We may have mentioned this once before, but just in case we didn't: You cannot drag a locked file to the Trash. If you try, you will get a message warning that you do not have sufficient privileges to ...

Some Office users have recently experienced “Unknown error trying to lock file” while using Office apps like Excel, Teams, OneDrive, PowerPoint, etc. It’s even ...

Users with external hard drives or other storage devices may run into problems accessing files on these devices, especially when attempting to delete files that are reported by Mac OS X to be "locked" ...

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File locking has a long tradition in computing: you or independently running software wants to make sure that a file isn’t modified or deleted when it’s needed or in use. Because macOS is Unix based, ...

Google Workspace customers will be able to lock files so that nobody — no matter their level of access — can add edits, comments, or suggestions to a Drive document. Google Workspace customers will be ...

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Before we go ahead, rebooting the computer and clearing temporary files may not help. It has been reported several times, and that may not work. So follow these suggestions: Launch Steam with Admin ...

We've all been there: We're using code to automate something and send to a specific file, or attempting to relocate a file from one folder to another. We find the file and think it's available to open ...

Is there a fast way to lock/unlock lots of files under OSX?<BR>I have 6000+ locked files in my trash, and ofcourse i can't empty them. Even after checking the priveleges ...<BR>A way to force the ...