![]() It does give access to full ACL editing though, and setting of standard permissions. Sandbox (free) – This app is still not as nice as PropEdit. Nice and simple if you need to resolve ACL issues on folders copied into a system from a backup, for instance. The following image shows what it can do:ĪCL Fix (free) – solely for removing all ACL settings from a folder, file, or batch of files/folders. But otherwise allows you to clear all ACL settings. Here is a list:īatChmod (free) – It doesn’t have a full ACL editor. There are quite a few applications providing the kind of functionality I have detailed for PropEdit. None of the alternatives I tried were quite a polish and comprehensive as PropEdit, but if you only need to do a once-off repair I am sure these free apps will work just fine. PropEdit does cost $5, and there are numerous free alternatives to perform similar functions. Here is a picture of the built-in ACL editor: That’s where I got access to the messed up ACL settings, cleaned them out, and set new ones. You’ll notice the ACL Editor button to the bottom right. Here’s a screen shot of PropEdit whilst I was access the file: I noticed it had something like 5 ACL entries for my user name, and I wanted to remove them and clear it up. ![]() I was having issues with a file utilised by the Sparkle update system. ![]() This is where you can add and remove users, groups, etc., who have access to a file/folder, and specify exactly what rights they have. Edit the ACL ( Access Control List) for any file/folder.Flags such as archive, hidden, No Dump, Opaque, etc. Add and remove users associated with a file/folder.You can do all of the following with it, and more: PropEdit is a great tool for doing exactly what I described above. You can legally use the following key to register it: 0GYF-CMX2-49X3-B1VH-8CA9 – Thank you to Jonas for pointing this out in the comments. I am using it on Mountain Lion 10.8.3 with no issues, to my knowledge. UPDATE: The developer of this app is kindly making it available free, as he is no longer developing it. I was looking for a free or cheap app to give me full control over permissions and ACL settings for any file on my Mac. Terminal provides options more powerful that what Finder provides. There are plenty of instructions on the Internet giving the details of changing permissions in Finder and in Terminal. As a general Mac user, hopefully you’ll never need to get into manually fixing permissions and ACL settings on files buried in your Mac OS.
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