john_sarsgard1 Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 I'm trying to manage images from a scan to CD (done by my lab, they have a new scanner) within Photoshop CS using the file browser. the images all show up in the browser with little padlocks on them. PS won't let me move anything to another folder, and if I try to delete one, seems to work but does not go away. The folders on the CD were marked read-only, but I changed them to read-write. Didn't help. BTW, I am using files I dragged onto the desktop....not trying to modify the CD-R! I'm working on a Mac using OS X Panther. Anybody know what's going on, and what I have to do to be able to trash the bum images and build one good folder with the good ones? thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donayer Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 S something weird happens when you copy files off a PC created CD. I've always had access to a PC to fix it. You have to change the properties on the enclosing folder to unlock it and tell it to do that to all the files inside. I've never had to fix it on my Macs. You might want to just check versiontracker for a batch unlock utility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpoutasse Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 Files copied off of a CDRom sometimes come over as 'read only'. You can fix this by right clicking the file and uncheck the read only box in the properties window. Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
httpwww.photo.netphoto1664878216 Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 i just had the same exact problem a couple of weeks ago,and i went through 200 wedding pics before someone told me you only have to change your background layer to layer 0 by clicking on it UNLOCKED! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_sarsgard1 Posted September 17, 2004 Author Share Posted September 17, 2004 Well, figured this one out myself, so will pass along for benefit of other Mac users. I was on the right track, but did not go far enuf. If you go to file menu, look at file permissions, start by marking as read-write, as I noted above. "But you also have to click on details, which gives you the choice of clicking on something like "apply to enclosed items" which does the trick. In other words, you are applying read-write permission not only to the folder itself, but also to the items in it. Everything works great now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louis1 Posted September 18, 2004 Share Posted September 18, 2004 Thanks I needed this info also. Louis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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