up messages saying pgp engine wants to make changes every 5 minutes - how can i stop it?

The best way would be to uninstall PGP and use FileVault instead. If you can't do that, refer to Symantec for support, and good luck with that.

"setup wants to make changes" keeps popping up stopping installation from starting

Hi there,
having trouble installing a trial of Adobe Premiere, every time i try to start the installation a security popup window appears saying:
"Setup wants to make changes. type your password to allow this"
i enter my password, box goes away, then reappears.
Im definitely entering password correctly as it says i don't if i don't!
my account is Admin, have tried the other account on the mac, have tried creating a new account, tried numerous restarts, tried downloading a different trial.
Same problem!!!
please help as i can find nothing in my searches... which suggests this isn't a common problem i was expecting it to be!
Thanks

Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Console in the icon grid.
The title of the Console window should be All Messages. If it isn't, select
SYSTEM LOG QUERIES ▹ All Messages
from the log list on the left. If you don't see that list, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar at the top of the screen. Click the Clear Display icon in the toolbar. Then take one of the actions that you're having trouble with. Select any messages that appear in the Console window. Copy them to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message by pressing command-V.
The log contains a vast amount of information, almost all of which is irrelevant to solving any particular problem. When posting a log extract, be selective. A few dozen lines are almost always more than enough.
Please don't indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Please don't post screenshots of log messages—post the text.
Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.

I keep getting a message after start up saying "Completer wants to make changes. Type your password to allow this (which I have not done). Have screen shots. What do I do? Read this is malware. Running Yosemite OS X 10.10.1

Have mac book pro, OS X Yosemite 10.10.1. I get this after start up: "Completer wants to make changes. Type your password to allow this" (which I have not entered. When I cancel, there is some unknown "installer" icon on my desktop. If I move it to the trash, this all just starts over on the next time it is restarted. Have screenshots, but for some reason I can not attach to this message right now. Heard this is malware...HELP!

There is no need to download anything to solve this problem.
If Safari crashes on launch and you don't have another web browser, you should be able to launch Safari by starting up in safe mode.
You may have installed the "Genieo" or "InstallMac" ad-injection malware. Follow the instructions on this Apple Support page to remove it.
Back up all data before making any changes.
Besides the files listed in the linked support article, you may also need to remove this file in the same way:
~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.genieo.completer.ltvbit.plist
If there are other items with a name that includes "Genieo" or "genieo" alongside any of those you find, remove them as well.
One of the steps in the article is to remove malicious Safari extensions. Do the equivalent in the Chrome and Firefox browsers, if you use either of those.
After removing the malware, remember to reset your home page in all the web browsers affected, if it was changed.
If you don't find any of the files or extensions listed, or if removing them doesn't stop the ad injection, then you may have one of the other kinds of adware covered by the support article. Follow the rest of the instructions in the article.
Make sure you don't repeat the mistake that led you to install the malware. Chances are you got it from an Internet cesspit such as "Softonic" or "CNET Download." Never visit either of those sites again. You might also have downloaded it from an ad in a page on some other site. The ad would probably have included a large green button labeled "Download" or "Download Now" in white letters. The button is designed to confuse people who intend to download something else on the same page. If you ever download a file that isn't obviously what you expected, delete it immediately.
In the Security & Privacy pane of System Preferences, select the General tab. The radio button marked Anywhere should not be selected. If it is, click the lock icon to unlock the settings, then select one of the other buttons. After that, don't ignore a warning that you are about to run or install an application from an unknown developer.
Still in System Preferences, open the App Store or Software Update pane and check the box marked
Install system data files and security updates (OS X 10.10 or later)
or
Download updates automatically (OS X 10.9 or earlier)
if it's not already checked.

What does completer wants to make changes mean

every time i start up my macbook pro a box pops up on the home screen that says "Completer wants to make changes. Type in your password to continue." what does this mean?? it gives me the option to "cancel"which I've been doing but I also typed in my password the first time it happened. Has this happened to anyone else?

