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From: Jolly Roger on 14 Mar 2010 10:31
In article <michelle-1E2C6B.12535613032010(a)nothing.attdns.com>,
Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote:

> In article <dorayme-4C01DB.06354614032010(a)news.albasani.net>,
> dorayme <dorayme(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>
> > Is it possible to *batch* change permissions on a whole lot of
> > *locked files and folders* which can be done OK one by one by
> > Getting Info and unlocking after entering password and then
> > manually changing?
>
> Yes. Select all of them (however, you can not mix files and folders), then
> press command-option-I to open the Inspector. Double click on the lock
> icon in the lower right corner, and enter your password in the resulting
> dialog.
>
> You can then manually change permissions, lock, etc., on all of the
> selected files or folders together. For permissions, though, you will need
> to double-click the popup menu, rather than single click as with the Get
> Info window.

I don't know about you guys, but I've found the Finder Info window to be
quite buggy in terms of changing permissions in the past. So much so
that I no longer trust it for that function.

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From: Yvo on 14 Mar 2010 11:20
dorayme <dorayme(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote:

I find BatChmod, freeware but you can donate, a very useful application
to do this.

http://macchampion.com/arbysoft/BatchMod/Welcome.html

Yvo

> Is it possible to *batch* change permissions on a whole lot of
> *locked files and folders* which can be done OK one by one by
> Getting Info and unlocking after entering password and then
> manually changing?
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