Path In Mac Finder Window

Wait! Wait! I have another suggestion before you go reinstalling! Go here: http://homepage.mac.com/simx/.cv/simx/Public/chkstuff115.sit-binhex.hqx It'll download a command-line utility that will help you set permissions back to what they originally were.

Since this is a privileges error, I'd like to "advertise" this script once more. I'm trying to gauge how useful it actually is. I really hope this helps. Permissions problems are a ***** in OS X.

that resets all default installed files to their original permissions. Obviously, this script can become VERY handy, and I suppose that it could be very useful in your situation. This perl script actually examines log files in the installers and sets permissions to what they should be. ...

RW in without iTunes running in OS X 10.0. ...

Classic apps do not assume a file's path is constant. ...

The option key changes some Finder Menu Items in real time. ...

Let me tell yall, if os X is giving you trouble, post messages here, and give apple a call, because, IT IS SOOOO WORTH IT!!!! Mac os X rocks! ...

I wanted to "replace" the Docuements folder created by default in my OS X user folder with an existing one on my OS 9 volume. ...

AppleScript takes paths in the classic Mac OS format, but if you need to pass it a Unix-style path, you can convert it from within AppleScript like so: tell application "Finder" activate open folder POSIX file "/path/to/folder" select item "filename" of window 1 end tell

What i want to do is move everything in that folder without resetting the permissions. ...