You may have installed the "Genieo" or "InstallMac" ad-injection malware. Follow the instructions on this Apple Support page to remove it. Some of the items listed in the article may be absent.
Back up all data before making any changes.
Besides the files listed in the linked support article, you may also need to remove this file in the same way:
~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.genieo.completer.ltvbit.plist
If there are other items with a name that includes "Genieo" or "genieo" alongside any of those you find, remove them as well.
One of the steps in the article is to remove malicious Safari extensions. Do the equivalent in the Chrome and Firefox browsers, if you use either of those.
After removing the malware, remember to reset your home page in all the web browsers affected, if it was changed.
If you don't find any of the files or extensions listed, or if removing them doesn't stop the ad injection, then you may have one of the other kinds of adware covered by the support article. Follow the rest of the instructions in the article.
Make sure you don't repeat the mistake that led you to install the malware. Chances are you got it from an Internet cesspit such as "Softonic" or "CNET Download." Never visit either of those sites again. You might also have downloaded it from an ad in a page on some other site. The ad would probably have included a large green button labeled "Download" or "Download Now" in white letters. The button is designed to confuse people who intend to download something else on the same page. If you ever download a file that isn't obviously what you expected, delete it immediately.
In the Security & Privacy pane of System Preferences, select the General tab. The radio button marked Anywhere should not be selected. If it is, click the lock icon to unlock the settings, then select one of the other buttons. After that, don't ignore a warning that you are about to run or install an application from an unknown developer.
Still in System Preferences, open the App Store or Software Update pane and check the box marked
Install system data files and security updates (OS X 10.10 or later)
or
Download updates automatically (OS X 10.9 or earlier)
if it's not already checked.

Qmasterqd wants to make changes wants Administrator login

When I open Final Cut Pro X a pop up comes out saying...
qmasterqd wants to make changes. Type and administrator's name and password to allow this.
When I keep on puting it about 1-2 mins later it pops out again and it bothers me when im editing videos and it comes up what should I do to stop it?

FCX is tryinng to use qmaster, and doesn't remember that you've already said it's OK. So it seems to be a permissions issue.
For qmaster problems, you might try Jon Chappell's Compressor Repair:
http://www.digitalrebellion.com/compressorrepair/

Repeated 'mac OS X wants to make changes' prompt

In the last few days, I have started seeing a really annoying problem.
Some apps (e.g. Shrook) have now started displaying the prompt
Mac OS X wants to make changes. Type an administrator's name and password to allow this.
Mac OS X wants to use the "System" keychain.
Username:
Password:
Now, I am used to seeing this occasionally when I run some app that indeed needs to do something requiring admin privileges. But in the case of Shrook, this will happen 10-15 times in quick succession. It also happens on other apps - and the common factor seems to be the use of embedded browser capabilities (I guess web kit plugin or something like that). For example, another app that shows this behaviour is F5 BIG-IP Edge Client - again, I might be prompted 10-15 times during login, and it has an embedded web page in the UI.
This behaviour seems to have just happened (well, in the past couple of days or so)
Interesting things about it:
The username field in the prompt is empty - whereas previously, when this prompt occurred (rarely) it contained my (long) User name
It seems to happen when the app is trying some sort of network/web access - probably in connection with HTTPS and hence keychain access
I see the same behaviour in Safari when I end up using a client certificate (using HTTPS) to connect to a remote web server (when I might get the prompt 2 times or so).
NB: The multiple prompts are NOT caused by me entering an incorrect user/password - that is easy to distinguish because the prompt will 'shiver' if I do enter an invalid combination, and will leave the username/password in the fields ready for me to correct them
It seems to me that the app doesn't seem to know who it is running as - hence the empty username field.
- chris

I just solevd it :-)
I went to keychain access and reset my default keychain ...
After a system reboot and some certificate reimports, everyting is now fine.
Maybe my key chain got messed up?
Anyway, a reste on the keychain worked a treat ...
- chris

I loaded Mac OS X v10.7 Lion yesterday. Everything's running fine, except for a simple problem. Any time I want to copy a file, JPEG, etc., I am prompted "Finder wants to make changes. Type your password to allow this." I don't want this!! Is there a way

I loaded Mac OS X v10.7 Lion yesterday. Everything’s running fine, except for a simple problem. Any time I want to copy a file, JPEG, etc., I am prompted “Finder wants to make changes. Type your password to allow this.” I don’t want this!! Is there a way to unlock “Finder” or rid this process?

