Seriously? Password required ..

[Wowmail]

To change a folder name on an external drive? To make a folder?

Dear Apple.. it's MY computer stop treating me like a kid.



Rant over.

 

[lupinglade]

It's a unix thing. macOS doesn't know who owns the files on the external drive and thus requires admin privileges to modify them. Makes sense that they should work around it though.

 

[bogdanw]

Dear Apple.. it's MY computer stop treating me like a kid

BatChmod - Unlock what is rightfully yours https://www.lagentesoft.com/batchmod/

 

[Mr. Retrofire]

@Wowmail

https://larryjordan.com/articles/mac-os-set-hard-drive-permissions/

 

[Wowmail]

@Wowmail

https://larryjordan.com/articles/mac-os-set-hard-drive-permissions/

That's the thing. I had drive permissions set for my account, administrator, and users. It still asked.

 

[Gregg2]

My macOS Mojave never asks me for a password.

I have a couple of apps that ask more than once per session. It's very annoying.

 

[PBG4 Dude]

Use the setting to ignore permissions on external drives:

(From https://iboysoft.com/ntfs-for-mac/external-hard-drive-shows-read-only-after-mojave-update.html )

Step 1: Select the external hard drive on your desktop or in the Finder sidebar, and then press Command-I to get information on the drive.

Step 2: Click on the arrow that is at the left side of the "Sharing & Permissions" tab near the bottom of the window.

Step 3: Check the box to "Ignore ownership on this volume", or toggle it off and then on if it's already enabled.