Disabling Password Requests From Finder, et al. ?

[Robert4]

Hello,

I have a new iMac Desktop.
Transferring lots of old items to it.

I am, truly, constantly asked for my Password(s).
Especially for any actions In/from the Finder.

I am the only one who uses the MAC.

Tried to do it from the options that come up in System Preferences, but can't find one that works.

How, please, do I disable Finder from constantly asking me for a Password when deleting, etc., etc. ?

And, any way to disable ALL requests for a Password (other than what some are set in my WORD documents specifically) ?

As always,
Thanks,
Bob

 

[JonaM]

It sounds like you have a problem with the permissions on the files you are trying to move.
You will be asked for a password to authenticate as Admin when you try and edit files that you don't own.

Are you copying these files from another drive?
Is your user account set as an admin in Users & Accounts in settings?

 

[Brian33]

If the files you are trying to delete are on an external drive, there is an easy way to override file permissions on that drive.

(Going by memory, here...)
Select the external drive (on your desktop or in a Finder window)
On the Menu Bar, select File-->Get Info (or, just hit Command-i)
This should open an "Info" window for the drive
At the bottom of that window, there's a Sharing and Permissions section -- click the triangle if needed to open it
There should be a checkbox at the bottom labeled "Ignore Ownership on this Drive" (or something close to that)
Make sure that box IS checked.

Then you should be able to copy/delete/move files on that external drive even if they have the wrong permission IDs for your new Mac. Any files you copy off the external onto the new Mac will be owned by your (new) ID.