From the recovery partition with command-r during startup, choose, Terminal, from the Utilities window. Then, type, resetpassword and you will find a button for resetting your permissions. If you changed your Apple ID, though, this might have something to do with your inability to access some documents.
Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX LION AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT On Mar 8, 2014, at 12:37 PM, Ray Foret Jr <rforet7...@comcast.net> wrote: > I did change my Apple ID, but, Some documents I can still open and others I > cannot. > > How do I reset my permitions in terminal? CAn this be done from the runtime > partition? I didn't know that was possible. > > Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind > built-in! > > Sincerely, > The Constantly Barefooted Ray, still a very happy Mac and Iphone 5 user! > > On Mar 8, 2014, at 11:12 AM, John Panarese <jpanar...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> You can run a permissions check from the recovery system or use, reset >> password from Terminal in the Recovery system and reset your own user >> permissions. I don't know why you wouldn't have permission to access your >> own documents unless you are somehow using a different Apple ID. >> >> >> Take Care >> >> John D. Panarese >> Director >> Mac for the Blind >> Tel, (631) 724-4479 >> Email, j...@macfortheblind.com >> Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com >> >> APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX LION >> >> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE >> >> MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT >> >> >> >> On Mar 8, 2014, at 11:19 AM, Ray Foret Jr <rforet7...@comcast.net> wrote: >> >>> Okay, >>> >>> Last night, I posted about not being able to open some documents I had >>> saved in iCloud. John asked me if there was any error message when I tried >>> to open them in Text edit, and, I indicated there was not. So, I went in to >>> ~/Library/MobileDocuments/ComappleTextEdit/Documents >>> where my iCloud documents are stored and found i not only could not open >>> them from there, I can't get rid of them either. When I try to put them in >>> the trash, I get this: >>> >>> "text Items can't be copied to "Trash" because you don't have permission to >>> read them.". Any ideas what to do next? >>> >>> PS. I was able to get at the information I needed via other means, but, if >>> this is how reliable Apple's iCloud service is with critically important >>> documents, I'm really not as sure about it as I once was. >>> >>> >>> Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind >>> built-in! >>> >>> Sincerely, >>> The Constantly Barefooted Ray, still a very happy Mac and Iphone 5 user! >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
