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elliotmah - Dec 29, 2005 - 9:51 pm
I was transfer files over the network from my mac to a pc and i accidentally changed file access from read and write to no access, and now all the files are gone, but when i click get info it still says it contains 1.01gb's of data. where did they all go, can they be recovered, spotlight has no record of them.
bcharna - Dec 30, 2005 - 3:08 pm
Hello and thanks for stopping at macosx.com for all of your Mac questions!
Can you please tell me where you are clicking to Get Info since the files are gone?
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Can you please tell me where you are clicking to Get Info since the files are gone?
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-Brad C
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elliotmah - Jan 4, 2006 - 12:37 am
i'm command clicking on the folder itself and clicking get info. the folder that i was moving a single file out of, and now all of the files are apparently gone...even though it still says the folder contains data.
bcharna - Jan 4, 2006 - 12:27 pm
Did you try to change it back over so that you do have access?
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-Brad C
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-Brad C
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elliotmah - Jan 4, 2006 - 3:07 pm
yes
bcharna - Jan 6, 2006 - 2:02 pm
I am sorry but I can not assist you further. I will reopen this question for other techs to help solve your issue.
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-Brad C
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bbfoto - Jan 7, 2006 - 10:36 am
read all of this carefully before you proceed. Understand what you are about to do before your do it. There are a few variables that aren't discussed in your post that would change the way I would go about doing this...
YOU WOULD NOT WANT TO DO THE FOLLOWING ON AN ENTIRE SYSTEM DRIVE.
Be very careful that the path to the folder you are describing in your post, is NOT infact the entire system drive of the PC or Mac.
You might want to let a systems admin look at it first...
but here's what I'd do.
Open up Terminal as an admin user,
type
sudo chmod -R 775 /Volumes/Path/to/Foldername
(replacing "Path/to/Foldername" with the correct path to the folder you are "getting info" on)
Are you getting info on a folder or a volume(a whole system drive)?
If it's a sharepoint or partition set aside just for file transfer from mac to pc or something of that nature, you're probably alright.
This command will make ALL the files read/write/executable for owner and group, and read/executable to everyone, at and nested below the folder you specify.
This should make them visible to you again, so that you can then set the permissions as you wish in the Finder.
Just be sure you aren't about to change the permissions of an entire filesystem by doing this.
YOU WOULD NOT WANT TO DO THE FOLLOWING ON AN ENTIRE SYSTEM DRIVE.
Be very careful that the path to the folder you are describing in your post, is NOT infact the entire system drive of the PC or Mac.
You might want to let a systems admin look at it first...
but here's what I'd do.
Open up Terminal as an admin user,
type
sudo chmod -R 775 /Volumes/Path/to/Foldername
(replacing "Path/to/Foldername" with the correct path to the folder you are "getting info" on)
Are you getting info on a folder or a volume(a whole system drive)?
If it's a sharepoint or partition set aside just for file transfer from mac to pc or something of that nature, you're probably alright.
This command will make ALL the files read/write/executable for owner and group, and read/executable to everyone, at and nested below the folder you specify.
This should make them visible to you again, so that you can then set the permissions as you wish in the Finder.
Just be sure you aren't about to change the permissions of an entire filesystem by doing this.
elliotmah - Jan 7, 2006 - 1:14 pm
well its a single file folder, within my system drive. i only have one drive and a single partition as it was generally decided that one is fine for osx, and better to use an external drive for backups. if i change permissions, what is the command to change them back.
bbfoto - Jan 7, 2006 - 2:29 pm
As long as it's not /Volumes/NameofyourHardDrive
something more like /volumes/nameofharddrive/folder_with_files_in_it
you should be fine.
another thing to do to confirm that the files indeed do still exist:
type in the terminal
sudo ls -al /path/to/the/folder
it should return a list of the contents of that folder
To answer your additional question how to change them back...-
There isn't an undo command for things you do in the terminal.
You would use a similar "chmod" command to change them back but you would need to do the above "ls" command to find out what they are to begin with, in order to switch them back.
It sounds like you aren't going to modify permissions of your entire filesystem with the previously mentioned chmod command, I was probably being a little over cautious.
something more like /volumes/nameofharddrive/folder_with_files_in_it
you should be fine.
another thing to do to confirm that the files indeed do still exist:
type in the terminal
sudo ls -al /path/to/the/folder
it should return a list of the contents of that folder
To answer your additional question how to change them back...-
There isn't an undo command for things you do in the terminal.
You would use a similar "chmod" command to change them back but you would need to do the above "ls" command to find out what they are to begin with, in order to switch them back.
It sounds like you aren't going to modify permissions of your entire filesystem with the previously mentioned chmod command, I was probably being a little over cautious.
elliotmah - Jan 7, 2006 - 2:49 pm
thanks, that worked, turns out the files are completely gone now anyways, shows 0kb's in file. so i guess they are lost out there somewhere in packet city
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