I am rebuilding the main HD in my Mac Pro (OS 10.6.
from the bottom up. I like to keep my Applications and Utilities folders tidy - all communications-related applications in a Communications subfolder, all back-up utilities in a Backup folder etc. One or two applications and utilities don't like that but I know about those and let them be. I also have my own definition of what distinguishes an application from a utility - if it produces a product separate from itself (Word, Toast etc.) it's an application, if not it's a utility. There are also some cases where this schema does not work but overall this configuration has served me well for many years and Systems up to and including Snow Leopard. I have erased the HD, installed/updated the system and am now at the stage where I begin to impose order on the applications and utilities bundled with the System. This time I find that every move I make, however trivial, needs authentication. This never happened before and has the potential to slow up the rebuild considerably. A potential solution on the MacRumours site <http://tinyurl.com/6c45jmr> had no effect. Any ideas about causes or - even better - solutions?

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