I am running OS X 10.1.5. I have a folder that i made that now cannot do anything with.. I have tried changing priveleges and the folder name but that option is gone. i cant write to it, i cant make new folders in it, and i cant delete it. i can open the files in it, but cant save to it. The message given (ie when i try to move something to it) is as follows: "The item [itemname] ccould not be moved because [foldername] cannot be modified" it just started doing this. I haave used the folder a lot but now its somehow locked even though there is nothing saying it is locked... I am assuming what i will have to do is something through the terminal, but i do not know any mac commands yet (just switched from windows 2 weeks ago) thanks for any help

Go to the terminal. To give yourself ownership of the folder and anything inside it you can type: sudo chown -R username:groupname /../../Folder/ The command on my system would look like this: sudo chown -R james:staff /Users/james/Desktop/ BadFolder/ It's possible the folder is actually locked. To unlock it you can type: sudo chflags -R nouchg /../../Folder/ You may also have to change the file mode bits to allow access to the folder. To give yourself, as the owner of the folder, full access to the folder type: sudo chmod -R u+rwx /../../Folder/ To give full access to anyone type: sudo chmod -R a+rwx /../../Folder/ You will want to be careful with all of these commands. If you, by accident, perform a command on the wrong directory, such as the root directory "/", you will either compromise your system, or break it, so be careful. You will likely only need the first two commands to have full access to the folder.