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Mac desktop 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard). I cannot install updates. I have reinstalled the snow leopard disk, then went to utility disk and repair disk. No errors were found so I proceeded to permission repair. It has been 40 minutes on permission repair (message says 1 minute remains). I cannot get out of permission repair.
iMac, 10.6.8
You can't quit out of DU or force quit? Just skip the permissions. If it's a new install, they ought to be OK. Permissions never did much even back on Snow Leopard, just a lot of spurious notifications that permissions had changed and such. That's why Apple removed them in later systems.
I cannot stop permission repair. I am trying to be able to update from Snow Leopard and read where if I reinstalled the Snow Leopard Disk and then went through the Utility Disk I would then be able to at least update? Do you know if I can just turn off the computer? Will I then have to go back through all the steps? Apple Support says my system is too old for Apple to repair and an authorized Apple Repair is 2.5 hours away. I tried doing command + R and it would not respond. I would appreciate any advise.
Thank you for trying to help me. I was told to reinstall the snow leopard and that it might solve the problem of not being able to do software updates. Now I have reverted back to 10.3.6 or 10.6.3 vs 10.6.8 ...might be driving it over to the nearest authorized Apple service. I am so frustrated (we own 8 Macs and yes this one is one of the older ones 2007) and we have an Apple store 20 min from my home but they will not work on an older Mac. Thank you for your help and letting me vent
Cannot get out of permission repair after repairing disk (no errors) on my Mac 10.6.8. If I shut down computer will I need to repeat steps? Trying to update from Snow Leopard.
I'm not sure what running DU would have to do with updating? If it doesn't complete, you may have no other choice.
You're welcome, good luck. Let us know what happens. You'll need at least 10.6.8 to download from the Mac AppStore.
reinstalled snow leopard and using utility disk to repair disk but now stuck on permission repair