Back up all data.
This procedure will unlock all your user files (not system files) and reset their ownership and access-control lists to the default. If you've set special values for those attributes on any of your files, they will be reverted. In that case, either stop here, or be prepared to recreate the settings if necessary. Do so only after verifying that those settings didn't cause the problem. If none of this is meaningful to you, you don't need to worry about it.
Step 1
If you have more than one user account, and the one in question is not an administrator account, then temporarily promote it to administrator status in the Users & Groups preference pane. You can demote it back to standard status when this step has been completed.
Triple-click the following line to select it. Copy the selected text to the Clipboard (command-C):
sudo chflags -R nouchg,nouappnd ~ $TMPDIR.. ; sudo chown -R $UID:20 ~ $_ ; chmod -R -N ~ $_ 2> /dev/null
Launch the Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
Paste into the Terminal window (command-V). You'll be prompted for your login password, which won't be displayed when you type it. You may get a one-time warning not to screw up. If you don’t have a login password, you’ll need to set one before you can run the command.
The command will take a noticeable amount of time to run. Wait for a new line ending in a dollar sign (“$”) to appear, then quit Terminal.
Step 2
Boot into Recovery by holding down the key combination command-R at startup. Release the keys when you see a gray screen with a spinning dial.
When the OS X Utilities screen appears, select
Utilities ▹ Terminal
from the menu bar. A Terminal window will open.
In the Terminal window, type this:
resetpassword
That's one word, all lower case, with no spaces. Then press return. A Reset Password window will open. You’re not going to reset a password.
Select your boot volume ("Macintosh HD," unless you gave it a different name) if not already selected.
Select your username from the menu labeled Select the user account if not already selected.
Under Reset Home Directory Permissions and ACLs, click the Reset button.
Select
 ▹ Restart
from the menu bar.

Desktop to Trash Problem: "Finder wants to make changes. Type your password to allow this."

Suddenly today I get a dialog box stating "Finder wants to make changes. Type your password to allow this," whenever I attempt to drag a file from the desktop into the Trash on the dock. How can I stop this and return to a normal function of dragging desktop files into the trash? Thanks in advance.

Back up all data now.
This procedure will unlock all your user files (not system files) and reset their ownership and access-control lists to the default. If you've set special values for those attributes on any of your files, they will be reverted. In that case, either stop here, or be prepared to recreate the settings if necessary. If none of this is meaningful to you, you don't need to worry about it.
Step 1
Launch the Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
Drag or copy — do not type — the following line into the Terminal window, then press return:
sudo chflags -R nouchg,nouappnd ~ $TMPDIR.. ; sudo chown -R $UID:20 ~ $_ ; chmod -R -N ~ $_ 2> /dev/null
Be sure to select the whole line by triple-clicking anywhere in it. You'll be prompted for your login password, which won't be displayed when you type it. You may get a one-time warning not to screw up. You don't need to post the warning. If you don’t have a login password, you’ll need to set one before you can run the command.
The command will take a noticeable amount of time to run. Wait for a new line ending in a dollar sign (“$”) to appear, then quit Terminal.
Step 2
Boot into Recovery by holding down the key combination command-R at startup. Release the keys when you see a gray screen with a spinning dial.
When the OS X Utilities screen appears, select Utilities ▹ Terminal from the menu bar. A text window opens.
In the Terminal window, type this:
resetpassword
That's one word with no spaces. Then press return. A Reset Password window opens. You’re not going to reset a password.
Select your boot volume ("Macintosh HD," unless you gave it a different name) if not already selected.
Select your username from the menu labeled Select the user account if not already selected.
Under Reset Home Directory Permissions and ACLs, click the Reset button.
Select  ▹ Restart from the menu bar.

