Locked Files

[Jim A]

I have three photos from a recent shoot that, when I open them to edit in Photomator, are indicated as "Locked". I haven't been able to find anything about this in the documentation. According to the Finder, in the Get Info window, they are not locked. Has anyone ever seen this?

[Manusz]

It is perhaps a rights issue.
When you have the Finder Get Info window open, there is a Sharing & Permissions section at the bottom of the window.
My guess is that you have Read Only rights.
You can change that to Read & Write.
Don't ask me what caused this though....

[Jim A]

Thanks, but that's not it. Those files have the exact same permissions as all the others that are not Locked.

I did find a workaround. I duplicated each of the three Locked photos. The copies were all unlocked, and I was able to edit them.

[Martin Chalifoux]

could it be that you had the same photo opened for edit on another computer or another app ?

[Jim A]

I think that might have been the problem. I don't know what those photos might have been opened in, but I just tried again, with no other photo apps or viewers open, and all three photos are editable. Thanks!