Why does an error message say, you do not have the privilege to maje changes?
I tried to add a movie ti iTunes and a message came up saying I do not have the privilege to make changes. How do I get the privilege to make changes?
Solution:
Open Disk Utility.
Select your external hard disk and run a “verify” on it. After a few minutes (depending on the size of your drive), you should be good to go. You don’t need to run a “repair” on it... (at least I didn’t have to). See photo for reference.
This should fix the permissions issue, because on my Mac running Mountain Lion I was unable to edit the permissions in the get info dialog window even after "unlocking" the drive.
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"You do not have the privilege to make changes."
When I try to download songs I've purchased from iTunes, I get an error saying, "You do not have the privilege to make changes." It's like the iTunes store thinks I'm trying to download the music to another account, but it's not. Any ideas?
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in Itunes 10.7.3 I get a message: error occurred while converting file. You do not have the privilege to make changes. This just started and I can not import my cds. Any thoughts?
Do you have read& write permissions to your iTunes library?
See this thread: Re: "Error has occurred... You do not have the privilege to make changes." -
I get an error message while converting the file. you do not have the privilege to make changes. I get this message when I try to import a music CD
Hey amba1015,
I found an article that talks about similar error messages in relation to importing an audio CD. Check out the recommended troubleshooting steps in here to see if they help:
Trouble adding music to iTunes library or importing audio CD
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1387
Welcome to Apple Support Communities!
Have a good one,
Delgadoh -
Has anyone ever got the message error occurred while converting the file - you do not have the privilege to make changes - when importing cds?
Hey amba1015,
I found an article that talks about similar error messages in relation to importing an audio CD. Check out the recommended troubleshooting steps in here to see if they help:
Trouble adding music to iTunes library or importing audio CD
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1387
Welcome to Apple Support Communities!
Have a good one,
Delgadoh -
When I try importing a CD following message comes up: error occurred whilst converting file " name of fist song on CD" You do not have the privilege to make changes. Any ideas? thanks John.
Read the part about changing permissions on the iTunes folder in: https://discussions.apple.com/message/11583914
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I'm trying to update my very old iPod on my old laptop and it says "Attempting to copy to the disk "Kims iPod" failed. You do not have the privilege to make changes. Then another window pops up the ipod 'kims ipod' cannot be synced. you do have the privilage to make changes. Then another saying itunes could not copy "awake (name of track) to the ipod Kims ipdo because an unknown error occured (-61)
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Any help would be amazing!try the steps in this support article.
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"Error has occurred... You do not have the privilege to make changes."
When I try to import anything into my library, I get this error message-
"Error occurred while converting the file "song name here". You do not have the privilege to make changes."
My i Tunes library is located in an external hard drive, but this has caused no problems before, nothing has changed in my system.
Any ideas?Found someone else replying to a similar problem and this is what they said...Not sure if this will help but I am trying!
(Thanks to JollyGiant)
Check if you have read & write permissions on your iTunes folder.
in finder, right-click on it and get info. unlock the little padlock (you may have to enter your admin password) and change the permission settings. next, click on the little gear-shaped icon and apply to enclosed items like so
http://www.renewedvision.com/ProPresenterHelp/pgs/images/faqpppermissions.jpg
you may also give everyone read & write access. if this doesn't help, try the same on your iTunes folder (not just the iTunes music folder).
Message was edited by: R94N -
When trying to download or sync podcasts, I get an error code "you do not have the privilege to make changes". Please help! I tried uninstalling iTunes and reinstalling, but that did not work. Also, I rebooted and that didn't work, either.
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"Error occured while converting the file. You do not have the privilege to make changes. 27" iMac 2013 late model
Hey amba1015,
I found an article that talks about similar error messages in relation to importing an audio CD. Check out the recommended troubleshooting steps in here to see if they help:
Trouble adding music to iTunes library or importing audio CD
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1387
Welcome to Apple Support Communities!
Have a good one,
Delgadoh -
I am getting an error when trying to download the new Game of Thrones shows. The error is err = -61 You do not have the privilege to make changes. (err = -61) you do not have the privilege to make changes. I have not had this problem before
Solution:
Open Disk Utility.
Select your external hard disk and run a “verify” on it. After a few minutes (depending on the size of your drive), you should be good to go. You don’t need to run a “repair” on it... (at least I didn’t have to). See photo for reference.
This should fix the permissions issue, because on my Mac running Mountain Lion I was unable to edit the permissions in the get info dialog window even after "unlocking" the drive. -
Just tried to import a new CD into my iTunes music library, but get this error code "error occurred while converting file. You do not have the privilege to make changes"....any thoughts? Have not tried to change anything- only import CD ??
Do you have read& write permissions to your iTunes library?
See this thread: Re: "Error has occurred... You do not have the privilege to make changes."
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