Unable to drag and drop photos to desktop.
Hello,
I usually am able to drag and drop my photos from the library to my desktop, but it is displaying the circle with the slash through it for permissions. I did rebuild my permissions but have noticed that I am also unable to take screenshots due to a "permission" issue. "You do not have permission to save files where screenshots are saved." window appears. Please let me know what I can do to resolve this problem. I just bought my new MacBook Pro after having the first generation MBP from 2006. I love these computers....but this one seems to be giving me a few issues.
Thanks for your help.
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. Launch Disk Utility and repair Disk Permissions. See if that will help the screenshot issue. By default theyt are saved to the Desktop.
Next launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys depressed to rebuild the library. Select the option to repair the library's file permissions.
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