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Sep 19, 2016 10:14 AM in response to HarlanOklahomaby Eric Root,Do a backup, preferable 2 separate ones on 2 drives. Boot to the Recovery Volume (command - R on a restart or hold down the option/alt key during a restart and select Recovery Volume). Run Disk Utility Verify/Repair Disk and Repair Permissions until you get no errors. If this doesn't fix the problem, please post back.
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Sep 19, 2016 10:37 AM in response to Eric Rootby HarlanOklahoma,Well, I get the same message. There's no "repair permissions" on version 10.11.6 My options on Disk Utility are First Aid, Partition, Erase, Mount, and Info. Running First Aid shows everything okay except for the message about the partition problem.
I already have all the data on another computer, but my old backup for Time Machine was on Firewire, and it is no longer connecting. I don't know why. It's an old external drive.
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Sep 19, 2016 11:08 AM in response to HarlanOklahomaby Eric Root,If you can copy the data from the other computer, since Time Machine isn't working, try an erase/reinstall.
Boot to the Recovery Volume (command - R on a restart or hold down the option/alt key during a restart and select Recovery Volume). Run Disk Utility and select First Aid. Reformat the drive using Disk Utility/Erase Mac OS Extended (Journaled), then click the Option button and select GUID. Then re-install the OS.
When you reboot, use Setup Assistant to restore your data.
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Sep 19, 2016 2:33 PM in response to Eric Rootby HarlanOklahoma,I succeeded in erase and re-install OS. But the message is still there on Disk Utilities. Perhaps the only solution is a new drive?