[rsharma]

Hello,

I just transfered accounts, data, and software from my iMac to my new Macbook. I am not able to save files when I am logged in as one user into the folder that was created by another account. I am able to save to the desktop and then manually drag and drop to the folder. However, I am need to give my password before it allows me to proceed, to verify I am an administrator. Also, it seems that a lot of the files I transfered are now 'read only'. Is there anyone that could shed some light on the topic and help me fix it.

Thank you!

[Waragainstsleep]

If you transferred accounts, you should be using the account you transferred. If you are using a different one, you will have no access to files in other accounts except the shared folders. Why transfer the account if you intend to use another one?
If you only wanted the data, you could have booted the 'old' Mac in target mode and just dragged across what you wanted.

[mfbernstein]

Originally Posted by rsharma 

However, I am need to give my password before it allows me to proceed, to verify I am an administrator. Also, it seems that a lot of the files I transfered are now 'read only'. Is there anyone that could shed some light on the topic and help me fix it.

This is the same problem. Permissions are incorrect. Easiest solutions require using the terminal though.

First, make sure you have a backup user account with admin privileges. Then try:
sudo chown -R username /Users/username
Here username is your short user name, the name of the folder in the Users directory of the hard disk. It will ask you for your password in order to do this. Then log out and log back in.

If that doesn't work, these instructions should apply.