I still have an sl system and repair permissions from the hd. I'd actually forgotten that you could run it from the os disc. On May 22, 2012, at 11:30 AM, Sarah Alawami wrote: In snow leopard it was advisable to insert your boot disk, how ever you could do a permissions repair from the os itself. Not a good idea as some files might be locked. On May 21, 2012, at 3:47 PM, Daniel McGee wrote: > Hi Tracey, well in a way I find it is better because correct me if I'm wrong > but didn't one have to insert there respective OSX disc to do a repair? > Where as in Lion one just needs to boot into the recovery mode and away they > go. > Did you had to insert your Snow Leopard disc at all to do the task? > > Daniel > On 21 May 2012, at 21:45, Tracy Duffy wrote: > >> Good heavens! Is that how it's done in lion, or is that just how you do it? >> I'm still running snow leopard and I can just go into apps, and then utility >> and go from there. Wow! >> >> >> On May 21, 2012, at 12:11 AM, Sarah Alawami wrote: >> >>> Shut down your mac and go to your recovery drive with cmd r while >>> powering it up.. then turn on voice over after holding down cmd r for >>> about 15 seconds and arrow down to disk utility. Now go to the disk you >>> want and go to the first aid tab to the right of the table. select it >>> with space and go to the repair permissions button and hit it. >>> >>> Take care. >>> >>> Sarah Alawami, owner and founder of WICS Radio America. Check us out on the >>> web at http://wics.cc and thanks for tuning in. >>> >>> On May 20, 2012, at 8:56 PM, Jenny Keller <jlperdue3@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>>> can one of you tell me how that's done. what I really mean is, where in >>>> the menus do you go to find repair permissions? >>>> >>>> I don't think I've ever seen that before, but I'm still new at this. >>>> >>>> Thanks for all of your help and putting up with my frustration. >>>> >>>> Jenny >>>> On May 20, 2012, at 4:43 PM, Tracy Duffy wrote: >>>> >>>>> Can someone please explain, probably off list, what actually is happening >>>>> when you do a repair permissions? I mean I don't want all the technical >>>>> details, but what is happening and why do permissions differ in the first >>>>> place? I just ran a repair permissions and it fixed a ton of stuff, so >>>>> I'm wondering what it was doing and why they needed to be fixed to start >>>>> with. Thanks. >>>>> >>>>> tracyduffy@xxxxxxxxx >>>>> Isaiah 2:11 Human pride will be brought down, >>>>> and human arrogance will be humbled. >>>>> Only the LORD will be exalted >>>>> on that day of judgment. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> >> tracyduffy@xxxxxxxxx >> Isaiah 2:11 Human pride will be brought down, >> and human arrogance will be humbled. >> Only the LORD will be exalted >> on that day of judgment. >> >> >> > > ************ > > > You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. > > > The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to > their list subscription is: > > //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind > > The list archive is located at > > //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ > > All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: > > john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > ************ You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to their list subscription is: //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind The list archive is located at //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- Jonnie Appleseed With His Hands-On Technolog(eye)s Touching The Internet Reducing Technology's disabilities One Byte At A Time ************ You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to their list subscription is: //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind The list archive is located at //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx