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Products that allow Macs to swap files with PCs and vice versa More about it, and how to Share other folders here.Transferring files with your Mac's built-in software Placing the file under the Shared Folder (/Users/Shared), or Sharing the folder, the one where the file you want to edit is, will grant other users access to that file.

Choose Enable Root User from the Edit menu.

Authenticate with an administration account.

Click the Edit or Join button at the bottom right.

Click the lock and authenticate with an administrator account.

You'll need to have the root user enabled. Logging as root will grant you read and write privileges to all areas of the file system. You can achieve this in a couple of ways. You can do this, too, by directly selecting a folder in the Finder, choosing Get Info from the File menu, and enable Shared Folder to share it (or deselect "Shared Folder" to stop sharing the folder).Įxtracted from Apple's 101: File Sharing. To do so go to System Preferences > Sharing > File Sharing and Add all the folders you want to share. You can achieve exactly what you want by creating a Shared folder.

Change directory to the directory that you'd like to view (/edit).

If you just want to log in as root with full access, type sudo su, and enter your (admin) password.

You are now logged into the terminal as them. If you have admin rights, you can type sudo su - otherusername to use your password instead of the other user's. Replace otherusername with the other user's name. Type su - otherusername into the terminal.It only works from the terminal, while the session is active. Note: This requires you to either have admin rights or the other user password. (If you only need to see them, you shouldn't have to disable SIP) SIP can be disabled if you need to modify these files, (not just view them) and how to do that is outlined here. (actually, the real name is System Integrity Protection SIP) There are certain files that cannot be accessed modified by any user, anyway in this mode. You're done! You should be able to view the folder in Finder.Įdit for OSX El Capitan and later (10.11)Īlthough this method still works, the change to El Capitan introduces a default of " rootless" mode.

Click the lock to prevent further changes.

Add your own username (or a group, like Administrators) with Read (or Read/Write) permissions.

Click the lock in the bottom-right corner.Click Get Info in the drop-down list that occurs.Right-click on the folder you want to see (In Finder).This was tested on Mac OS X 10.10 and 10.11 (see below) Admin rights are required, and the other user's password is not. NOTE: You're not viewing as the other user - but you're still viewing.