Help with Repairing Permissions G4 iBook 10.5

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Help with Repairing Permissions G4 iBook 10.5

My daughter is visiting and I tried to use the Disk Utility to Repair the
Permissions on her G4 iBook running OS X 10.5. It cranked and cranked but
never did repair the permission or really fail either.

It still works but I would feel better if I could get the permissions repaired.

Also, the screen really seems dim compared to the new 13-inch MacBook Pro.

Is there a fix to crank up the brightness on a G4 iBook?

 24" iMac and 13" MacBook Pro both w/4GB , Mac OS X (10.6.3)

Posted on Jun 10, 2010 1:48 PM

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Answer 1

Lyssa

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Jun 10, 2010 3:56 PM in response to aRKay

The screen on the iBook G4 will lose brightness over time. There really is nothing to be done, aside from avoiding increasing the brightness whenever possible.

Were you running the repair permissions from the same machine?

~Lyssa

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Answer 2

aRKay Author

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Jun 10, 2010 4:00 PM in response to Lyssa

Were you running the repair permissions from the same machine?

~Lyssa

Yes, I was booted from her iBook

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Answer 3

Lyssa

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Jun 10, 2010 4:30 PM in response to aRKay

Leopard's Disk Utility seems a bit buggy (in my experience anyway). How long did you let the permissions repair run?

Did you try another user account?

~Lyssa

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aRKay Author

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Jun 11, 2010 5:03 AM in response to Lyssa

Did you try another user account

Based on your note I tried and did the same thing so I logged off and back on
as the primary user and tried again for about 30 minutes. It could not seem to
access the database. I quit the DU and ran the normal OS X maintenance procedures.

The daily and monthly worked fine but the weekly took forever. It finally did its
thing just before my daughter had to leave town.

Something tells me this action (clearing the weekly ) may help with the permissions
when she get back next week.

Thanks for the help

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Answer 5

Jun 11, 2010 5:55 AM in response to aRKay

Ah, yes! The leopard disc utility. What a crock of poop that is. You can let it run overnight and it probably still won't finish. It only takes 90 seconds in Tiger. The best thing to do is to install Onyx and let it take care of the disc maintenance.

After you install Onyx run 'Automation'. It will repair permissions, clear caches and run the cron scripts in one command. Also, it will only take 15 minutes or so to complete a full string of maintenance tasks. Give up on the disc utility in Leopard.

Onyx - http://www.titanium.free.fr/pgs/english/apps.html

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