teh_spazz Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 (edited) I keep getting a folder being created on my harddrives called "Desktop". Once I delete it, it recreates itself and just won't go away. I can't write to a second partition on my main harddrive. Everytime I do, I have to authenticate. Any way to get around it? After installing the security update I was getting some really funky finder action. Right clicking three or four times would freeze then restart finder. I checked the crash log and it has to do with QuickTime...the Security Update. I've heard of a myzar patch but that seems to be for the 2006-007 sec. update. Specs: Intel Core Duo T2400 2GB Ram Intel GMA950 (The rest should be superfluous) edit: I'm asking a bunch of questions and keeping it in one thread. The title is the target question. Edited February 7, 2007 by teh_spazz Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/41373-desktop-folder-being-created-on-drives/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
glassJAw Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 did you use the mac auto update? If you did that... that's probably why. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/41373-desktop-folder-being-created-on-drives/#findComment-295995 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hecker Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Sorry, I made the same mistake and had to reinstall everything. Next time, make sure you backup your system before trying to update. There's a free app called SuperDuper! Give that a try. (Damn, I sound like a salesman already). Cheers, hecker Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/41373-desktop-folder-being-created-on-drives/#findComment-296154 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prawker Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 I installed this update no problem o.O Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/41373-desktop-folder-being-created-on-drives/#findComment-296338 Share on other sites More sharing options...
teh_spazz Posted February 7, 2007 Author Share Posted February 7, 2007 (edited) I installed this update no problem o.O :-/ I had problems. Guess I'm gonna get superduper from now on. While I'm here, I can't write to a second partition on my main harddrive. Everytime I do, I have to authenticate. Any way to get around it? Edited February 7, 2007 by teh_spazz Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/41373-desktop-folder-being-created-on-drives/#findComment-296499 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hecker Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 (edited) Try showing your second drive's info (right mouse click -> "get info") and look at the bottom of the pop up window. You should see a little checkbox with "Ignore ownership on this volume" written next to it. Click that and you should be able to access your drive afterwards. If that doesn't work you can open a terminal window and type: sudo chmod -R 777 /Volumes/<your_volume_name> (without the <> of course) input your root password when asked If that doesn't work then run "Disk Utility", select the drive and press "Repair Disk Permissions". hecker Edited February 7, 2007 by hecker Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/41373-desktop-folder-being-created-on-drives/#findComment-296516 Share on other sites More sharing options...
teh_spazz Posted February 7, 2007 Author Share Posted February 7, 2007 Try showing your second drive's info (right mouse click -> "get info") and look at the bottom of the pop up window. You should see a little checkbox with "Ignore ownership on this volume" written next to it. Click that and you should be able to access your drive afterwards. If that doesn't work you can open a terminal window and type: sudo chmod -R 777 /Volumes/<your_volume_name> (without the <> of course) input your root password when asked If that doesn't work then run "Disk Utility", select the drive and press "Repair Disk Permissions". hecker Thanks man, worked perfectly! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/41373-desktop-folder-being-created-on-drives/#findComment-296604 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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