Can't move files in root user desktop I logged in as the root user so that I could pull all the files from all users into one folder to then transfer to an external hard drive. I had no problem moving files to the root user desktop but trying to move, copy, or even delete files from the desktop results in a “preparing to move” dialog box that shows no progress even when trying to simply move an empty test folder. 

I feel like this may be because of some error in permissions because the root user desktop is located in /macintosh hd/private/var/root/desktop/ and the private folder is hidden. 

How do i get around this issue?
Not sure why it was happening but i found a work around using terminal “sudo mv ...” command to manually move the folders