Changing and Viewing Permissions from Finder

On occasion, my husband and I exchange files via our dropboxes on the Mac.  Inevitably if I want to change a file or copy a file, it seems that the 'Permissions' have not been granted for me to do so.   Basically, when this happens, it is necessary to change the permissions on the file or folder.  This can be done from the finder, by the user who owns or is sharing the file.  Here are the steps necessary to change or view permissions from the finder:


Select the folder or file in the Finder.

Using the cmd I, to get info or ‘Get Info’ from the File Menu (from Finder)

Choose ‘Sharing and Permissions’ pop-down menu to view the various permissions that are allowable for that folder of file.  Click on the lock in lower right hand corner of the Get Info window, so that the lock is open.

Type in the Administrators Name and password, to allow changes to be made.

Next using the pop-up menus for ‘Privileges’ in the second column next to each user’s name, select from the options allowed.

To set the privileges to be applied to all enclosed items (folders, files) within a folder, select the ‘Gear Icon’ pop-down menu.   Select option, and then click OK when the alert box appears to apply to all enclosed items.

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Update to MobileMe Site

Looks like Apple updated mobileme services today.  Adding an icon to quick access for 'find my iphone' feature.  Along with the new icon, the Find my iPhone feature will now play a sound at loudest volume on the misplaced phone.  Users are also given the option to password protect or lock the phone.

Subscribed calendars in iCal should now sync with the iPhone. 

There were some other minor fixes, as well as improvements to syncing with Snow Leopard, accessing iDisk and syncing reliability.

Additionally MobileMe Gallery can now accept movies created in Quicktime Player. Tweet

Moving Firefox Bookmarks to Safari for use on iPhone

I use Firefox and Safari browsers on my desktop Mac.  Since the iPhone uses Safari as a browser, it is handy to have bookmarks from each browser in the other browser's bookmark list.

It works primarily the same way moving from Safari to Firefox, and vice-versa.  Basically you use the 'Export' mode to create a html list of bookmarks that are saved to your desktop. Then you use the 'Import' option to import that list to the desired browser.

For Firefox, you will find the option by selecting 'Organize Bookmarks' from the 'Bookmarks' menu. A list of bookmarks will appear in a browser window.

Select 'All Bookmarks' and under the 'Pop-down' star icon menu, select 'Export HTML' option.  Select where to save the file and give the file a recognizable filename.

You can click on this html source code and it will appear in a browser window, with a list of the clickable links that were saved in the html format.

Next open the other browser, in this case, Safari. Select 'Import Bookmarks' under the 'File' menu and select the file that was saved in html format from the Firefox browser.

 

The bookmarks will be imported at the bottom of the current bookmark lists, rename by clicking on the name and giving it a name that reflects that it is imported from Firefox.   As you add more bookmarks to Firefox, you will have to export and import to Safari, removing or deleting previous bookmarks that were imported previously to keep an updated list.  It would be nice if these would auto sync from browser to browser, but currently this is the best way to transfer bookmarks.

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