Permissions: “fetching…” the fix.<\/p>\n
So you’ve checked your permission on a problematic file, and discovered that that first entry is for a user named “fetching…”<\/p>\n
More than a little trouble, especially if you just migrated 1.2 million files from one machine to another.<\/p>\n
You can’t move or delete almost anything at all without having to enter your password. Here’s the problem: permissions are read in order, and if the first one (fetching…) can not be found, things get wonky.<\/p>\n
The are a number of extremely tedious fixed out there on the font-of-all-wisdom (the internet) but wouldn’t a simple quick fix be nice?<\/p>\n
First, if the file is in fact a folder with a little red dot and minus sign on the icon, the fix is simple: do a command I (get info) and where it says “fecthing…” just hilight it, and click the – minus button. Done.<\/p>\n
Here it is:
The files are trying to access a user who no longer exists on your machine. The user is recognized by his\/her “UID” number.<\/p>\n
The fix is simple: create a new user with the correct (missing) UID.<\/p>\n
Here’s how to do that:<\/p>\n
First, you need an example of an affected file with the corrupt preferences (where the top preference name is “fetching…”)<\/p>\n
Open the terminal and enter<\/p>\n
ls -le (drag affected file here)<\/p>\n
You entry might then look similar to this<\/p>\n
ls -le \/Volumes\/Data\/wonkyfile.txt<\/p>\n
Hit enter, and the resulting line will look similar to this:<\/p>\n
-rw-r–r–@ 1 501 staff 11522 Apr 17 11:14 \/Volumes\/Data\/wonkyfile.txt<\/p>\n
where the 501 (or whatever number it is, let’s call it NNN) is the first listed permission and therefore IS the UID that is “fetching…”<\/p>\n
You’re done in the terminal.<\/p>\n
Visit system preferences\/ users & groups<\/p>\n
unlock the padlock, and click the + button to create a new admin user with password. Might name it FixFetch, for example.<\/p>\n
When done, contol click on the new fixfetch user in the “other users” listing in the left-hand column, and select advanced options.<\/p>\n
BINGO! There’s the UID assigned to “fixfetch”. Replace whatever the number is with NNN, that you found in the terminal.<\/p>\n
You’re done. All those “fetching…” names in preferences will now be “fixfetch” and your problems have vanished.<\/p>\n
Done.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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