Disk utility

Under the First Aid tab of Disk Utility, you can "verify disk permissions" and "repair disk permissions". I'm sorry, but I don't know what that means or what it is actually doing. I am a former PC person. Is what I just described doing what I used to know as optimizing the hard drive? I am copying and pasting the results of what it showed below:

2011-07-14 12:33:39 -0700: Repairing permissions for “HD1”
2011-07-14 12:33:40 -0700: Reading permissions database.
2011-07-14 12:33:40 -0700: Reading the permissions database can take several minutes.

2011-07-14 12:48:39 -0700: Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/Front Row.app/Contents/CodeResources", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r-- .
2011-07-14 12:48:39 -0700: Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/Front Row.app/Contents/PlugIns/DVD.frappliance/Contents/CodeResources", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r-- .
2011-07-14 12:48:39 -0700: Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/Front Row.app/Contents/PlugIns/FRSettings.frappliance/Contents/CodeResources", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r-- .
2011-07-14 12:48:39 -0700: Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/Front Row.app/Contents/PlugIns/FRSources.frappliance/Contents/CodeResources", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r-- .
2011-07-14 12:48:39 -0700: Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/Front Row.app/Contents/PlugIns/Movies.frappliance/Contents/CodeResources", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r-- .
2011-07-14 12:48:39 -0700: Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/Front Row.app/Contents/PlugIns/Music.frappliance/Contents/CodeResources", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r-- .
2011-07-14 12:48:39 -0700: Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/Front Row.app/Contents/PlugIns/Photos.frappliance/Contents/CodeResources", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r-- .
2011-07-14 12:48:39 -0700: Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/Front Row.app/Contents/PlugIns/Podcasts.frappliance/Contents/CodeResources", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r-- .
2011-07-14 12:48:39 -0700: Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/Front Row.app/Contents/PlugIns/TV.frappliance/Contents/CodeResources", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r-- .
2011-07-14 12:48:39 -0700: Permissions differ on "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/BackRow.framework/Versions/A/CodeResources", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r-- .
2011-07-14 12:50:05 -0700: Permissions differ on "Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaPluginCocoa.bundle/Contents/CodeResources", should be -rw-rw-r-- , they are lrw-rw-r-- .
2011-07-14 12:51:12 -0700: Permissions differ on "private/var/spool/cups/cache/rss", should be drwxr-xr-x , they are drwxrwxr-x .
2011-07-14 12:51:27 -0700:
2011-07-14 12:51:27 -0700: Permissions repair complete

Verify simply runs a check without repairing anything. Repair of course actually runs the repair if needed. Regarding those message just ignore them. The repair complete is the key. Have a read of this post from the Apple web site:-


Mac OS X: Disk Utility's Repair Disk Permissions messages that you can safely ignore

Look here: Repairing Permissions - Mac Guides

And you can use Guides to find out about all kinds of stuf in the mac as its a wiki thingie.

jonesy16 said:

Is what I just described doing what I used to know as optimizing the hard drive?

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No, it's not. Check out those links.