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Re: [L-OT] I can't rename some files, maybe I don't have permission in OSX

2005-12-31 by Otto Gygax

On Dec 30, 2005, at 6:58 PM, Roman Pirie wrote:

> I'm trying to rename some files on my hard drive. I've tryed the >get
> info>ownership and permissions>read and write
> It still won't let me rename the files. I don't know much about this
> side of OSX. I do know that this is my computer and when I want to
> install software I have to type in thhe admin password.
> This is annoying. I guess that's the price you pay for more features.
> My G3/OS 9 let me rename anything.
> Help.

simply slow-double-click on the name of the file and it should change  
to edit mode.

	-otto

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Otto Gygax - Audio, Computer, Networking Engineering / Percussion
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