Creative cloud wants to make changes

I get an annoying popup that tells me "Creative Cloud wants to make changes" and asks for my CC password. But when I enter the password it won't accept it. But if I press CANCEL, the popup returns in five seconds. I know the password is correct because I can log into CC and also my adobe account.
I thought maybe it was a virus, but if so, it has infected both my work and home Macs. The only way to rid myself of this popup (which sits on top of everything) is to quit creative cloud. I have asked Adobe for help but they've shrugged their shoulders.
Anyone else had this issue?

catker, you might be right about the latest InDesign update. My Mac's /Library/Logs/Adobe/Installers/Adobe InDesign 9.2.1 log file tells me that I Installed the InDesign update on 3/25/14, which is around the time I started seeing Creative Cloud requesting my password everytime I booted up. I've recently opened the Mac's Console utility and watched it as I enter the password when Creative Cloud asks for it. What I see is this:
Apr 6 15:53:18 Larrys-Mac-Pro authexec[406]: executing /Applications/Utilities/Adobe Creative Cloud/CoreExt/../Utils/Creative Cloud Helper
Apr 6 15:53:18 Larrys-Mac-Pro ReportCrash[410]: DebugSymbols was unable to start a spotlight query: spotlight is not responding or disabled.
Apr 6 15:53:20 Larrys-Mac-Pro ReportCrash[410]: Saved crash report for ExManEscalatedPrivilegeServer[409] version 7.1.2.17 (7.1.2.17) to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ExManEscalatedPrivilegeServer_2014-04-06-155320_localhost .crash
Apr 6 15:53:24 Larrys-Mac-Pro Core Sync[267]: setting security information: Operation not permitted
Apr 6 15:53:24 Larrys-Mac-Pro Core Sync[267]: open on /Library/Application Support/Adobe/InDesign/Version 9.0/en_US/Extensions/REMOVED_CC/idcc_Alignment Panel.mxi: File exists
Apr 6 15:53:25 Larrys-Mac-Pro ReportCrash[410]: Saved crash report for ExManEscalatedPrivilegeServer[412] version 7.1.2.17 (7.1.2.17) to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ExManEscalatedPrivilegeServer_2014-04-06-155325_localhost .crash
Apr 6 15:53:25 Larrys-Mac-Pro ReportCrash[410]: Removing excessive log: file://localhost/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ExManEscalatedPrivilegeServer_2014-04-05- 211712_localhost.crash
Apr 6 15:53:30 Larrys-Mac-Pro Core Sync[267]: setting security information: Operation not permitted
Apr 6 15:53:30 Larrys-Mac-Pro Core Sync[267]: open on /Library/Application Support/Adobe/InDesign/Version 9.0/en_US/Extensions/REMOVED_CC/idcc_Article Panel.mxi: File exists
Apr 6 15:53:31 Larrys-Mac-Pro ReportCrash[410]: Saved crash report for ExManEscalatedPrivilegeServer[417] version 7.1.2.17 (7.1.2.17) to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ExManEscalatedPrivilegeServer_2014-04-06-155331_localhost .crash
Apr 6 15:53:31 Larrys-Mac-Pro ReportCrash[410]: Removing excessive log: file://localhost/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ExManEscalatedPrivilegeServer_2014-04-05- 211718_localhost.crash
Apr 6 15:53:36 Larrys-Mac-Pro Core Sync[267]: setting security information: Operation not permitted
Apr 6 15:53:36 Larrys-Mac-Pro Core Sync[267]: open on /Library/Application Support/Adobe/InDesign/Version 9.0/en_US/Extensions/REMOVED_CC/idcc_Asset Library Panel.mxi: File exists
Apr 6 15:53:37 Larrys-Mac-Pro ReportCrash[410]: Saved crash report for ExManEscalatedPrivilegeServer[419] version 7.1.2.17 (7.1.2.17) to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ExManEscalatedPrivilegeServer_2014-04-06-155337_localhost .crash
Apr 6 15:53:37 Larrys-Mac-Pro ReportCrash[410]: Removing excessive log: file://localhost/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ExManEscalatedPrivilegeServer_2014-04-05- 211725_localhost.crash
Apr 6 15:53:42 Larrys-Mac-Pro Core Sync[267]: setting security information: Operation not permitted
Apr 6 15:53:42 Larrys-Mac-Pro Core Sync[267]: open on /Library/Application Support/Adobe/InDesign/Version 9.0/en_US/Extensions/REMOVED_CC/idcc_Asset PubLibrary.mxi: File exists
