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Re: Repair Disk Permissions - The Hidden Unknown Helper

Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: Repair Disk Permissions - The Hidden Unknown Helper
References <copespaz-729F14.10511714042012@news.eternal-september.org> <ksd37aktbz.fsf@ethel.the.log> <jmcrsf$3dt$1@dont-email.me>
From Doug Anderson <ethelthelogremovethis@gmail.com>
Organization Rare
Date 2012-04-14 17:24 -0700
Message-ID <1h7gxh9712.fsf@ethel.the.log> (permalink)

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John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> writes:

> On 4/14/12   PDT 12:26 PM, Doug Anderson wrote:
> 
> > Yes.  I would like it if Apple would supply a special Voodoo menu.
> > Among the options could be
> >
> > Repair Disk Permissions
> > Sacrifice Chickens
> > Pray to Monotheistic Deity of your Choice
> > Contemplate Navel
> > Reset PRAM
> > Rest PMU
> > Ingest Vitamin C Supplement
> > Take Homeopathic Remedy
> >
> > No doubt everything on this list has worked for at least one person
> > in at least one circumstance.
> 
> You left out turning on, and/or turning off, VM!
> And rebuilding the Desktop.....!
> 
> Most of the above, ex. PRAM an PM reset, do something because the
> computer is almost invariably restarted after these cane and arcane
> procedures.....

Right - I forgot about rebuilding the desktop.  Turning on and off I
left off on purpose since that isn't real voodoo.

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Repair Disk Permissions - The Hidden Unknown Helper MC <copespaz@mapca.inter.net> - 2012-04-14 10:51 -0400
  Re: Repair Disk Permissions - The Hidden Unknown Helper Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2012-04-14 07:53 -0700
  Re: Repair Disk Permissions - The Hidden Unknown Helper Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2012-04-14 11:44 -0400
    Re: Repair Disk Permissions - The Hidden Unknown Helper Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2012-04-14 08:55 -0700
      Re: Repair Disk Permissions - The Hidden Unknown Helper Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2012-04-14 12:49 -0400
    Re: Repair Disk Permissions - The Hidden Unknown Helper dorayme <dorayme@optusnet.com.au> - 2012-04-15 02:17 +1000
      Re: Repair Disk Permissions - The Hidden Unknown Helper Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2012-04-14 12:49 -0400
        Re: Repair Disk Permissions - The Hidden Unknown Helper dorayme <dorayme@optusnet.com.au> - 2012-04-15 03:14 +1000
  Re: Repair Disk Permissions - The Hidden Unknown Helper me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2012-04-14 16:08 +0000
  Re: Repair Disk Permissions - The Hidden Unknown Helper Doug Anderson <ethelthelogremovethis@gmail.com> - 2012-04-14 12:26 -0700
    Re: Repair Disk Permissions - The Hidden Unknown Helper John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2012-04-14 14:57 -0700
      Re: Repair Disk Permissions - The Hidden Unknown Helper nospam@see.signature (Richard Maine) - 2012-04-14 17:09 -0700
        Re: Repair Disk Permissions - The Hidden Unknown Helper MC <copespaz@mapca.inter.net> - 2012-04-14 21:14 -0400
        Re: Repair Disk Permissions - The Hidden Unknown Helper Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-04-15 19:12 +0200
          Re: Repair Disk Permissions - The Hidden Unknown Helper "Geoffrey S. Mendelson" <gsm@mendelson.com> - 2012-04-15 17:34 +0000
      Re: Repair Disk Permissions - The Hidden Unknown Helper Doug Anderson <ethelthelogremovethis@gmail.com> - 2012-04-14 17:24 -0700
        Re: Repair Disk Permissions - The Hidden Unknown Helper Lloyd <lloydparsons@me.com> - 2012-04-14 22:17 -0500

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