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Created January 19, 2012 23:14
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reset permissions on a Mac OS X user folder
### to reset permissions on a Mac OS X user folder:
# clear the immutable flag
sudo chflags -Rvv nouchg .
# remove ACLs and change owner to yourself
sudo chown -RN <your user name here> .
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