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How to fix: OS X makes you authenticate to move a file, even though you own it

Even if you chmod 777 your file, OS X may have decided that you don't have permission to move/modify it.

For me, removing the ACLs fixed this:

Source: http://osxadmin.blogspot.com/2008/01/chmod-acl-removal.html


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