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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1657444"><p>OK, let me try to summarize what I think you are saying. You have two accounts, one on the MBP and one on the iMac. (Yes, they may look to YOU like the same, but trust me, they are different.) You have some files on the EHD that were put there by the account on the MBP and you cannot access them on the iMac because of permissions. What you left out was what, exactly, you did in this:When I looked at that reference page, it didn't give any real directions on what exactly to do. But, assuming you want to be able to read and write the files owned by the MBP account on the iMac, then the section of Get Info you want/need is at the bottom of the window that results when you right click (ctrl click) on the folder. I've added the picture from one of my folders for you. At the bottom you can see a section called "Sharing & Permissions" where you can see the current permissions. To add yourself to the group who can read and write, you have a couple of options. The simplest is to let EVERYONE do so, which you can do by clicking on the little lock in the lower right corner, provide an administrator password and then on the right column beside where it says "everyone" click the "read only" and change to "Read & Write" and the let it apply. If you have a ton of documents in that folder, it will take some time for that change to ripple down. A second way to do accomplish what you want is, I think, to right click or ctrl click on the folder you want to have permission to read/write, get info and then add your other account name, give yourself read/write privileges and let that apply. That also will take a while if there are lots of files and has the challenge that if you get your other account name wrong, it won't let you in. Everyone has the advantage that you don't have to worry about the system name of your account but the disadvantage that now anybody can read and write to the files.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]22218[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1657444"] OK, let me try to summarize what I think you are saying. You have two accounts, one on the MBP and one on the iMac. (Yes, they may look to YOU like the same, but trust me, they are different.) You have some files on the EHD that were put there by the account on the MBP and you cannot access them on the iMac because of permissions. What you left out was what, exactly, you did in this:When I looked at that reference page, it didn't give any real directions on what exactly to do. But, assuming you want to be able to read and write the files owned by the MBP account on the iMac, then the section of Get Info you want/need is at the bottom of the window that results when you right click (ctrl click) on the folder. I've added the picture from one of my folders for you. At the bottom you can see a section called "Sharing & Permissions" where you can see the current permissions. To add yourself to the group who can read and write, you have a couple of options. The simplest is to let EVERYONE do so, which you can do by clicking on the little lock in the lower right corner, provide an administrator password and then on the right column beside where it says "everyone" click the "read only" and change to "Read & Write" and the let it apply. If you have a ton of documents in that folder, it will take some time for that change to ripple down. A second way to do accomplish what you want is, I think, to right click or ctrl click on the folder you want to have permission to read/write, get info and then add your other account name, give yourself read/write privileges and let that apply. That also will take a while if there are lots of files and has the challenge that if you get your other account name wrong, it won't let you in. Everyone has the advantage that you don't have to worry about the system name of your account but the disadvantage that now anybody can read and write to the files. [ATTACH=full]22218[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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