Apr 6 15:53:43 Larrys-Mac-Pro ReportCrash[410]: Saved crash report for ExManEscalatedPrivilegeServer[423] version 7.1.2.17 (7.1.2.17) to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ExManEscalatedPrivilegeServer_2014-04-06-155343_localhost .crash
Apr 6 15:53:43 Larrys-Mac-Pro ReportCrash[410]: Removing excessive log: file://localhost/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ExManEscalatedPrivilegeServer_2014-04-05- 211731_localhost.crash
Apr 6 15:53:48 Larrys-Mac-Pro Core Sync[267]: setting security information: Operation not permitted
Apr 6 15:53:48 Larrys-Mac-Pro Core Sync[267]: open on /Library/Application Support/Adobe/InDesign/Version 9.0/en_US/Extensions/REMOVED_CC/idcc_Assignment UI.mxi: File exists
Apr 6 15:53:50 Larrys-Mac-Pro ReportCrash[410]: Saved crash report for ExManEscalatedPrivilegeServer[425] version 7.1.2.17 (7.1.2.17) to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ExManEscalatedPrivilegeServer_2014-04-06-155350_localhost .crash
Apr 6 15:53:50 Larrys-Mac-Pro ReportCrash[410]: Removing excessive log: file://localhost/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ExManEscalatedPrivilegeServer_2014-04-05- 211737_localhost.crash
Apr 6 15:53:55 Larrys-Mac-Pro Core Sync[267]: setting security information: Operation not permitted
Apr 6 15:53:55 Larrys-Mac-Pro Core Sync[267]: open on /Library/Application Support/Adobe/InDesign/Version 9.0/en_US/Extensions/REMOVED_CC/idcc_BNUI.mxi: File exists
Apr 6 15:53:56 Larrys-Mac-Pro ReportCrash[410]: Saved crash report for ExManEscalatedPrivilegeServer[427] version 7.1.2.17 (7.1.2.17) to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ExManEscalatedPrivilegeServer_2014-04-06-155356_localhost .crash
Apr 6 15:53:56 Larrys-Mac-Pro ReportCrash[410]: Removing excessive log: file://localhost/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ExManEscalatedPrivilegeServer_2014-04-05- 211743_localhost.crash
Apr 6 15:54:01 Larrys-Mac-Pro Core Sync[267]: setting security information: Operation not permitted
Apr 6 15:54:01 Larrys-Mac-Pro Core Sync[267]: open on /Library/Application Support/Adobe/InDesign/Version 9.0/en_US/Extensions/REMOVED_CC/idcc_Book Panel.mxi: File exists
Apr 6 15:54:02 Larrys-Mac-Pro ReportCrash[410]: Saved crash report for ExManEscalatedPrivilegeServer[430] version 7.1.2.17 (7.1.2.17) to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ExManEscalatedPrivilegeServer_2014-04-06-155402_localhost .crash
Apr 6 15:54:02 Larrys-Mac-Pro ReportCrash[410]: Removing excessive log: file://localhost/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ExManEscalatedPrivilegeServer_2014-04-05- 211749_localhost.crash
Apr 6 15:54:07 Larrys-Mac-Pro Core Sync[267]: setting security information: Operation not permitted
Apr 6 15:54:07 Larrys-Mac-Pro Core Sync[267]: open on /Library/Application Support/Adobe/InDesign/Version 9.0/en_US/Extensions/REMOVED_CC/idcc_Bookmark Panel.mxi: File exists
As you can see, there are lots of crashes of a process called ExManEscalatedPrivilegeServer, whose crash reports tell me that its parent process is Creative Cloud Helper:
Process:         ExManEscalatedPrivilegeServer [786]
Path:            /Applications/Utilities/Adobe Creative Cloud/*/ExManEscalatedPrivilegeServer
Identifier:      ExManEscalatedPrivilegeServer
Version:         7.1.2.17 (7.1.2.17)
Code Type:       X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: Creative Cloud Helper [406]
and also lots of repeated references to Adobe Extension Manager .mxi files in the folder /Library/Application Support/Adobe/InDesign/Version 9.0/en_US/Extensions/REMOVED_CC/, which I'm guessing are components of InDesign replaced by the latest InDesign CC updater.
I don't really know what any of this means, other than I see it happening every time I've opened Console after I've booted up and Creative Cloud requests my password, and repeated references to ExManEscalatedPrivilegeServer and old pieces of InDesign tucked away in the /Library/Application Support/Adobe/InDesign/Version 9.0/en_US/Extensions/REMOVED_CC/ folder.

