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Q: I can no longer repair permissions with Disk Utility, v. 13

After installing iTunes update 11.1, I can no longer repair permissions with Disk Utility, v. 13. When I attempt to repair Disk Permissions, there appear dozens of items showing that "Permissions differ on "Applications/iTunes.app....", then it says that it has been repaired. However, when I do a second or third repair immediately afterwards, I see the same thing again.

 

About my mac:

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Thanks for any help.

iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Oct 7, 2013 12:26 PM

by baltwo,Solvedanswer
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A:

I beg to differ with my friend macjack, but those will never be repaired because they're supposed to be folders, but are files. However, you can ignore them, since Apple needs to fix the problem and you can't.

Posted on Oct 7, 2013 11:22 PM

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  • by Lynelle,

    Lynelle Lynelle Nov 11, 2013 11:32 AM in response to colimotl
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    Nov 11, 2013 11:32 AM in response to colimotl

    The computer does not start in safe mode.  After restarting  with Cmd-R, I used Disk Utility, repair disk, and just like everyother time, it says the "volume Macintosh HD appears to be OK".  It will not allow me to obtain help online. 

  • by Barney-15E,

    Barney-15E Barney-15E Nov 11, 2013 9:13 PM in response to Lynelle
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    Nov 11, 2013 9:13 PM in response to Lynelle

    Ok, I'll try to ask this a different way. I know that you cannot seem to boot into Safe Mode, so. I would like to figure out why. Can you please explain what happens when you attempt to boot into Safe Mode.

    If you don't get a progress bar, does it just boot normally?

     

    If so, do you have FileVault enabled? Safe Mode won't work with FileVault.

     

    Do you have a wired or wireless keyboard. With a wireless keyboard, it is sometimes difficult to get into Safe Mode. You have to time the key press right after hearing the startup tone. If you have a wired keyboard, try that.

  • by belgiantaff,

    belgiantaff belgiantaff Nov 25, 2013 1:48 AM in response to baltwo
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    Nov 25, 2013 1:48 AM in response to baltwo

    how can you ignore them when the mac will not boot?

  • by Barney-15E,

    Barney-15E Barney-15E Nov 25, 2013 5:08 AM in response to belgiantaff
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    Nov 25, 2013 5:08 AM in response to belgiantaff

    belgiantaff wrote:

     

    how can you ignore them when the mac will not boot?

    Because those will not ever prevent your Mac from booting.

  • by belgiantaff,

    belgiantaff belgiantaff Nov 25, 2013 5:17 AM in response to Barney-15E
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    Nov 25, 2013 5:17 AM in response to Barney-15E

    Thats not so.

    Sequence ius:

    1 mac will not boot

    2 I boot from time machine drive and run disk utility

    3 I repair all permissions - all are iTunes

    4 I reboot from internal drive - all is ok

    5 2 days later, back to step 1 above.

     

    This has gone on for > 2 weeks now, driving me mad!

  • by baltwo,

    baltwo baltwo Nov 25, 2013 2:41 PM in response to belgiantaff
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    Nov 25, 2013 2:41 PM in response to belgiantaff

    File a bug report with Apple.

  • by Barney-15E,

    Barney-15E Barney-15E Nov 25, 2013 6:41 PM in response to belgiantaff
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    Nov 25, 2013 6:41 PM in response to belgiantaff

    belgiantaff wrote:

     

    Thats not so.

    Sequence ius:

    1 mac will not boot

    2 I boot from time machine drive and run disk utility

    3 I repair all permissions - all are iTunes

    4 I reboot from internal drive - all is ok

    5 2 days later, back to step 1 above.

     

    This has gone on for > 2 weeks now, driving me mad!

    You forgot to look at the permissions after your repaired them after step 3. They will be exactly as you found. You can repeat step 3 ad infinitum and they will still be the same.

    So, given that there is  no change to the iTunes permissions between step 2 and step 5, it is not the iTunes permissions that are the problem.

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