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Command to unlock "Locked" files on OS X

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Mar 15, 2026210786 views
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I copied a lot of read-only files from a Windows system to my Mac. When viewing the Info for each file using "Get Info", I can see they are Locked. I'm writing a bash script to copy over some files and I'm getting an error that says "Operation not permitted" So, first I need to unlock the files. Since I'll be pulling files from the Windows system often, I want my script to unlock these files. What is the terminal command to unlock "Locked" files on OSX?

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To unlock files you can use: = change flags on files/folders such as "locked" = recursive or for everything and follow directories within the specified directory = means the file can be changed = of course is the path to the files you want to change. Something like: works as well.

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