diff --git a/source/net/filebot/ui/subtitle/SubtitleAutoMatchDialog.java b/source/net/filebot/ui/subtitle/SubtitleAutoMatchDialog.java
index 0eb20674..215c0d0b 100644
--- a/source/net/filebot/ui/subtitle/SubtitleAutoMatchDialog.java
+++ b/source/net/filebot/ui/subtitle/SubtitleAutoMatchDialog.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package net.filebot.ui.subtitle;
 
 import static javax.swing.BorderFactory.*;
 import static javax.swing.JOptionPane.*;
+import static net.filebot.Settings.*;
 import static net.filebot.subtitle.SubtitleUtilities.*;
 import static net.filebot.util.FileUtilities.*;
 import static net.filebot.util.ui.SwingUI.*;
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ import javax.swing.table.DefaultTableCellRenderer;
 
 import net.filebot.Analytics;
 import net.filebot.ResourceManager;
+import net.filebot.mac.DropToUnlock;
 import net.filebot.similarity.EpisodeMetrics;
 import net.filebot.similarity.MetricCascade;
 import net.filebot.similarity.SimilarityMetric;
@@ -266,6 +268,11 @@ class SubtitleAutoMatchDialog extends JDialog {
 
 			final SubtitleMappingTableModel mappingModel = (SubtitleMappingTableModel) subtitleMappingTable.getModel();
 
+			// make sure we have access to the parent folder structure, not just the dropped file
+			if (isMacSandbox()) {
+				DropToUnlock.showUnlockFoldersDialog(getWindow(evt.getSource()), mappingModel.getVideoFiles());
+			}
+
 			// collect the subtitles that will be fetched
 			List<DownloadTask> downloadQueue = new ArrayList<DownloadTask>();
 
diff --git a/source/net/filebot/ui/subtitle/SubtitleDropTarget.java b/source/net/filebot/ui/subtitle/SubtitleDropTarget.java
index 65ab655a..d08c3421 100644
--- a/source/net/filebot/ui/subtitle/SubtitleDropTarget.java
+++ b/source/net/filebot/ui/subtitle/SubtitleDropTarget.java
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ abstract class SubtitleDropTarget extends JButton {
 		@Override
 		protected boolean handleDrop(List<File> input) {
 			if (getQueryLanguage() == null) {
-				UILogger.info("Please select a specific subtitle language.");
+				UILogger.info("Please select your preferred subtitle language.");
 				return false;
 			}