OS X :: How To Change Ownership Of All Files And Folders Under Another User?
Mar 8, 2010
Not too long ago I went through a process of changing my user in OS X to another name. It seemed to go smoothly enough. However many of my old applications are owned by an "_unknown" now. This is fine and dandy, except that every time I go to rename or move something in these places, it either has to authenticate or just tells me I'm not allowed.
What would be a simple, effective way to change ownership on all files/folders tied to "_unknown" to my current user?
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This is driving me nuts. When I go into the info for any file the take ownership option is greyed out. As a new mac user I've no idea how to change this. On windows you just right clicked and 'run as administrator' which is all `i want to do, but after 2 hours searching I'm tearing my hair out.
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MacBook Pro17" (2011) Snow Leopard, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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here is pic of the user folders listed ( at the bottom that can't be seen is my home folder): [URL]
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Sep 20, 2010
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Nov 14, 2009
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Mar 6, 2012
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I can create a new standard user, but I have everyting set the way I like it on my current Admin user account. It would be much easier to have a new Admin User account and "Downgrade" my original Admin account to a standard user account. Â
why the option to change from an Admin user to a standard user would be "Greyed Out"? The support articles walk me through, what should be a few simple steps, but I can not change the settings because the checkbox is greyed out. Â
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iMac 24", Mac OS X (10.6.4)
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Jul 27, 2010
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iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9)
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Mac OS X (10.7.2), ARD 3.5.1
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