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Q: serious help needed, google chrome wont work, access priviledge problems

I have a 2007 MacBook Pro. I recently wanted to change the settings so I wouldn't have to type my password to make changes to the system settings, so I typed this is the terminal :

 

sudo chown -R myname .

 

Then I put in my password. After that I changed an account called "wheel" that I never saw before from "read and write" to "read". In the middle of this I think I cancelled the operation. Shortly after the internet page I was on crashed. I tried to restart Google Chrome and it doesn't respond. I tried safari and it doesn't do a thing. My iTunes keeps giving me a message that says the library cannot be saved because I don't have sufficient access priviledges.

 

I'm seriously worried right now that I permanently broke my laptop and I am very concerned and help would be so appreciated rn.

MacBook Pro

Posted on Feb 10, 2015 11:50 AM

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    uselessnameless uselessnameless Feb 11, 2015 5:47 AM in response to Rick Blythin
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    Feb 11, 2015 5:47 AM in response to Rick Blythin

    I am running Mavericks currently. I don't have any in sally discs other than Leopard. I do have a backup from July of last year when I first got the computer, it was still running Mavericks at that time and it is on an external hard drive. I tried to repair the disc from single mode and it said Killed: 9. I could live with reinstalling an old backup.

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