Macos – Mac Read & Write Permissions (w/ plists)

macospermissionsplist

So I'm trying to change the plist com.apple.backupd-auto.plist to adjust the timemachine schedule, and when I try to change the number (of seconds, for the schedule), I get the response that I don't have permission. So I just changed the permissions for everybody to "read and write" but then when I go to save, i get the response "cannot save ….plist."

Any ideas?

Thanks — Kyle

Mac OSX SL 10.6.6 MacBook Pro 6,2

EDIT: using the default mac plist editor

Best Answer

Instead of dealing with permissions, I'd go on terminal and

sudo nano /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.backupd-auto.plist

Type your password, do your edits and Control-X + y

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