PERMISSIONS IN SIERRA
TECH SUPPORT & TECHSPLANATIONS
These symptoms are most probably caused by incorrect permissions set in parts of your home folder, which can sometimes occur if you set up Near Lock or MacID.
To fix that, select your home folder in Finder and choose File > Get Info. In the Sharing & Permissions section at the bottom of the Info window, ensure you’re listed as its owner, with read and write permissions. Then click the cog icon to open the pop-up menu, and use the “Apply to enclosed items” command to apply the same rights throughout the folder.
In the article at apple.co/2sKGxcF, Apple recommends that you then open Terminal (in /Applications/Utilities) and type the following command: diskutil resetUserPermissions / `id -u` You’ll find the ` (grave accent) character just above the † key.
That’s the command which Apple says completes the process. If it returns an error code -69841, enter the command chflags -R nouchg ~ then repeat the diskutil command. When those are complete, log out and back in again, or restart, and your Mac should have returned to normal.
This is quite different from the repair permissions method in Yosemite and earlier,
