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My permissions / privileges are changed for all my files and folders. I have tried to change back but not working.

iMac, macOS 10.12

Posted on Aug 24, 2021 4:52 PM

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Posted on Aug 24, 2021 7:58 PM

No new installs. Files on my computer. I spoke with Apple support. They had no answer other than to back up my files and consider transferring to a new computer. Uhg.


After that call, I shut down all my apps and restarted. That seemed to reset everything and now all is working correctly and I can access my files again. Yes, I am going to get a new computer :-)

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Aug 24, 2021 7:58 PM in response to BDAqua

No new installs. Files on my computer. I spoke with Apple support. They had no answer other than to back up my files and consider transferring to a new computer. Uhg.


After that call, I shut down all my apps and restarted. That seemed to reset everything and now all is working correctly and I can access my files again. Yes, I am going to get a new computer :-)

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