10-25-2011, 05:09 PM
A tip if you run into any permissions problems with copied files:
My daughter's school (all laptop) inadvertently changed her numerical user ID a couple of summers ago, but left both her long and short User names the same. The numerical user ID is hidden - you never see it. But if it doesn't match, permissions on those files don't match, and they won't open in under the new User account.
Changing permissions with Get Info did not work.
What worked was to move the files into a folder created by the new User, then use Get Info to apply permissions to everything inside that folder.
Good luck.
- Winston
My daughter's school (all laptop) inadvertently changed her numerical user ID a couple of summers ago, but left both her long and short User names the same. The numerical user ID is hidden - you never see it. But if it doesn't match, permissions on those files don't match, and they won't open in under the new User account.
Changing permissions with Get Info did not work.
What worked was to move the files into a folder created by the new User, then use Get Info to apply permissions to everything inside that folder.
Good luck.
- Winston