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Can't copy Desktop folder from my Mac HD to another HD

I took my HD out of my macbook and want to transfer (manually) my Desktop, Documents, Music and Video folders to my other Mac via USB.
they all worked except for my Desktop folder. I get the following error:

the operation cannot be completed because you don't have permission to access some of the items

Do can I get past this?? I already changed the permission under 'Get Info' on that folder.

Thanks

lruiz52

You need to give rights to the subfolders inside the desktop folder. check the link below,

look at the second image, you must "Apply to enclosed items"

http://www.mactricksandtips.com/2008/03/automatically-set-subfolders.html

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Robert Saylor

you could do it in terminal using sudo and the cp command.

IE:

sudo cp -R * /home/username/newfolder

Rizznut

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this was the easiest way for me and it worked perfectly.

Thanks

strung

The reason you couldn't copy the desktop folder is that you can't have two desktop folders on the same drive.

Rizznut

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I was able copy those file from my Macbook Pro to my iMac. I have reinstalled Snow Leopard on the Macbook and now I'm trying copy the files that I put on my iMac back to the Macbook. But I'm getting the permission errors. Why can't I copy them back??

Rsaylor - how do I use terminal to copy from mac to mac over my network?

strung

Sounds like the same problem. Copy only the files, not the whole folder. Make a new folder on the desktop of the iMac called, say, FromMBP, and copy all the files to that folder.