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Re: Does Disk Utility's Repair Disk Permissions Do Anything?

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In article <eL2dnVWdz4iq1_HPnZ2dnUVZ_gmdnZ2d@giganews.com>, Alan Browne
<alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote:
> On 2013.10.26, 14:25 , Matthew Lybanon wrote:
> >
> > Mac OS X 10.8.5.
> >
> > After installing several system updates I ran Disk Utility's Repair Disk
> > Permissions.  Because "Show details" gave a fairly long list of
> > (presumably) repairs, I ran it again, just to see what would happen.  It
> > found what I think is the same list of things to repair (I didn't check
> > every one, but it was a similarly long list and several items were
> > repeats of items in the first list), and again claimed to fix them.
> >
> > I know it looks like I've answered my own question, but I'd like to know
> > what other people think.
> 
> I haven't "repaired" permissions in over 3 years. JR will chime in and 
> say it's all but useless (for reasons I don't recall).
> 
> In short: don't bother.

Repair Permissions is uesful for what it is designed to do (which isn't
much) ... BUT it is definitely not the "cure all" solution which many
people tend to believe it is. 

Since it doesn't take a huge amount of time nor do anything
troublesome, it is perhaps worth trying as a first option. It's a bit
like the usual help desk recommendation of switching the computer or
modem off and on again - it may work, but it's not likely to fix any
real problems.  :-)

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Does Disk Utility's Repair Disk Permissions Do Anything? Matthew Lybanon <lybanon@earthlink.net> - 2013-10-26 13:25 -0500
  Re: Does Disk Utility's Repair Disk Permissions Do Anything? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-10-26 19:35 +0000
  Re: Does Disk Utility's Repair Disk Permissions Do Anything? J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2013-10-26 18:35 -0400
  Re: Does Disk Utility's Repair Disk Permissions Do Anything? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-10-26 19:03 -0400
    Re: Does Disk Utility's Repair Disk Permissions Do Anything? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-10-27 12:22 +1300
      Re: Does Disk Utility's Repair Disk Permissions Do Anything? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-10-26 20:24 -0400
    Re: Does Disk Utility's Repair Disk Permissions Do Anything? me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2013-10-27 20:10 +0000
      Re: Does Disk Utility's Repair Disk Permissions Do Anything? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-10-27 21:38 +0000
      Re: Does Disk Utility's Repair Disk Permissions Do Anything? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-10-27 19:00 -0400
  Re: Does Disk Utility's Repair Disk Permissions Do Anything? jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2013-10-27 13:15 +1300
    Re: Does Disk Utility's Repair Disk Permissions Do Anything? Matthew Lybanon <lybanon@earthlink.net> - 2013-10-27 11:35 -0500
      Re: Does Disk Utility's Repair Disk Permissions Do Anything? J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2013-10-27 15:52 -0400
      Re: Does Disk Utility's Repair Disk Permissions Do Anything? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-10-27 21:05 +0000
  Re: Does Disk Utility's Repair Disk Permissions Do Anything? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-10-27 19:49 +0000

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