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Repairing Permissions
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<blockquote data-quote="louishen" data-source="post: 1143974" data-attributes="member: 40142"><p>Permissions are to do with what users have read and write permissions on any given file, it doesn't repair a damaged file, but repairing permissions is important to keep things running smoothly.</p><p></p><p>Where they are more important is access and security.</p><p></p><p>For example, you cannot view the files in another User account from your account. More importantly there are some system files and folders that users and programs have no access to, making OSX and other UNIX based systems so much more secure from malware that is so common under Windows</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="louishen, post: 1143974, member: 40142"] Permissions are to do with what users have read and write permissions on any given file, it doesn't repair a damaged file, but repairing permissions is important to keep things running smoothly. Where they are more important is access and security. For example, you cannot view the files in another User account from your account. More importantly there are some system files and folders that users and programs have no access to, making OSX and other UNIX based systems so much more secure from malware that is so common under Windows [/QUOTE]
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