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Disk Utility - Permissions How Important?
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<blockquote data-quote="vansmith" data-source="post: 1636832" data-attributes="member: 71075"><p>I've been asking this for years. If you ever find out why, let me know.</p><p></p><p>Dave, the permissions tool is probably, in my opinion, one of the most overrated maintenance tools available for OS X. It's a common "first fix" and often times, has little consequence for much. It sounds nice (who wouldn't want to fix permissions) but often times makes minor changes that don't directly deal with issues that need resolution. Suffice it to say, I'd ignore those and let your Mac play nice as is.</p><p></p><p>(<a href="http://www.macworld.com/article/1052220/repairpermissions.html" target="_blank">Also of note, DU misses a whole host of permissions that need fixing</a>).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vansmith, post: 1636832, member: 71075"] I've been asking this for years. If you ever find out why, let me know. Dave, the permissions tool is probably, in my opinion, one of the most overrated maintenance tools available for OS X. It's a common "first fix" and often times, has little consequence for much. It sounds nice (who wouldn't want to fix permissions) but often times makes minor changes that don't directly deal with issues that need resolution. Suffice it to say, I'd ignore those and let your Mac play nice as is. ([URL="http://www.macworld.com/article/1052220/repairpermissions.html"]Also of note, DU misses a whole host of permissions that need fixing[/URL]). [/QUOTE]
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