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lost hard drive permission to read write on my desk top mac

I was trying to upload a file which won't work. In troubleshooting I found my permission as admin is read only. This was not a problem before (don't know exactly when it started). System says read write but not admin. It won't let me change it with my password.


iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Aug 21, 2021 11:43 AM

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Posted on Aug 21, 2021 12:15 PM

Have you tried running First Aid in the Disk Utilities app?

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lost hard drive permission to read write on my desk top mac

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