HT203172: Mac OS X: Disk Utility's Repair Disk Permissions messages that you can safely ignore
Learn about Mac OS X: Disk Utility's Repair Disk Permissions messages that you can safely ignore
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Oct 11, 2013 12:37 PM in response to larrys32by baltwo,There's no reason to repair permissions. You can ignore those iTunes ones, DU can't fix them, even though it reports that it did. If your browsers are experiencing hangs (SBBODs), then check out http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/sbbod.html
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Oct 11, 2013 12:57 PM in response to baltwoby larrys32,I will give it a try but each time I use DU I can open any Browser and it works great for a day or two then back to the beachball.
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Oct 11, 2013 2:54 PM in response to larrys32by baltwo,Then, I suspect something else is going on that's mucking up the permissions. Next step, after reviewing the FAQ, is to log into a newly created admin user account and see if the problem persists.
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Oct 12, 2013 4:15 AM in response to baltwoby larrys32,I logged out and back in with different user and ended up with the same using Disk Utilities. Hundreds of repaired permmissions, all related to ITunes but not all identiacal. Repairs in many languages, (French, English, Spanish, Japenese, etc