[macvoiceover] Re: running permissions.

  • From: Nicole Hutchins <nkhutch86@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 14:16:48 -0400

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.>
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