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Disk Utility - Permissions How Important?
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<blockquote data-quote="pm-r" data-source="post: 1636864" data-attributes="member: 175845"><p>One thing about Mac OS X and permissions that is often omitted is the fact that DU permissions Verity and/or Repair can only work on files and folders installed by the OS or the Installer app as the Receipts folder is needed to do the check or fix on such applications. </p><p></p><p>Don't ask me how it can fix anything if anything is goofed up in the Receipts folder, but maybe why a re-install might be suggested. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>I did encounter a permissions problem that I could not fix with DU nor manually, but Onyx did with the odd infrequent time I've used it.</p><p></p><p>But oddly enough, I see that Onyx for OS Yosemite Sam Permissions Repair has now been omitted with the developers comment of "… completely useless". Hmmm…??? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pm-r, post: 1636864, member: 175845"] One thing about Mac OS X and permissions that is often omitted is the fact that DU permissions Verity and/or Repair can only work on files and folders installed by the OS or the Installer app as the Receipts folder is needed to do the check or fix on such applications. Don't ask me how it can fix anything if anything is goofed up in the Receipts folder, but maybe why a re-install might be suggested. ;) I did encounter a permissions problem that I could not fix with DU nor manually, but Onyx did with the odd infrequent time I've used it. But oddly enough, I see that Onyx for OS Yosemite Sam Permissions Repair has now been omitted with the developers comment of "… completely useless". Hmmm…??? :D [/QUOTE]
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