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How to use TinkerTool System 5 to set folder permissions in macOS

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<p>A few weeks ago, I answered a reader question about “inherited permissions,” (http://www.macworld.com/article/3189986/macs/why-readwrite-permissions-go-awry-with-macos-file-sharing.html) or how to deal with a shared folder that multiple people use via file serving on a regular Mac, not one running macOS Server. By default, permissions attach to the account of the person who created a file or folder unless you upgrade the Mac to the server flavor (cheap, but complicated) or use some command-line text that’s difficult to use if you don’t regularly interact with files and folders via Terminal.</p><p>Colin MacGregor wrote in with a piece of advice about an alternative. The app TinkerTool System (http://www.bresink.com/osx/TinkerToolSys5.html), now in version 5, lets macOS users modify a million zillion settings (you think I’m exaggerating), as well as manually invoke maintenance operations and utilities that otherwise require intimate command-line knowledge.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3196071/software-utilities/how-to-use-tinkertool-system-5-to-set-folder-permissions-in-macos.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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