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Hi,

Suddenly my screen saver stopped working on the powerbook. All those nice pictures 
inside my Pictures folder never loaded. And I can't get at the Pictures folder either. My 
powerbook now tells me that my "foler Pictures could not be opened" because I "do not 
have sufficient access privileges". So in fact I can't even select the folder and "Get Info" on 
it to set the access privileges right. Not that I need that folder for my work but who knows, 
next time it might be my "work in progress" folder! What to do?

/ per

> My powerbook now tells me that my "foler Pictures could not be opened" 
> because I "do not
> have sufficient access privileges". So in fact I can't even select the 
> folder and "Get Info" on
> it to set the access privileges right. Not that I need that folder for 
> my work but who knows,
> next time it might be my "work in progress" folder! What to do?

Are you talking about the Pictures folder inside your User folder? And, 
if so, are you logged in on that account?




Brian
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Logic Audio Pro 7.0.0
PowerMac G4 933MHz
OS X 10.3.7
1 GB RAM
MOTU 828mkII
   - driver v1.09
   - CueMix v1.4

>
>> My powerbook now tells me that my "foler Pictures could not be opened"
>> because I "do not
>> have sufficient access privileges". So in fact I can't even select the
>> folder and "Get Info" on
>> it to set the access privileges right. Not that I need that folder for
>> my work but who knows,
>> next time it might be my "work in progress" folder! What to do?

On Jan 9, 2005, at 17:41, Brian Pylant wrote:
>
> Are you talking about the Pictures folder inside your User folder? And,
> if so, are you logged in on that account?


I only have one account on that machine, so I'm quite sure I'm logged 
in to the right account. The folder inside my User folder is ok, the 
probolem is with the other one that shows up in the left margin if I 
just open up "Mac HD" in the finder (together with the other shortcuts 
called "Desctop", "Applications", "Documents", "Movies" and "Music"). 
Perhaps that pix folder is an alias or so, but I have always thought of 
it as being a different one as the pix folder inside the User folder. 
Anyway, how can a folder I'm never using just change the permissions so 
that I, the Administrator, is left out? Really strange, because I never 
use that folder except for keeping some screensaver pictures.

Greetings from Sweden

Per Boysen
---
http://www.looproom.com (international)
http://www.boysen.se (Swedish site)
http://www.cdbaby.com/perboysen

> The folder inside my User folder is ok, the
> probolem is with the other one that shows up in the left margin if I
> just open up "Mac HD" in the finder (together with the other shortcuts
> called "Desctop", "Applications", "Documents", "Movies" and "Music").
> Perhaps that pix folder is an alias or so, but I have always thought of
> it as being a different one as the pix folder inside the User folder.

No, it should be the same one. The sidebar is just a group of aliases, 
and the default setup points to the folders inside your User folder. 
You should be able to drag your "real" Pictures folder into the sidebar 
if you want it there, but removing the now-misbehavin' one might be a 
bit more tricky as you're likely to have to do it in the Terminal 
(since you no longer have permissions over it for whatever reason).

I wish I could provide more details on how to do this, but I'm not sure 
how the sidebar is stored in regarded to the BSD filesystem. Perhaps a 
search and/or post at Apple's discussion forums might find the answer.

Good luck!



Brian
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Logic Audio Pro 7.0.0
PowerMac G4 933MHz
OS X 10.3.7
1 GB RAM
MOTU 828mkII
   - driver v1.09
   - CueMix v1.4

On Jan 10, 2005, at 1:38, Brian Pylant wrote:

>> The folder inside my User folder is ok, the
>> probolem is with the other one that shows up in the left margin if I
>> just open up "Mac HD" in the finder (together with the other shortcuts
>> called "Desctop", "Applications", "Documents", "Movies" and "Music").
>> Perhaps that pix folder is an alias or so, but I have always thought 
>> of
>> it as being a different one as the pix folder inside the User folder.
>
> No, it should be the same one. The sidebar is just a group of aliases,
> and the default setup points to the folders inside your User folder.
> You should be able to drag your "real" Pictures folder into the sidebar
> if you want it there, but removing the now-misbehavin' one might be a
> bit more tricky as you're likely to have to do it in the Terminal
> (since you no longer have permissions over it for whatever reason).
>
> I wish I could provide more details on how to do this, but I'm not sure
> how the sidebar is stored in regarded to the BSD filesystem. Perhaps a
> search and/or post at Apple's discussion forums might find the answer.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Brian


Thanks!

So, it really IS an alias (shortcut) that has now become evil and 
turned against its master ;-)   Cool, kind of funny that such a bizarre 
situation can happen in OS X. However, the system is working perfectly 
in all other areas so I don't think I'll waste my working hours into 
troubleshooting it more. For now I leave it until the big clean-out 
that will come with upgrading to Tiger in a near future.

Greetings from Sweden

Per Boysen
---
http://www.looproom.com (international)
http://www.boysen.se (Swedish site)
http://www.cdbaby.com/perboysen