mynameismyname
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Q: Permission refuses to be repaired

...This is probably one of those things Apple would say "fuhgeddaboudit" (had to look it up in the Urban Disctionary...), but I'm a bit paranoid (and in love with my new baby iMac), what can I do...

 

So when launching DiskUt -- even when rebooting via Recovery and launching it -- I keep getting the same permission error that the program claims to be fixing, but when verifying again, it's still there.... (I only guess it might have to do with the controversial Java plug-in?):

 

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iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2), 2.9 GHz, 27" 8 GB Ram

Posted on Feb 17, 2013 10:07 AM

by sig,Solvedanswer
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A:

At the end of the repair it says "Permissions repair complete."

 

Disregard the items as they will show up every time.

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1448?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

Old, but you get the picture.

Posted on Feb 17, 2013 10:14 AM

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  • by sig,Solvedanswer

    sig sig Feb 17, 2013 10:14 AM in response to mynameismyname
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    Feb 17, 2013 10:14 AM in response to mynameismyname

    At the end of the repair it says "Permissions repair complete."

     

    Disregard the items as they will show up every time.

    http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1448?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

    Old, but you get the picture.

  • by mynameismyname,

    mynameismyname mynameismyname Feb 17, 2013 10:36 AM in response to sig
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    Feb 17, 2013 10:36 AM in response to sig

    Yes, I know about that article, andI did a search on my specific "error" and it wasn't there....

     

    ...Oh well, I'll just fuhgeddaboudit.

     

    Thanks, sig.

  • by Barney-15E,

    Barney-15E Barney-15E Feb 17, 2013 10:45 AM in response to mynameismyname
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    Feb 17, 2013 10:45 AM in response to mynameismyname

    Were you having any problems access files or get error messages indicating you don't have sufficient permissions that you can override?

     

    If not, there is no reason to repair permissions. Some argue that it is good to do after software installs in case the install does something strange to the permissions, but I think that is kind of rare. However, it doesn't cost anything except the consternation you feel seeing the same thin repeat. In the early days of OS X, I think permissions did get mucked up much more than I see nowadays.

     

    If you are new to Mac ("new baby iMac"), you don't need to perform any maintenance tasks. You don't need any software that purports to "clean," "clear," "keep," "speed up," or some other preventative verb.

     

    There are some good utilities to have on hand if something gets mucked up, but almost all have some automated tasks that just beg you to click them. "Why would they put them in there if they didn't want me to use them?"

    I like OnyX because it has a lot of the quick, unix one-liners wrapped up in a clean GUI. If people are afraid to use the command line, OnyX makes it more palatable.

  • by mynameismyname,

    mynameismyname mynameismyname Feb 17, 2013 11:52 AM in response to Barney-15E
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    Feb 17, 2013 11:52 AM in response to Barney-15E

    The few times I've bumped into a "permission" issue were when creating a PDF file from InDesign, and then creating it again to replace the previous one. 50% of the times I get an error message saying it can't replace the original 'cause the original is opened (even if it is not) or something to do with permissions... So I delete the existing PDF and create a new one.

     

    Though I have this new baby, I've been a Mac-user for the past 23 years...

     

    Since you mentioned maintenance, I agree, we're tempted to use too many of them... I especially like DiskWarrior (defragmanting my directory once in a while), but I occasionally would run TechTool Pro or Drive Genius.

  • by Barney-15E,

    Barney-15E Barney-15E Feb 17, 2013 11:54 AM in response to mynameismyname
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    Feb 17, 2013 11:54 AM in response to mynameismyname

    I had considered singling out that company wrt permission repair after installing, but chose not to.