Q: Why Excessive Repair of disk permissions?

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laurencefrompreston

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Q: Why Excessive Repair of disk permissions?

I have just had to repair my disk permissions for the third time in two days. Can anyone suggest a cause of this problem?

The report seems to be mainly about iTunes files. I created a second iTunes library about a week ago and I wonder if that has something to do with it.

I am using Mountain Lion.

iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)

Posted on Nov 18, 2015 10:59 AM

I have this question too

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babowa

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I would not worry about it. FWIW, that function has been completely eliminated in El Capitan (it is now being taken care of in the background and no longer a user accessible function, possibly because it was a hit + miss thing anyway - there was a very long list of permissions which could be ignored).

Mac OS X: Disk Utility's Repair Disk Permissions messages that you can safely ignore - Apple Support

Posted on Nov 19, 2015 9:53 AM

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by eliminar tinnitus,

eliminar tinnitus Nov 18, 2015 11:11 AM in response to laurencefrompreston
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Nov 18, 2015 11:11 AM in response to laurencefrompreston

it's true what he says bowa
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Linc Davis Nov 18, 2015 6:35 PM in response to laurencefrompreston
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Nov 18, 2015 6:35 PM in response to laurencefrompreston

Why do you think you need to repair permissions?
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laurencefrompreston Nov 19, 2015 9:53 AM in response to babowa
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Nov 19, 2015 9:53 AM in response to babowa

Thanks.
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laurencefrompreston Nov 19, 2015 9:58 AM in response to Linc Davis
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Nov 19, 2015 9:58 AM in response to Linc Davis

I naturally believed that if something was wrong it need to be corrected. I now understand that this part of the system is redundant and can be ignored. However it is a fact that after running the permissions repair approx 40mb of my disk was freed up.
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babowa

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Nov 19, 2015 9:53 AM in response to laurencefrompreston

I would not worry about it. FWIW, that function has been completely eliminated in El Capitan (it is now being taken care of in the background and no longer a user accessible function, possibly because it was a hit + miss thing anyway - there was a very long list of permissions which could be ignored).

Mac OS X: Disk Utility's Repair Disk Permissions messages that you can safely ignore - Apple Support

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