[macvoiceover] Re: running permissions.

  • From: James Dean <professordean@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:51:35 -0400

You don't have to use the recovery partition to do a permissions repair, but it 
is recommended because some things cannot be repaired if the OS is actually 
running.
James A. Dean
On Jul 25, 2011, at 2:16 AM, William Windels wrote:

> Hello,
> I had also that problem yesterday and, it is enough to select the right disc 
> , not with the numbers of gb on it but the name.
> I mean, you see normally 2 lines in the disclist in the disc-utility app.
> I was also a litle bit surprised about this but I think it works.
> So, there is no need to boot the recovery partition I think.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> William
> 
> Mvg
> william Windels
> 
> Verstuurd vanaf mijn iPhone
> 
> Op 25-jul.-2011 om 05:30 heeft James Dean <professordean@xxxxxxxxx> het 
> volgende geschreven:
> 
>> The best way I've found to do this is to turn on your mac. After you hear 
>> the chime, hold down command+R. Hold it down for several seconds. Give it 
>> about two or three minutes to come up, and press command+F5, after which you 
>> will hear Fred's melodious tones. The rest of the recovery partition, which 
>> you have landed in, is very self-explanatory. Disc utility is there and it 
>> works just like the one in the OS does, only, this time, your "Repair 
>> permissions" will be undimmed. You could also boot into a Lion DVD if you 
>> made one by holding down the C key at start-up until you hear the disc 
>> spinning rapidly, at which point give it some time to come up and you can 
>> press command+F5 as before.
>> 
>> HTH,
>> 
>> James A. Dean
>> 
>> 
>> On Jul 24, 2011, at 12:34 PM, Larry Smith wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi list. I don't seem to be having any problems with lion at this time. 
>>> However, I would like to run permissions. When I go to disc utilities 
>>> folder and choose first aid tab and then try to choose repair permissions, 
>>> it is dimmed out. The only item that is not dimmed is verify disc. By the 
>>> way, I did choose the hard drive which I wanted to run permissions. There's 
>>> only one disc any. Thanks for any suggestions.>
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