Name: BatChmod
Rating: 4.8148 (14 reviews)

22 June 2020

Version: 1.7b5

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I have a Mac and was installing an external bootable SSD. After several re-formats due to Apple's use of a new file system for the latest operating systems, I was stumped by a "drive locked" issue. I tried several methods to unlock the drive, including using Terminal command lines. Nothing worked until BatChmod. It was simple, intuitive, and very fast. I highly recommend it for Mac users.

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I'm still on macOS 10.12 and Batchmod works perfectly. It's crazy that Apple doesn't provide a way to do this in the GUI. Batchmod is simple and essential. It's definitely a utility that should be installed on every Mac.

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That's the only tool that really works ... to change permissions and in particular UNLOCK the all enclosed folders and files on all levels deep and works fast even on network drive. It's unfortunate MacOS doesn't include a user friendly tool with the system. The other app Permissions Reset worked in the past and stopped working now. So kudos to do the developer of BatChmod and many thanks.

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yes, It is good for deleting mackeeper when you force quit trash. nice 10/10

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Big Johnson

15 June 2016

Version: 1.7b5

This app has not yet been updated to protect against the Sparkle updater framework vulnerability that was discovered in Jan. 2016. Apps that use a vulnerable version of Sparkle and an unencrypted HTTP channel for server updates are at risk of being hijacked to transmit malicious code to end users.

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I have found Batchmod particularly useful when I have to update my WordPress blog. I keep the file and folder permissions for my blog set tight due to obvious security concerns. Thus, whenever I perform an automated update of my blog, I have to relax some of my permissions a bit. Batchmod makes this task very easy to do. Thank you developer for continuing to maintain this FREE app over the years. It is much appreciated. I encourage all regular users of this app to donate to the developer, if you haven't already done so.

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Simply a "Must have"!! Thanks Renaud!

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BatChmod is the best tool I've found for fixing and modifying entire user home folder ACL lists (for instance, for getting rid of the extra "everyone" account that can cause so much trouble), since its Owner list always offers you all of an OS X installation's user names to apply to any folder, no matter which account you're logged into while running BatChmod, as well as many of the system-related owner names. If you use most of the simpler utilities (like Permissions Reset) to reset ACL lists for an entire user's home folder, you need to be logged into that user's account, because these utilities will change the owner of that home folder to the currently logged-in user, and remove the former owner from that home folder's ACL list, and from all enclosed files and folders if you select that option. Once that's done, you can't use the simpler utilities to fix this, since they will no longer offer the altered home folder's former owner in the utility's Owner list as an item to reapply to the folder--it will offer only the name of the currently logged-in user. BatChmod's list of Group names that you can apply is also far more extensive, not limited to just the currently logged-in user, admin, staff, and wheel.

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An excellent must-have application which I use every now and then. At the developer web site it is written that 10.6.3 (not a beta as stated above) is for 10.5 to 10.9. Does anyone knows if it works in 10.10 ?

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BatChmod is an indispensable tool for anyone who absolutely has to edit file and folder permissions and knows what they're doing. I occasionally need to edit configuration files that are buried inside "No Access" folders inside hidden directories. After I'm done, I use BatChmod to put everything back the way it was. It's a great little app. Donation gladly sent.

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Five stars for how any years now? Superb.

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This is one of my must have utilities. It is simple to use and always does the job perfectly, solving most permissions issues if used correctly.

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I love this utility, but this version won't launch for me. I get this message: "'BatChmod' is damaged and can't be opened. You should move it to the Trash." Tried d/l'ing twice from here and also from the developer's site -- same problem. Also, there is no info here or at the dev's web site saying what's new in v1.7. Running Mavericks 10.9.1 on MacBook Pro 5,5. (Ratings apply to version 1.6.3)

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Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na BATCHMOD! (Someone had to do it.)

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I was going CRAZY when Photoshop was not letting me save files on a recently formatted partition on my SSD onto which I copied backed up files (BACKUP……do it now!). This little app is so easy to batch change file permissions, & SOLVED my nightmare immediately, 285GB done in an instant……I'm donating right now.

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Solved permissions problems, Thanks! I have donated for a beer :-)

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BatChmod is the sure way to force empty trash when even "rm -rf ~/.Trash/*" in terminal does nothing for you. Start BatChmod... right click the icon... force empty trash. Works every time if you screw up and mistakenly bin locked or protected files. Thanks!

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A trusty stalwart of Mac support and development, BatCHmod is a huge improvement on using Terminal to fix permissions and ACLs

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Great App it does what it says it will do. Thanks to the developer.

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anonymous-tapir-4715

01 May 2012

Version: 1.7b2

Thank you thank you! So great to see this super-helpful tool updated - need it more than ever in Lion!

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Solved permissions problems for me when NOTHING else worked!

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One of the beat small utilities for changing permissions (and more), and this since years - simply great, many thanks to the developer(s)...

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Excellent application, exactly because it's simple and does what it says to do!

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So this application does what it say it will do. But I feel as though if you already have such a basic understanding of permissions that you are able to navigate this app, you must have the technical skills to type chmod o+rwx.... I mean seriously, it means "change permissions, to owner add read write execute." Now how hard is that?

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Outstanding program that helped fix the dreaded Snow Leopard "custom" permissions locked drives issue.

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The bug I reported in December 2010 is still not fixed: when resetting with "Cmd, K " you can set the desired rights for each (owner / group / others). then next: mark the 1st option (Eigentümer und Rechte ändern) - boom - the whole adjustments you just made are gone and you have to start over again.

