Take the tour ×  I cannot place any file nor delete any file on
my desktop. Other parts of the file system (like the Documents
folder, Downloads folder, etc) seem fine. I checked permissiosn
under the terminal and it's drwx for the user. I don't know
what's wrong.  share|improve this question Is there any error
message? Anything that pops up? –  Vervious Jul 2 '11 at 2:40
Can you modify the desktop folder in your home directory, the
finder desktop (the special "window") or none of these? – 
Daniel Beck Jul 2 '11 at 2:57 add comment  2 Answers  You should
run disk repair in Disk Utility in addition (and before-hand) to
fixing permissions. And, ideally, you would do this after
booting into another disk (like a recovery disk, or the disk
that came with your system).  If this doesn't work, then I
strongly recommend you boot into a DiskWarrior boot disk, and
let DiskWarrior rebuild your disk's directory.  share|improve
this answer add comment  Besides traditional Unix
user/group/others r/w/x permissions, file and