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problem verifying permissions

I've skimmed thru the various discussions, but don't see one exactly like mine. Along the way, I've also wandered away from the Yosemite community, so hope I'm not stepping on anyone's toes here.


For several weeks noticed the Safari Web Content message highlighted in red follow by the phrase (not responding).Searched for that topi c and found one that sssaid to verify and repair suggestions (if needed) with Disk Utility.


I must have accidentally touched "Stop Permission Verification : (or words to that effect), because it immediately stopped; but continued reporting errors (mostly related to printer IDs, which makes sense, because I just bought a new printer, when my last one died).


Meanwhile the "barber pole" at the bottom of the screen stopped while showing less than a minute to complete.


I don't know what to do now. I can't see the screen as I type, but think the options were all dimmed.


When I left the age thinking it might just clear up by itself, it didn't. when I returned the screen looked just as I left it.


On second thought, maybe not, because Vaguely remember an option , but can't remember to do what> But when I clicked on it , it warned me that doing whatever it would cause to happen could damage the disk.


I'm guessing the problem really may be due to having too many open files — mainly because I've had a lot of Safari shutdowns since updating my OS to Yosemite and Flash Player in order to access several sites. Each time it shuts down, it reloads all my previously open Word and Photoshop Files, and though I do try to erase the duplicates as quickly as I can, I can't always get to all of them before the next automatic shutdown and recovery processes start again.


Meanwhile, any suggestions on how to complete the permission verifications?


BTW, I tried to change the community (below) from MacBookPro to Mac/intel 10.10.3, but the only option showing was 10.4.9. When I tried to edit, I received an error message saying the message was deleted, but it wasn't. I'm on that page right now. But if it happens again, I will paste a copy back in/

Posted on Aug 31, 2015 4:51 PM

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Aug 31, 2015 6:23 PM in response to Linc Davis

Only Safari crashes . . . and though it sounded like the Safari Web Content notices probably were related, I just ignored them until today when I had a few spare moments to learn what they mean.


Although I'm still not sure I really know, since it hasn't prevented my Mac from working, I just figured it probably meant I had too many files open — so out of curiosity I googled the problem and discovered I am not alone.


The only reason I ran the permissions verification tool was because it was suggested in some of the other discussions and seemed worth trying . . . and because it worked after it was suggested as a solution to a different problem a couple of year ago. I just didn't expect it to hang up before completing the procedure this time, but now would like to have it ready if I never need to use it again.


Unless it miraculously disappears on it's own, my guess is I'm going to have it to find a way to correct it myself.

Aug 31, 2015 6:39 PM in response to callthescribe

Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:

☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)

☞ In the Finder, select Go Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.

☞ Open LaunchPad and start typing the name.

Step 1

For this step, the title of the Console window should be All Messages. If it isn't, select

SYSTEM LOG QUERIES All Messages

from the log list on the left. If you don't see that list, select

View Show Log List

from the menu bar at the top of the screen.

In the top right corner of the Console window, there's a search box labeled Filter. Enter the name of the crashed application or process. For example, if Safari crashed, you would enter "Safari" (without the quotes.)

Each message in the log begins with the date and time when it was entered. Select the messages from the time of the last crash, if any. Copy them to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message by pressing command-V.

The log contains a vast amount of information, almost all of which is irrelevant to solving any particular problem. When posting a log extract, be selective. A few dozen lines are almost always more than enough.

Please don't indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.

Please don't post screenshots of log messages—post the text.

Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.

Step 2

In the Console window, select

DIAGNOSTIC AND USAGE INFORMATION User Diagnostic Reports

(not Diagnostic and Usage Messages) from the log list on the left. There is a disclosure triangle to the left of the list item. If the triangle is pointing to the right, click it so that it points down. You'll see a list of crash reports. The name of each report starts with the name of the process, and ends with ".crash". Select the most recent report related to the process in question. The contents of the report will appear on the right. Use copy and paste to post the entire contents—the text, not a screenshot.

I know the report is long, maybe several hundred lines. Please post all of it anyway.

If you don't see any reports listed, but you know there was a crash, you may have chosen Diagnostic and Usage Messages from the log list. Choose DIAGNOSTIC AND USAGE INFORMATION instead.

In the interest of privacy, I suggest that, before posting, you edit out the “Anonymous UUID,” a long string of letters, numbers, and dashes in the header of the report, if it’s present (it may not be.)

Please don’t post other kinds of diagnostic report—they're very long and rarely helpful.

When you post the log extract or the crash report, you might see an error message on the web page: "You have included content in your post that is not permitted," or "The message contains invalid characters." That's a bug in the forum software. Please post the text on Pastebin, then post a link here to the page you created.

Aug 31, 2015 7:07 PM in response to callthescribe

Just to be sue I stated my question correctly:


Although they occur several times per month, my problem today was not a crash.


As far as I can tell everything is working normally; I just can't clean up the problem I caused when I accidentally pressed the "stop verification" button prematurely. It still went on to list a long string of similar problems related to the ID of my new printer, but never quite reached the end of the "barber pole."

It also dimmed any other options, except one that.


. . . Well, guess what? I just returned to that page to refresh my memory regarding the options, and what do ya' know? The verification process must have finished after I left my computer. All the options were available, so I clicked on repair [permissions, and the barber pole just zoomed along until it reached exactly the same spot where it had stopped last time. . . and once again, it said "less than one minute left."


After waiting 4 minutes, I gave up, and when I returned, it said all the repairs had been made.


I hope it's true; but if it ism thanks anyway for helping.

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