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Re: Sierra Upgrade Questions

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On 2017-02-21, Fred Moore <fmoore@gfcn.huh> wrote:
> On 2/20/17 4:02 p, nospam wrote:
>> In article <o8fjds$3v9$1@dont-email.me>, Fred Moore <fmoore@gfcn.huh>
>> wrote:
>>>>> Disk Utility. Verify/Repair disk permissions is gone. Or is it now part
>>>>> of FirstAid? Was it even necessary?
>>>>
>>>> Again, removed feature. Much of its reason to exist was to verify/repair
>>>> permissions of system files to correct cases where the user or third
>>>> party software or installer packages having interfered with something.
>>>>
>>>> Since El Capitan introduced System Integrity Protection, most of the
>>>> operating system cannot be modified by the user or by non-Apple
>>>> software, therefore most of the reason for verify/repair permissions has
>>>> been eliminated.
>>>>
>>>> The system still does an automatic verify/repair permissions as part of
>>>> software updates, and there is a lower level tool available via the
>>>> command line (or accessible through third party utilities) if you really
>>>> want to repair permissions.
>>>
>>> The question I have, David, is that time and again I have seen
>>> _Apple's_own_ installers leave a permissions mess which must be cleaned
>>> up by running Repair Permissions in Disk Utilities.
>>
>> no they don't
>
> Well, as I mentioned to JR, I have had Apple's installers cause perm 
> problems in 10.9 (repair perms before an update; run only an Apple 
> update; rerun perm repair; find/repair numerous bad perms). I only 
> recently acquired a laptop running 10.12, so I don't have any experience 
> with perms post 10.9. This has been my direct, personal experience.

You're wrong. See my other reply.

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