---
id: troubleshooting.transfer-drive-permission-not-granted
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/troubleshooting/transfer-drive-permission-not-granted
category: "Troubleshooting & messages"
subcategory: "Drive connection and drive messages"
question: "Why does it say permission was needed to update some app links and wasn't granted?"
alt_questions:
  - "permission was needed to update some app links and wasn't granted"
  - "transfer drive cancelled password"
  - "your current drive is unchanged transfer drive"
  - "app links not updated new drive"
short_answer: "Pointing moved apps' shortcuts at the new drive needs your administrator password. It was cancelled, so nothing changed — run Transfer Drive again and approve the prompt."
tags: ["transfer drive", "administrator password", "apps"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/troubleshooting/transfer-drive-switch-couldnt-complete", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/troubleshooting/app-installed-by-macos-password-cancelled"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

# Why does it say permission was needed to update some app links and wasn't granted?

When you switch to a new drive, the shortcuts for moved apps in Applications have to be pointed at the new drive. Some of those need your administrator password. If the password prompt is cancelled, Storage Studio stops and leaves your **current** drive exactly as it was.

Run Transfer Drive again and enter your password when macOS asks.