OS X Mountain Lion :: Can't Open / Delete File With Unknown Permissions
Jun 4, 2014
I was using Logic Pro X and the program crashed before I could save my project. There is now a file called "untitled" that appears to be a Logic Project file, however I cannot delete, open, rename, and move it anywhere. When I try to click and drag the file icon, it doesn't allow me to move it anywhere.
When right-click on the file, it pops up the window, but there are only a few options available. I went to "get info" and saw that the file permissions are "unknown". I've tried repairing disk permissions in the disk utility, however the file is still unaccessible.It's not a large file (only 578K), but it would still like to remove it.
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MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)
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Jun 4, 2014
got automatically put into the Logic Pro discussions, however it's not really a Logic question or issue, more of a disk permission issue (I think..). Here is the original post: URL.... I'm stuck with this file on my system and how to remove it.
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MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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iTunes often tells me it can't save my library file anymore. When I check my itl file in the Finder, it isn't linked to iTunes anymore ("open with") and my permissions are listed as "you have unknown access". If I quit and restart iTunes it says the Library file cannot be found. A simple reboot solves this problem every time, but it shouldn't happen in the first place.
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.7.5)
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Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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I'm going to reinstall OS X. But before doing that, I want to delete the files in folders named Library one by one and see what could happen. Will that cause any trouble that will prevent me from reinstalling OS X successfully?
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MacBook, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)
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I had installed a windows partition through virtualbox, i tried many times to delete the partition but i didn't succeed. So i reinstalled the virtualbox to try through the media manager but appears this message:
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MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3)
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MacBook Pro (17-inch Mid 2010), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.5)
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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- no size
- no location
- no permission settings
- no icon
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
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MacBook
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Mac mini, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)
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MacBook Air, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)
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iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5), 21.5-inch, Late 2009
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MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8)
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MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2010), OS X Mavericks (10.9.2)
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