'Finder wants to make changes' when copying files between two Macs

Hey all,
I've read a few versions of this problem on the forums here but haven't tracked down a solution.
I have two Macs on the same network – I recently got a second-hand Mac Pro, and my Macbook Air. The computers are both on the network and can browse their respective folders and the like, but when I go to copy or sync files between the computers, I get a file permission issue.
Finder on either computer prompts: 'Finder wants to make changes. Enter your password'. At the same time a corrupted version of the file copies to the other computer but with 0 bytes that doesn't open...
Has anyone solved this issue before – it'd be greatly appreciated to hear any approaches!

On the laptop I got 513
Back up all data. Don't continue unless you're sure you can restore from a backup, even if you're unable to log in.
This procedure will unlock all your user files (not system files) and reset their ownership and access-control lists to the default. If you've set special values for those attributes on any of your files, they will be reverted. In that case, either stop here, or be prepared to recreate the settings if necessary. Do so only after verifying that those settings didn't cause the problem. If none of this is meaningful to you, you don't need to worry about it.
Step 1
If you have more than one user account, and the one in question is not an administrator account, then temporarily promote it to administrator status in the Users & Groups preference pane. To do that, unlock the preference pane using the credentials of an administrator, check the box marked Allow user to administer this computer, then reboot. You can demote the problem account back to standard status when this step has been completed.
Enter the following command in the Terminal window in the same way as before (triple-click, copy, and paste):
{ sudo chflags -R nouchg,nouappnd ~ $TMPDIR.. ; sudo chown -R $UID:staff ~ $_ ; sudo chmod -R u+rwX ~ $_ ; chmod -R -N ~ $_ ; } 2> /dev/null
This time you'll be prompted for your login password, which won't be displayed when you type it. You may get a one-time warning to be careful. If you don’t have a login password, you’ll need to set one before you can run the command. If you see a message that your username "is not in the sudoers file," then you're not logged in as an administrator.
The command will take a noticeable amount of time to run. Wait for a new line ending in a dollar sign (“$”) to appear, then quit Terminal.
Step 2 (optional)
Take this step only if you have trouble with Step 1 or if it doesn't solve the problem.
Boot into Recovery. When the OS X Utilities screen appears, select
Utilities ▹ Terminal
from the menu bar. A Terminal window will open.
In the Terminal window, type this:
res
Press the tab key. The partial command you typed will automatically be completed to this:
resetpassword
Press return. A Reset Password window will open. You’re not going to reset a password.
Select your boot volume ("Macintosh HD," unless you gave it a different name) if not already selected.
Select your username from the menu labeled Select the user account if not already selected.
Under Reset Home Directory Permissions and ACLs, click the Reset button.
Select
 ▹ Restart
from the menu bar.

