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NickD

macrumors 6502a
Original poster
Mar 25, 2007
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Colorado
I've been having a lot of problems having to do with my privileges in the past week or so. When trying to install or upgrade applications, I get the error message:

The operation could not be completed because you do not have sufficient privileges for some of the items.

Also, when trying to send emails from Thunderbird, I get the error message:

Sending of message failed.
Unable to open the temporary file. Check your "Temporary Directory" setting.

Also, I get prompted for my keychain password every time I log in, and it does not accept it when I try to enter it.

I have already tried repairing permissions, and I am an administrator, so what is the problem here, and how do I fix it?

Thanks,
NickD
 
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