Okay, I feel really uneducated here, but what is the recovery partition? Nicole On Jul 28, 2011, at 1:51 PM, James Dean wrote: > 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 >> > > 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 >