Sharing & Permissions Problem

[raulG]

So my problem started when I got tired of being asked for my pw to move items into trash. I googled a "password trash mac" and went to link I did what it said in "Method 2" which states :Check your permisions are correct on your user files.

Navigate to your main hard drive (usually Macintosh HD) and select your /Users folder.
Press “Cmd+I” to bring up the Get Info window.
Expand the “Sharing and Permissions” arrow.
Next to your username you should see “Read & Write”.
Click the small Gear icon and then click “Apply to enclosed items…”

I followed these instructions it took a while but now I cant open up some programs.



Can someone please tell me how can I revert these actions or set them back to how they were.

Thank you

Mac 27" Mac OS X Version 10.7.5

 

[raulG]

and on top of that it did not fix the pw problem with the trash

 

[Elbert C]

So my problem started when I got tired of being asked for my pw to move items into trash. I googled a "password trash mac" and went to link I did what it said in "Method 2" which states :Check your permisions are correct on your user files.

Navigate to your main hard drive (usually Macintosh HD) and select your /Users folder.
Press “Cmd+I” to bring up the Get Info window.
Expand the “Sharing and Permissions” arrow.
Next to your username you should see “Read & Write”.
Click the small Gear icon and then click “Apply to enclosed items…”

I followed these instructions it took a while but now I cant open up some programs.
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Can someone please tell me how can I revert these actions or set them back to how they were.

Thank you

Mac 27" Mac OS X Version 10.7.5

Did you try the "Revert changes" option?

 

[Bruno09]

and on top of that it did not fix the pw problem with the trash

Hello,

have a look here : https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/18060692/

 

[raulG]

Did you try the "Revert changes" option?

Revert changes is not an option it's grayed out. When I chose "apply to enclosed items..." it said "you cant undo this"

 

[raulG]

hello,

have a look here : https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/18060692/

 

[Bruno09]

Yes, of course, this is your problem.

Don't try to open it : you can't.

Change the permissions, as suggested (Cmd + I, etc...)

 

[raulG]

Im not trying to open it I did as suggested menu bar / Go / Go to Folder and after I type in ~/.Trash thats what pops up

 

[Bruno09]

The first message is : The folder can't be found...

There are many ways to solve the problem.

First, repair the permissions in Disk Utility.
Reboot the Mac.

If not fixed, we can change the permissions through the terminal.

Copy/paste (in admin account, replace "user" with the user name ) :

sudo chown user ~/.Trash

Enter the password (will not display) and hit enter.

 

[raulG]

I tried to repair disk permissions already so I now tried through the terminal.

 

[Bruno09]

You must replace "user" with the right user name.

Copy/paste :

sudo chown raulgonzazlez ~/.Trash

 

[raulG]

awesome that fixed my trash problem thanks!

now I just need to fix my other problem with the apps :/ I'm wondering if I should just do a hard reset