[mac4theblind] Re: repairs permission

  • From: David Hilbert Poehlman <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2013 12:50:46 -0500

even if you don’t do anything but repair permissions, it’s the accepted 
practice because the os gets in the way other wise.

On Nov 5, 2013, at 12:48 PM, Sarah Alawami <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Since I normally repair my disk as well as disk permissions, I always boot from 
the recovery consul. And I stress doing this routine once a month at least.

> On Nov 5, 2013, at 7:32, Edward Lewis Redfern <edwardredfern@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> repair disk permissions does not need to be run from the recovery console as 
> permissions are entries and not direct ties within the OS, etc.
> 
> the only time you need to do a recovery console method is if your user 
> account is corrupted by a user changed permission to the accounts such as 
> folders named to users or group ID’s. other than hat, the main use for 
> recovery console is for Repair Disk Integrity which checks 0 sector, boot 
> sector, volume integrity  and performance of the drive in question.
> 
> Disk permissions repair is different to disk integrity repair.
> 
> I advise running Disk permissions repair once a month or whenever updates or 
> new apps are installed because of changes made in installs that can gain 
> access to files, directories and data, etc. so, disk utility can be used to 
> perform a number of tasks, it’s important to understand that Disk utility is 
> actually your friend on the mac.
> 
> lew
> 
>> On 5 Nov 2013, at 03:21 pm, David Hilbert Poehlman <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Barb,
>> 
>> you can get to the bottom of the log by interacting with it and pressing 
>> control-option-shift-right arrow.
>> 
>> Since there was so much to fix, it is recommend you run repair permissions a 
>> second time to be sure it’s done a thorough job.  you will almost always 
>> find items in the log but running it on a regular basis and after 
>> substantial work with the finder such as deleting items and upgrades to the 
>> os or updates to the updates is also advisable.
>> 
>> To refresh, permission repair should be run from the recovery console, to 
>> enter it, restart the computer while pressing and holding command-r.  Wait 
>> for the boot a few seconds to a minute, then press command-f5 so fred can 
>> help you.  You’ll want to down arrow to disc utility, press tab and press 
>> space on continue.  select the disk with your name on it such as barb’s hd 
>> or macintosh hd if you haven’t named it anything.
>> 
>> tab to first aid, press space.  tab to repair permissions and press space.  
>> you may need to deviate from these instructions a bit by using vo instead of 
>> tab but it’s fairly easy to do.  once you’ve started the permission repair, 
>> you will find the output and you will also find a progress bar for 
>> percentage and time to completion I think.
>> 
>> -- 
>> Jonnie Appleseed
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>> On Nov 5, 2013, at 7:44 AM, barbara jones <jonesbl@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> Hahahahaha
>> 
>>> On Nov 5, 2013, at 7:21 AM, John Harden <jharden01@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> 
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>>> John Harden
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>>> 
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>>> 
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>>> 
>>>> On Nov 5, 2013, at 12:25 AM, Sarah k Alawami <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> When the repair button becomes undimmed you know it’s done. Mine takes 
>>>> about 5 minutes.
>>>> 
>>>> Tc
>>>>> On Nov 4, 2013, at 7:17 PM, barbara jones <jonesbl@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> How long should it take for this to complete? I am using a MBP. It's been 
>>>>> going for an hour or so and when I look at the results it  reads 
>>>>> repairing permissions for MacIntosh HD. Will it read differently when it 
>>>>> is done?
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>> Barbara
>>>>> 
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