Can't unsync files: "No permission" error

[Tony]

Hi,
Can you clarify the flow of data in this scenario? It sounds like you used the Amazon Drive Desktop client to import data into Amazon Drive. Did you then sync that data down to your computer?

No permission indicates that we are trying to unsync, but the OS is not letting us. The most direct thing to look at it permissions to those files (and the parent folder) in this case.

If you add a new file alongside these files, are you able to unsync that?

There was a lengthy thread for this type of error here, where the issue ended up being the ACLs, which are more obscure than standard permissions:

Can't Unsync on Mac - No Permission

We figured out the root cause, which has to do with ownership of the files and folders. A workaround that I have tested is to add ACLs for you that are applied to all files and folders on the drive. I would recommend starting with a small directory you want to unsync, just to make sure it works the way we expect. The command you will run is: sudo chmod -R +a “$(whoami) allow read,write,delete,readattr,writeattr,readsecurity,writesecurity” “path/to/folder” If we were going to try this on a t…