MacOS – Can’t change folder permissions

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I'm running Mountain Lion and I have a folder in ~/sites that has a red icon on the folder folder icon and I can't open it because 'access is denied'.

What I've tried:

  1. Get Info > unlock with admin password, change 'everyone' privilege to 'read write' but won't change so tried 'read only' but still 'access denied'

  2. Terminal > sudo chmod -R 0777 ~/sites/lockedfolder

  3. Terminal > sudo chmod -R 0777 ~/sites

  4. Terminal > sudo chmod a+rwx ~/sites/lockedfolder

  5. Terminal > sudo chmod a+rwx ~/sites

  6. Disk utility > repair permissions and steps 1-5 again but no luck

All users now show 'read write' access in get info window but still folder icon and no access…

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What can I try next?

Best Answer

This is probably due to an issue with Finder. Relaunch finder with the following command in terminal:

killall -HUP Finder
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