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Resetting permissions on multiple user folders
Authored by: elephantmanmusic on May 16, '10 05:57:34PM

You don't have to know how to write code. It's actually pretty simple.

The easiest way to do it is to open the folder that all of the locked folders are in. Single click the folder and type command I (as in the letter "I"). At the bottom right of the info screen click the lock. Type in your administrator password which will unlock the permissions. Change the permissions from "Read only" to "Read & Write". Now for the cool part. At the very bottom just to the right of the zoom icon, click once and a drop down menu opens. Select "apply to enclosed items" and every folder and program within that folder and ALL subfolders will be unlocked. You can do the same thing for batch locking programs, or for that matter, changing permission on any amount of files. You are welcome! :)



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Resetting permissions on multiple user folders
Authored by: agentx on May 17, '10 09:11:40AM

That is all well and good but the Finder does not handle large permissions changes well/gracefully.
It also can and does make a mess of things sometimes !
Terminal commands are faster to implement and also scriptable.

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