[mac4theblind] Re: Repairing permitions
- From: Tracy Duffy <tracyduffy@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 22 May 2012 16:40:42 -0400
Well, I don't know. I don't recall anyone telling me that when they told me how
to run it sometime back. All I know is I've done it two or 3 times now and not
had any problems.
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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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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.
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