05-13-2011, 10:42 PM
Chakravartin wrote:No, that's exactly what I got until it became grayed out. Still get it on the unopenable folder on the backup.
So, you don't get that "could not be opened because the original item cannot be found" alert?
Then the OS is not confusing the folder with an unlinked alias.Semantics, I guess. Get Info thinks it's an alias, and the alert asking to relink it thinks it's an alias.
Yes I did-- checks out fine.
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Did you verify the hard drive with the Disk Utility to confirm that you do not have directory-corruption?
If not then you should do so now.
If so then move on to the next step...
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The "Music" folder is at the root level of your iMac's boot drive?
How comfortable are you with the Terminal?
These commands might fix it.
sudo chmod -RN /Music
sudo chown -Rtaff /Music
sudo chmod -R 775 /Music
(If your Home folder was named "black" then the second command would look like this: sudo chown -R black
You'll be prompted for your admin password after the first command.
In the middle of several things right now including a 10.6.7 combo update download and another attempt to copy the Music folder over (to a different location) but I may give it a try later.
I called Apple just because I could and they were stumped. I was impressed that they tried.