File Permissions On External HD

[smoknz28]

Computer Details:
- MacBook Pro, 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
- Mac OS X v. 10.5.8

External Hard Drive Details:
- LACIE
- Formatted as Mac OS Extended (journaled)

Operator Details:
- Novice Mac User...

Well, there you have it...I'm a newbie to the Mac world as I've been a PC guy since the late 80s.

I recently purchased an external LACIE 500 GB hard drive formatted as Mac OS Extended (journaled). I copied some files onto the external drive from my DVD and the files that I copied onto the external drive show up as "Read only". There are about 20 directories and about 500 files all of which show up as "Read only".

I would like to know how a novice Mac guy like myself goes about changing every directory, subdirectory and files on my external drive to "Read & Write".

Please be gentle on this "newb"...

Thank you.

 

[GGJstudios]

1. Right-click on the folder,
2. Get Info,
3. change permissions to Read & Write at the bottom of the Get Info window,
4. Click the gear icon and select "Apply to enclosed items"
5. Done

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[smoknz28]

What the....

Too simple! And here I was searching through threads on how to use the Terminal program to do this... Ack.

Thank you much!

 

[Caleb531]

What the....

Too simple! And here I was searching through threads on how to use the Terminal program to do this... Ack.

Thank you much!

The Terminal can do it too, actually. Combine that with AppleScript, and you can automate the whole process; it's pretty nice.