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Answer by Tom Barron for TextEdit refuses to modify a file in /Users/Shared...

Notice that the permission string for /Users/Shared ends with a 't'. This indicates that the sticky bit is set for that directory. According to "man 8 sticky", A directory whose `sticky bit' is set...

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TextEdit refuses to modify a file in /Users/Shared owned by another user...

I have a text file in /Users/Shared that I would like to be editable by all users on my Mac. The Get Info window shows that everyone has read and write access, and when I open the file with TextEdit...

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