tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710205.post1782283465963037595..comments2024-02-08T11:00:53.069-06:00Comments on Gordon's Tech: Permissions bug in OS X: Fetching forever - SOLVED with Workgroup Manager (Bonus: Reset user account permissions with passwordreset.app)JGFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14580785981874040314noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710205.post-24020812397701630262019-01-24T11:34:40.387-06:002019-01-24T11:34:40.387-06:00Recently had a similar issue. Not sure how it occ...Recently had a similar issue. Not sure how it occurred..I was creating a new Admin account and deleted the old one. At some point the "fetching" bug showed up..but only for one folder. All the files in the folder acted as though "write-protected". I wanted to edit a specific file, so I copied it to my Downloads folder. When I did this and did a "Get Info" on it, the permission was corrected..IE NOT "fetching". I copyied the file back to its original location..checked permissions..still OK..tried to edit..no go. So I copied the ENTIRE folder to Downloads..renamed the original "fetching" folder..then copied the folder from Downloads to the original location. Permissions corrected..folder and contents no longer "fetched" up. ;-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05566243984224783562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710205.post-61072669717229542242017-04-07T11:07:41.385-05:002017-04-07T11:07:41.385-05:00So have you been able to resolve the bug? It isn&#...So have you been able to resolve the bug? It isn't immediately clear for me. I have been fighting it since I reinstalled Lion which, btw, has been my only and first ever OS X, no Migration or the like, and judging from Google references it dates back to the point on the timeline when the software was rolled out for the first time. My issue emerged once I decided - in the most stupidest move possible - to remove ACLs through an exec I downloaded from GitHub, battling another issue (related to Disk Util's ineptitude to repair some permissions, BTW) thus rendering FaceTime and iCal alerts notifications unusable. To restore functionality of both I was left with no choice but to reinstall OS X, which I accomplished via Internet Recovery, on top of existing files and folders (i.e., without clean reinstall), reseting ACLs for my home folder afterwards in addition. I regained the ability to use these apps but didn't take notice of the permission values since everything appeared working fine in every respect and only did recently. Though I doubted about utility of this whole "resetpassword-ACL reset" mantra from the beginning - as I resorted to it once - I though I'd give it a shot and - nothing. I still get this "Fetching…" group, so annoying! So resetting ACLs is not a solution. Are you saying we need to download "Server admin tools" which this Workgroup manager is bundled with and reset ACLs in the next step?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08948538745051893340noreply@blogger.com