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Q: Utility Disk Permission Repair Isn't Working.

When I click Repair Disk Permissions it lists all the things that differ and says that it will repair them but then when I click Disc Repair again it brings up the old problems again as well as any new ones.

 

Disc Repair is taking about 34 minutes to run now and has been increasing. How do I fix this issue?

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)

Posted on Oct 3, 2013 4:18 PM

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Q: Utility Disk Permission Repair Isn't Working.

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  • by Klaus1,

    Klaus1 Klaus1 Oct 4, 2013 2:11 AM in response to NGazin
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    Oct 4, 2013 2:11 AM in response to NGazin

    As long as the report ends up with 'Permissions repair complete' then, as far as permissions go, you are fine. You can ignore the various statements in the report:

     

    Permissions you can ignore on 10.5 onwards:

     

    http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1448

     

    Using 'should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r--' as an example, you will see the that the permissions are not changed, but the | indicates a different location. This is because an update to Leopard onwards changed the location of a number of system components.

     

    Poster rccharles has provided this description of what it all means:

     

    drwxrwxrwx
     
    d = directory


    r = read

    w = write


    x = executeable program

     

    drwxrwxrwx

    |  |  |

    |  |   all other users not in first two types

    |  | 

    |  group

    | 

    owner


    a little more info

    Before the user had read & write. A member of the group had read.

    After, only the user had read & write.