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From: Paul Fuchs on 5 Dec 2009 20:55 This has been going on for two months and is driving me crazy. For the last two months all the new episodes are grayed out, it won't permit me to put a check in the episode box, and there is an exclamation point in the first column. When I click on the exclamation, I get a splash screen which reads, "There is a problem downloading "Such and Such". You do not have enough access privileges for this operation." I have two accounts in my computer, my regular account and an administrator account which I almost never use. I just have it because I read that it is safer from malware to web browse in a non-administrator account. All my iTunes material is in the regular account profile. I have the problem for all my old podcasts without exception including one that comes in from the UK. I have run fix permissions several times and went into and reset the read and right permissions for any folders or iTunes apps. I have recently upgraded to SL and iTunes 9, but the problem preceded these upgrades. The only other thing I can think of is that the problem started right about the time I left the USA, first to Mexico and now in Costa Rica. In both places my internet connection was fine. I know that some videos cannot be received outside certain countries. I once tried to get a BBC video from the USA and it saids that it was not permittes outside of Europe. But I doubt that the iTunes Store has any such policy. So is it possible that it has to do with being in Central America. I have no trouble at all downloading apps from the iTunes store, free or paid. Help! It's driving me nuts. TIA -- During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. George Orwell
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Kir=E1ly?= on 6 Dec 2009 05:21 Paul Fuchs <pf(a)porkain'tkosher.oink> wrote: > This has been going on for two months and is driving me crazy. For the > last two months all the new episodes are grayed out, it won't permit me > to put a check in the episode box, and there is an exclamation point in > the first column. When I click on the exclamation, I get a splash > screen which reads, "There is a problem downloading "Such and Such". > You do not have enough access privileges for this operation." You started a thread about this two weeks ago. I posted a followup question in the original thread that you didn't answer. -- K. Lang may your lum reek.
From: Paul Fuchs on 7 Dec 2009 18:49 Kir�ly <me(a)home.spamsucks.ca> wrote: > Paul Fuchs <pf(a)porkain'tkosher.oink> wrote: > > This has been going on for two months and is driving me crazy. For the > > last two months all the new episodes are grayed out, it won't permit me > > to put a check in the episode box, and there is an exclamation point in > > the first column. When I click on the exclamation, I get a splash > > screen which reads, "There is a problem downloading "Such and Such". > > You do not have enough access privileges for this operation." > > You started a thread about this two weeks ago. I posted a followup > question in the original thread that you didn't answer. Kiraly from two weeks ago: Have you ever used Finder's Get Info panel to change permissions on a system-created folder, and then pressed the "Apply to enclosed items" button? If so, is/was your iTunes library in that folder or in any of its subfolders? ======================= Sorry, I was having a lot of trouble with my ISP at that point, and the reply must have fallen through the cracks while I was off line. I don't have a lot of expertise, but I will try to answer your question. I have a 500 GB disk on a MacBook with four partition, including my boot drive and a music partition. Both volumes have iTune mp3's as well as a podcast folders. The podcasts are now set to download to the boot drive volume. It was running just fine under Leopard like this. I can't recall changing anything. I have since upgraded to SL but the podcast problem started long before that. It occurred just about the time I left the USA and was living in Mexico for about a month. Now I am in Costa Rica. I have opened all the folders from music down to podcast and made sure that I had read and write permissions. Is there anything else I could check or do? Thanks. -- During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. George Orwell
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Kir=E1ly?= on 7 Dec 2009 19:23 Paul Fuchs <pf(a)porkain'tkosher.oink> wrote: > I have opened all the folders from music down to podcast and made sure > that I had read and write permissions. Is there anything else I could > check or do? There might be some sort of ACL that has become attached to your iTunes library's files/folders, and unless you know how to look for it it's easy to miss. Assuming your iTunes library is in your /Users/you/Music folder, and assuming your user account's short name is "paul", log in to an admin account, open Terminal, and enter the following commands: sudo chmod -R -N ~paul/Music sudo chown -R paul ~paul sudo chown -R u+rwX ~paul sudo chmod +a "everyone deny delete" ~paul/Music See if that gets rid of the permissions errors. You might also try rebuilding your iTunes library: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1451 -- K. Lang may your lum reek.
From: Paul Fuchs on 9 Dec 2009 07:39
Kir�ly <me(a)home.spamsucks.ca> wrote: > Paul Fuchs <pf(a)porkain'tkosher.oink> wrote: > > I have opened all the folders from music down to podcast and made sure > > that I had read and write permissions. Is there anything else I could > > check or do? > > There might be some sort of ACL that has become attached to your > iTunes library's files/folders, and unless you know how to look for it > it's easy to miss. Assuming your iTunes library is in your > /Users/you/Music folder, and assuming your user account's short name is > "paul", log in to an admin account, open Terminal, and enter the > following commands: > > sudo chmod -R -N ~paul/Music > sudo chown -R paul ~paul > sudo chown -R u+rwX ~paul > sudo chmod +a "everyone deny delete" ~paul/Music > > See if that gets rid of the permissions errors. > > You might also try rebuilding your iTunes library: > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1451 Hi, I rebuilt my iTunes Library and did your suggested terminal thing. Didn't solve the problem. It still remains. Any other ideas. Thanks. Here is my terminal log. My user name is paul1. ------------------------- Last login: Wed Dec 9 06:25:54 on console Macintosh:~ pauladmin$ sudo chmod -R -N ~paul/1Music WARNING: Improper use of the sudo command could lead to data loss or the deletion of important system files. Please double-check your typing when using sudo. Type "man sudo" for more information. To proceed, enter your password, or type Ctrl-C to abort. Password: chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file ~paul/1Music: No such file or directory Macintosh:~ pauladmin$ sudo chown -R paul1 ~paul1 sudo chown -R u+rwX ~paul1 sudo chmod +a "everyone deny delete" ~paul/1Music Macintosh:~ pauladmin$ sudo chown -R u+rwX ~paul1 chown: u+rwX: Invalid argument Macintosh:~ pauladmin$ sudo chmod +a "everyone deny delete" ~paul/1Music chmod: Failed to set ACL on file '~paul/1Music': No such file or directory Macintosh:~ pauladmin$ -- During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. George Orwell |