• Apple OS X

  My Desktop is Locked?

  Posted by Lukeinvt on October 15, 2005 at 10:18 pm

  I cannot get anything onto my desktop. I am running OSX 10.3.9. When I click “info” for the desktop it tells me it is locked but the “lock” buttton is greyed out so I cannot unlock it. Does anyone have any suggestions?

  I have tried changing my permissions to read and write for all users, I repair my disk permissions very often but that has not helped me here, when I do try to drag a file onto the desktop it asks me to authorize, whcih I do but then it tells me that I have insuffiscient privledges to write to the desktop. I never actaually locked it purposely. Confused.

  Thanks
  Luke.

  Lukeinvt replied 20 years, 7 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Shane Sokolosky

  October 17, 2005 at 4:33 pm

  Enable root user and log in as root change your permissions back so that your admin (501) user is the owner of his desktop folder again.

  Shane Sokolosky

  SAN Product Manager
  ProMax Systems inc.
  16 Technology Dr. Ste.106
  Irvine, CA. 92618

  Office (949) 727-3977 x108
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  shane.sokolosky@promax.com
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  Lukeinvt

  October 18, 2005 at 1:21 am

  Ok, tried that, when I tried to change the owner of the desktop it said an unexpected error occured, error code 60002. Ah well, I hate a cluttered desktop anyway, just a nusance and a very curious problem.

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