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Unset the system immutable bit in Mac OS X

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Mar 15, 20264960 views
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Problem

In theory I believe you can unlock and remove the system immutable bit with: But how can you do this when you've set the bit as root? I have a file that is locked, and even running this command as root will not work as the operation is not permitted. I tried logging in as Single-User mode to no ava…

Error Output

chflags noschg /Path/To/File

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Fix for: Unset the system immutable bit in Mac OS X

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You need to login in with Single-User mode by holding down Command-S Then and finally:

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