Completer wants to make changes. Type in your password...

Got this message this morning. Never seen it before, and after searching on the 'Net, I was lead to Apple Communities. After reading through comments there, I was lead to try EtreCheck. Here is the report:
Problem description:
Got a message:
“Completer wants to make changes. Type in your password to allow this.”
EtreCheck version: 2.1.5 (108)
Report generated January 8, 2015 at 8:28:13 AM CST
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Click the [Details] links for more information about that line.
Click the [Adware] links for help removing adware.
Hardware Information: ℹ️
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2010) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro7,1
1 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core
4 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
NVIDIA GeForce 320M - VRAM: 256 MB
Color LCD 1280 x 800
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.9.5 (13F34) - Uptime: 21:55:6
Disk Information: ℹ️
Hitachi HTS545025B9SA02 disk0 : (250.06 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Untitled 1 (disk0s2) / : 249.20 GB (221.27 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898
USB Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Logitech USB Receiver
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Mac App Store and identified developers
Adware: ℹ️
Geneio [Remove]
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
/System/Library/Extensions
[not loaded] com.seagate.driver.PowSecDriverCore (5.2.6 - SDK 10.4) [Support]
/System/Library/Extensions/Seagate Storage Driver.kext/Contents/PlugIns
[not loaded] com.seagate.driver.PowSecLeafDriver_10_4 (5.2.6 - SDK 10.4) [Support]
[not loaded] com.seagate.driver.PowSecLeafDriver_10_5 (5.2.6 - SDK 10.5) [Support]
[not loaded] com.seagate.driver.SeagateDriveIcons (5.2.6 - SDK 10.4) [Support]
Launch Agents: ℹ️
[running] com.genieoinnovation.macextension.plist Adware! [Remove]
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.genieoinnovation.macextension.client.plist Adware! [Remove]
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Support]
[loaded] com.genieo.completer.download.plist Adware! [Remove]
[loaded] com.genieo.completer.ltvbit.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.genieo.completer.update.plist Adware! [Remove]
User Login Items: ℹ️
iTunesHelper Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 16.0.0.235 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 9.5.5 [Support]
Flash Player: Version: 16.0.0.235 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Check version
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
Safari Extensions: ℹ️
Adblock Plus [Installed]
AdBlock [Installed]
Pin It Button [Installed]
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Flash Player [Support]
Seagate Dashboard for Mac OSX [Support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
      11% WindowServer
      6% com.apple.WebKit.Plugin.64
      4% coreaudiod
      2% mdworker
      1% Jigsaws Galore
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
434 MB Safari
422 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
241 MB com.apple.WebKit.Plugin.64
133 MB softwareupdated
107 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
38 MB Free RAM
1.78 GB Active RAM
1.74 GB Inactive RAM
472 MB Wired RAM
432 MB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs
Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
Jan 7, 2015, 10:33:44 AM Self test - passed
NOW WHAT do I do???

And, trust me, I would NOT enter a password!
I was preaching, but you would be surprised that people do that
Barry

I have a mac computer. I am trying to install flash player but get the message "install adobe flash player wants to make changes. Type your password to allow this." I do not use a password to open the computer.

I have a mac computer that uses no password. When installing flash player I get the message "Install adobe flash player wants to make changes Type your password to allow this. I can't get past this message.

Hi,
To change your password you will need to open System Preferences, then open Users & Groups, click on Change Password. Change your password to a temporary one, then when you have finished you do the same procedure to change it back, by typing in the temp password then leaving the new password blank. Hope this helps.

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