It was telling me the disk was selected, and I could hit the verify or repair disk buttons, just not the permissions buttons. I went through the whole process again just now and it worked, so either my Mac was being dopey or I was. Ian On 2012-04-13, at 5:12 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: > Right, > > Before you get to the first aid tab, there is a table that you arrow up/down > through and select your drive. > > BTW, repairng permissions is way more effectice when doing it from your > recovery partition. > > hth > > Ricardo Walker > ricardo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Twitter:@apple2thecore > www.appletothecore.info > > On Apr 13, 2012, at 6:31 PM, Tuscia-Falconer <falconer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Have you selected the disc you want to repair ? This is one of the first >> options in the disc utility. >> >> TF >> >> On 14/04/2012, at 9:52 AM, Ian Edwards wrote: >> >> Ok, trying to do a repair permissions, does this seem right to thsoe wise in >> these things? >> Finder >> Utilities >> Disk Utilities >> First Aid >> >> Only problem is, my repair disk permissions button is dimmed. Am I in the >> wrong thing here? >> >> Ian >> >> On 2012-04-12, at 1:01 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'm not sure what you mean. As far as I can tell, automatic downloads >>> doesn't include podcasts. So, there should be no podcasts being downloaded >>> to the Mac unless you have subscribed to them with your Mac through the >>> iTunes store.. A matter of fact, iTunes on IOS just streams podcasts not >>> download them. I would close iTunes and re open. If its still doing the >>> busy thing, do a repair permission. >>> >>> hth >>> >>> Ricardo Walker >>> ricardo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> Twitter:@apple2thecore >>> www.appletothecore.info >>> >>> On Apr 11, 2012, at 11:20 PM, Ian Edwards <ianedwards42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>>> Ok, I just enabled automatic downloads in iTunes and on my iPhone. Would >>>> it be normal for it now to take a fantastically long time to load a boat >>>> load of podcasts, thus rendering iTunes busy busy busy? If this is normal >>>> I'll be patient. >>>> >>>> Also, where will the automatic downloads end up? I looked in my music >>>> folder, but nothing seems to be adding in there. >>>> >>>> Thoughts? >>>> >>>> Ian >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >>>>> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >>>>> >>>>> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >>>>> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>>>> >>>>> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >>>>> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>>> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >>>>> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>>>> >>> >>>> >>>> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >>>> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >>>> >>>> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >>>> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>>> >>>> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >>>> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >>>> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>>> >> >>> >>> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >>> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >>> >>> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >>> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>> >>> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >>> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >>> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>> >> >>> >>> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >>> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >>> >>> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >>> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>> >>> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >>> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >>> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>> > >> >> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >> >> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> >> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> > > Click on the link below to go to our homepage. > http://www.icanworkthisthing.com > > Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. > //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > > Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to > macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web > interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >