Disk Utility reporting errors?

MacInWin · MacInWin #1 (**permalink**)

07-19-2009, 05:59 PM

I have had my iMac for about 8 months. This past week Carbon Copy Cloner, Onyx and Disk Utility are all reporting "permissions differ" messages. Here is just one of dozens:

Permissions differ on "System/Library/Components/AudioCodecs.component/Contents/CodeResources", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r-- ."

Most of the messages are in the System/Library, some in Components, some in "PrivateFrameworks/iPhotoAccess.framework/Versions/A/Resources/Plugins/<various names>.IAPlugin/Contents/CodeResources" or similar. Most of them are in System/Library in various areas.

Repairing permissions fails with the same errors.

To my knowledge, I haven't installed anything recently that should have changed files to links, although I have allowed updates from Apple as the prompts arrived from "Software Update..."

I know the "l" in the permission means it's a symbolic link instead of the actual file. Do I need to try to get these fixed, and if so, how?

TIA

UPDATE: Never mind, further searching reveals it is a "known" problem that Apple is ignoring. No harm to it, just annoying...

Collin Bl · Collin Bl #2 (**permalink**)

07-19-2009, 07:30 PM

Check this out Repairing permissions: What you need to know | Utilities - Page 1 | Macworld it might allow u to relax a bit

harryb2448 · harryb2448 #3 (**permalink**)

07-20-2009, 12:25 AM

Yep just ignore it is the short answer.

MacInWin #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 07, 2008 Location: Winchester, VA Posts: 711 Mac Specs: 2011 MBP, 2008 iMac, iPhone 4S, iPad (Retina), 13" MBP and MacMini	07-19-2009, 05:59 PM I have had my iMac for about 8 months. This past week Carbon Copy Cloner, Onyx and Disk Utility are all reporting "permissions differ" messages. Here is just one of dozens: Permissions differ on "System/Library/Components/AudioCodecs.component/Contents/CodeResources", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r-- ." Most of the messages are in the System/Library, some in Components, some in "PrivateFrameworks/iPhotoAccess.framework/Versions/A/Resources/Plugins/<various names>.IAPlugin/Contents/CodeResources" or similar. Most of them are in System/Library in various areas. Repairing permissions fails with the same errors. To my knowledge, I haven't installed anything recently that should have changed files to links, although I have allowed updates from Apple as the prompts arrived from "Software Update..." I know the "l" in the permission means it's a symbolic link instead of the actual file. Do I need to try to get these fixed, and if so, how? TIA UPDATE: Never mind, further searching reveals it is a "known" problem that Apple is ignoring. No harm to it, just annoying... Last edited by MacInWin; 07-19-2009 at 06:14 PM.
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Member Since: Apr 07, 2009 Location: Napier NZ Posts: 3,273 Mac Specs: 27 iMac i5, 2.4 C2D MBP & iMac 20, 1TB dual TC, AppleTV, iPh4	07-19-2009, 07:30 PM Check this out Repairing permissions: What you need to know \| Utilities - Page 1 \| Macworld it might allow u to relax a bit
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