Unlock iTunes / get write permission
Wanted to upload some songs from my iTunes Library to new Nano.
Hooked it up, went through the promps, choose two playlists to load, and before we could say oops, we saw that it was infact loading the entire library. We had no way of stopping the process so we unplugged it.
Now when I try to open iTunes it I get an error message :"The iTunes Library file is locked, on a locked disk, or you do not have write permission for this file."
I verified permissions and repaired them. No luck.
Help! Please!
G4 Mac OS X (10.3.9)
Right click the disk and look for "About this..." then you will see the permissions. With administrative privleges you can then change permissions.
However the larger issue is this may be an excellent time to consider making redundant backups. Hard drives fail all the time, relying on a HD backup as your sole backup is extremely risky because as you have found out they fail. Many people on these forums have 2 (or more) EHDs for creating redundant backup because of this. In my case I use Time Machine on one EHD and create a bootable clone using SuperDuper on another. Whether you use an external HD or some other scheme as a redundant backup isn't important, what is important is that you have a backup you can rely on when you need it. If you do not want to rely on a EHD backup then perhaps an online backup service may be something to consider.
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