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macdonjh:

--- Quote from: blgentry on January 25, 2019, 06:46:41 am ---Yes, you should make your main library be located in a publicly accessible area.  I suggested a clone because it's an exact duplicate that you can tell MC to put in a specific place.
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I tried creating a new folder to house a cloned library.  But when I tried to clone my library, MC wouldn't allow me to <browse> to the new folder location.  MC would only let me <browse> within my "home" folder (in this case /Users/Jack/Documents/JRiver), nowhere on the computer outside that folder.  I haven't had any luck <browsing> to /Users/Jack/Public/ which is the only place I think I can share files between users on my Mac.

This all may be moot because I haven't figured out how to give other uses on my Mac read-only access to various folders.  Everyone has read/ write access.

blgentry:

--- Quote from: macdonjh on January 26, 2019, 05:11:20 pm ---I tried creating a new folder to house a cloned library.  But when I tried to clone my library, MC wouldn't allow me to <browse> to the new folder location.  MC would only let me <browse> within my "home" folder (in this case /Users/Jack/Documents/JRiver), nowhere on the computer outside that folder.  I haven't had any luck <browsing> to /Users/Jack/Public/ which is the only place I think I can share files between users on my Mac.
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Look at the top of the dialog box.  There's a pull down list that shows your currently selected folder.   Pull down the list and it will let you "back up" to previous folders, all the way down to the base of the computer.  From the base you can select any drive you want, internal or external.  Just back up enough levels to get to where you want to go, then drill down from there.


--- Quote ---This all may be moot because I haven't figured out how to give other uses on my Mac read-only access to various folders.  Everyone has read/ write access.

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You might want to look up a tutorial on this.  Generally speaking, it's as easy as:
Go to Finder and right click on the folder you want to change.  Select "get info".  This will show you a bunch of stuff, including permissions at the bottom.  Down there in the permissions area, you can add or remove permissions for users or groups.  You might have to click on the lock icon to "unlock" this ability (which will require your password).  All of this assumes you have administrative rights on your Mac, which you probably do.

Good luck.

Brian.

macdonjh:
Thanks, Brian.  I saw the dialog box.  I've cloned my New Library into a folder /Users/Shared/Media Center/Family Library.xml (or whatever extension it will be).  I'll see if that gives everyone access.

As to read/write protection, as we've been talking about via PM, that may be a consequence of my setting up my external hard drives in exFAT rather than letting OS-X do it.  I didn't consider read/write protection when I did that.  I figured protection was at the operating system level and it wouldn't matter how the disc is formatted.  Something like, "OS-X, I want you to prevent User X from writing anything to folder /Volumes/USBdrive/".  I guess I expected OS-X to act like Old Yeller and protect anything on my property without prejudice.

Your suggestion to have my "main" external USB drive formatted by OS-X and my back-up USB drive formatted in exFAT may be the answer.  I could use the back-up USB drive if I had to read or copy files to a Windows computer and have read/write protection on my main USB drive.

I think I can test that.  My old video files are stored on a different external USB drive that I think I let OS-X format.  I'll reconnect it and find out how it's formatted and see if I can set up read/write permissions for it.

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