hi guys welcome back to wondershare recovery a professional data recovery data solution
designed to recover deleted files from different storage solutions
once again we're back with another episode where we'll be talking about a
common error that many mac os users encounter on their systems
if you've ever seen the the file couldn't be open because you don't have the permission
to view it error on your macbook or imac you know what we're talking about
usually when users see this error they end up feeling overwhelmed and
don't know what to do so if you're stuck in a similar situation
well we're here to help in this episode we'll walk you through the different ways to fix a jpeg file
that you are unable to open on mac os but before we go any further make sure to hit that subscribe
button to the wondershare recovery channel so that you never miss out on any future videos
so what does the jpeg file permission error mean and more importantly why do mac users encounter
it on their mac devices in general the error gets triggered when you try to open a jpeg file
which you don't have the required permissions for now the reason why you don't have these
permissions can vary depending on the situation in general here are some of the most common reasons
behind the no permissions error for a jpeg file firstly the image that you're trying to open is
locked by another admin user the second reason could be that you don't have the root access
to open that particular file thirdly the jpeg file might be infected by either malware or viruses
and lastly the storage device that you are using for that particular file might have been corrupted
so what can you do to fix the no permissions error well since there are different factors
that can trigger the said problem you have to resort to different solutions to fix it
here are some of the working solutions that you can allow and enable the file permissions
and have access to your desired jpeg files without encountering any errors
the first method is to try to verify the sharing and permissions on your
mac to do this here's what you need to do open system preferences on your mac then
choose the sharing option from the left panel opt for file sharing and expand the shared folders
choose users followed by everyone lastly select read and write option from the drop down menu
as mentioned earlier hard drive related issues can also trigger the jpeg file cannot be opened error
fortunately mac os has its own disk utility program that will allow you to validate the
hard drive's health and eliminate any logical errors here's how you can run
the disk utility application on your macbook or imac if you're using an intel mac restart your
computer and press and hold the command plus r keys if you're using an apple silicon mac
turn on your mac and continue to press and hold the power button until you see the startup options
then click the gear icon labeled options and then click continue from the utilities window
in the mac os recovery select disk utility and then click continue then select the hard drive
in the next window and choose first aid wait for the repair to complete and you're done
if your jpeg files still won't open due to the permissions error the last result would be to
recover these files using wondershare recovery as we mentioned earlier at the beginning of this
video wondershare recovery is a professional data recovery solution that lets users recover deleted
files from different storage devices however you can also use this tool to recover corrupt
or damaged files on both windows and mac os let's walk you through the step-by-step
procedure to recover corrupted jpeg files on mac os using wondershare recover start
by installing wondershare recovery on your mac and launch the software to get started
on its home screen click on the location where these jpeg files are stored as soon
as you have selected the location wondershare recovery will automatically start scanning it
to find all of the deleted or damaged files wait for a few minutes as this scanning process
can take a while to complete depending on the size of your storage device after the scanning
process completes go through the search results and select the files that you want to get back
finally click on the recover button to recover the selected files and store them safely on
your system so that's a wrap on another episode where we showed you different methods on how to
troubleshoot the file can be opened because you don't have the permission to view it error in mac
os if you've been struggling to access jpeg files on your system well we hope that these methods
have helped you rectify that situation in case you face any issues while implementing these methods
then please do let us know down in the comments below and also make sure that if you found this
video helpful to smash that like button and also hit that subscribe button and notification bell to
the wondershare recovery channel anyway look after yourselves and we'll see you in the next video bye