User Permissions

marjori · marjori #1 (**permalink**)

11-21-2010, 04:16 PM

OSX 10.6.5

Somehow, even though I am The Administrator and I set up my Mac, some of my sharing and permission rights are messed up. Now, I know this is a MAC forum (that's why I am here) but, for example there are certain things I am not allowed to do in Photoshop for I do not have the rights. When I contacted Adobe, they had me set up a new user and lo and behold that user has the rights I need. So, how do I change MY rights and permissions without screwing up everything?

CreativeGuy · CreativeGuy #2 (**permalink**)

11-21-2010, 10:43 PM

Before you go through a lot of trouble, make sure you do indeed have your User Account set to have admin access. Then with DiskUtility, select your hard drive and choose to "Repair Permissions."

If that doesn't fix the problem, hit Command + i on the Photoshop icon in the Finder. At the bottom, click the lock icon, enter your password, then change the permissions for "system" and "admin" to be "Read & Write" - if that doesn't work, then there is probably a larger problem at hand, and it's infinitely more difficult to diagnose over the web.

The next logical step is to remove and reinstall Photoshop.

marjori · marjori #3 (**permalink**)

11-24-2010, 03:06 PM

Well, so far the repair permissions seems to have solved it!!! How the heck does that happen?

THANX!!!

CreativeGuy · CreativeGuy #4 (**permalink**)

11-26-2010, 11:20 AM

It's nothing you've done wrong. It's just a "house-cleaning" thing that sometimes comes up.

CreativeGuy #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 02, 2007 Location: In your closet Posts: 148 Mac Specs: MacPro, MacBook Pro, iPhone 4	11-21-2010, 10:43 PM Before you go through a lot of trouble, make sure you do indeed have your User Account set to have admin access. Then with DiskUtility, select your hard drive and choose to "Repair Permissions." If that doesn't fix the problem, hit Command + i on the Photoshop icon in the Finder. At the bottom, click the lock icon, enter your password, then change the permissions for "system" and "admin" to be "Read & Write" - if that doesn't work, then there is probably a larger problem at hand, and it's infinitely more difficult to diagnose over the web. The next logical step is to remove and reinstall Photoshop. The Graphic Mac - Tips, tricks, tutorials and commentary on all things Mac and graphics software.
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CreativeGuy #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 02, 2007 Location: In your closet Posts: 148 Mac Specs: MacPro, MacBook Pro, iPhone 4	11-26-2010, 11:20 AM It's nothing you've done wrong. It's just a "house-cleaning" thing that sometimes comes up. The Graphic Mac - Tips, tricks, tutorials and commentary on all things Mac and graphics software.
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marjori #1 (permalink)
Member Since: May 22, 2010 Posts: 5	11-21-2010, 04:16 PM OSX 10.6.5 Somehow, even though I am The Administrator and I set up my Mac, some of my sharing and permission rights are messed up. Now, I know this is a MAC forum (that's why I am here) but, for example there are certain things I am not allowed to do in Photoshop for I do not have the rights. When I contacted Adobe, they had me set up a new user and lo and behold that user has the rights I need. So, how do I change MY rights and permissions without screwing up everything?
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