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.> >>>> 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 >