Dear Apple: I know what I'm doing with my Applications folder.

[Sergeant Pepper]

I am sick of being repeatedly told by my MacBook that I don't have the proper permissions to modify /Applications and /Applications/Utilities. I am not an idiot. I understand what I'm doing.

I am not, however, savvy enough with Terminal.app and UNIX permissions to fix this problem myself. Anyone got a chown or something that'll help?

 

[r.j.s]

The Get Info window will allow you to modify permissions.

 

[Sergeant Pepper]

I'm listed as having Read & Write permissions, but if, for example, I try to update Google Chrome by dragging the new version into /Applications over the old one and selecting "Replace," I'm told I can't do that.

 

[r.j.s]

For the folder and subcontents? Make sure you click the little settings button below the permissions and choose Apply to enclosed items - while doing Get Info on the Applications folder itself.

 

[neko girl]

Why not delete the previous Chrome, then adding the new one? I don't think your permissions are broken - how did that happen?

 

[Sergeant Pepper]

Solved it. As it turns out, even though Get Info (yes, it was on /Applications itself) was telling me I could read and write to the folder, I had to go into the user list, add myself, and then set my permissions to Read & Write. It's all good now.