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Great Program. Somehow all three of my external HD got set to "Custom". When I tried to open them got the message "you don't have permission". Could not change this using info, would not allow me to change from "custom" to "read or read/write". I ran BatChmod and walla, problem solved. Rate as ++10

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Great Program. Somehow all three of my external HD got set to "Custom". When I tried to open them got the message "you don't have permission". Could not change this using info, would not allow me to change from "custom" to "read or read/write". I ran BatChmod and walla, problem solved.

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This is an application that should be used with extreme caution. Actually not used at all. Playing Russian Roulette with permissions is not a good idea. Most of the people I know who use this are actually Windows administrators, claiming to *know* the Mac, who can't be bothered to learn simple permission commands in the Terminal. Essentially if you need this application then you probably shouldn't be doing what you're trying to do.

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I'd been fighting (and, mostly, losing) permission battles with Leopard almost since the day I installed it. Constantly being told I could not do something, did not have access, need to enter password, etc. Then I got BC, ran it on the troublesome folders, and all is peaceful and quiet and happy again. Really useful app.

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As I am using this little app since ... (so long I forgot) I agree a 100% with the previous 4 reviews! It just works (if you know what you are doing) As a Mac Admin I could not live without it! I specially like the feature to remove ACLs

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Fantabulous. Enabled me to fix the permissions of a Firewire drive that had somehow gotten screwed up, and now I can recover the data on the drive before erasing and reformatting it. I'm very pleased.

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Simply Excellent! It worked so well I just had to come on here to exclaim my love for this wonderful application!

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It is free and it works better than Apple's version in Leopard. Thank you.

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This app is excellent at removing the ACLs! Instantly goes through and removes all previous ACL's including the folders and items in the folders. I've tried a few of the other apps that remove the acl's along with doing other permission changes and I've found that it works better (and quicker) to use a seperate app for that and just have the 2 windows open.

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BatChmod brings back a familiar interface that works. The GetInfo window in Leopard's Finder doesn't work half the time and prefers to display a bunch of permissions for 'Unknown' that cannot be changed. It doesn't matter how many times I repair my permissions these files are always buggered. BatChmod to the rescue, not only is its interface logical, it works too! Darned amazing if you ask me. Once the permissions have been fixed with BatChmod they show and work correctly in the Finder, Result!

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Something I did caused the permissions on 4 outboard hard drives to go to "Custom" and a small lock icon to appear in the lower left hand corner of the drive icon. I could no longer open the drives. I was told I did not have adequate permissions. I could unlock the pad lock located in the get info area, but I could not change anything. This wonderful utility was able to bypass this lick level and get to where it was really locked and undo my mistake. It's simple. It works. It really works well.

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I'm sure its awesome, and at my favorite price. Now if only the image was not corrupt.

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Hey! Thought you were dead and gone, BatchMod! Thank your developer!!

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I see no way to apply the changes as a super-user. I tried using this on a folder full of files and folders, and although it gave no error, the contents of the folder were NOT changed. I went to Terminal and did sudo chmod -R and it worked. Note doing this without sudo gave me a bunch of errors in terminal -- so obviously one needed to be SU to change these files. And as I said, I don't see how to do this in BatChmod

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Doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo...BATCHMOD!

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Version 1.37 now runs again on my Dual 2.5GHz PowerMac G5. Thanks for the quick update!

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Version 1.36 won't launch on my Dual 2.5 GHz PowerMac G5 running 10.4.4. Deleting the preferences file didn't help. I reverted to 1.35 and it still works fine.

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This is one of the main applications in my toolbox. I know a lot of unix geeks will say this isn't needed, but if you are not comfortable in the terminal, this is the answer!

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Fast and reliable. Simply gets the job done. This is the one you want for tinkering with permissions!

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Works better then the built in change preferences from get info. It changes all permission of internal items of folders. The built in get info change permissions only changes the folder info not the documents inside the folder. Great app!!!

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Perfect

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awesome!

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Great app. Saved my butt just a while ago, since I know nuts about those *nix commands. One star less for the unfixed unexpectedly quit error when quitting the app. Other than that, great app! :)

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Works great. It was able to change the ownership of folders and files quicker and better than the command in the OS.

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If you need an app to process all the permissions and process all subfolders quickly then this is for you!

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A very useful little application, lightweight and (as far as permissions go) does exactly what it says on the tin. Great for solving those niggling little permissions problems. I've yet to try the force empty trash.

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Used to be a very handy utility. The "Force Empty Trash" now does not worl properly, since it *removes* the disks' /.Trashes folders instead of just cleaning them up. It requires a restar to fix this. And as commented by others, the program quits itself sometimes when the window's close button is pressed. I hope the developer can fix this soon. =)

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when i use force empty trash function of batchmod, next time anything is placed in trash, it is immediately deleted by itself (after a warning dialog) - similar to what you get when you delete from remote servers.. and of course it crashes when window is closed when in background

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There seems to be a problem since forever: if the application is in the background and you close it using the red (X) button, it will crash. Annoying.

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Works perfect, Easy solution if u don't want to play with the "monitor" !

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Works great! I finally got that crap out of my Trash without having to do any command line.

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I tried it out. It works like a train, and I don't mean a British train either. However, in the wrong hands, i.e. almost everybody, a lot of damage could be done to the system software.

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