The National Enquirer reports at 8:54 AM -0400 9/30/04, K wrote: >Exactly what do these "scripts" do and are they absolutely necessary? I >usually have the iMac on overnite...usually sleeping but never leave the >Pismo on o/n...Both running 10.3.5.....Is it absolutely necessary to >have these things run? I usually run the Disk Repair and Repair >Permissions from the original Panther disk in addition to Disk Warrior >3.2 about once a month. Also, is there some kind of update for the >Repair permissions thing? I seem to remember some discussion a while >back about the version on the panther disk being outdated for 10.3.5 >Regards and I do have my Towel!!! >Mike K
Hi Mike, It almost sounds like you're confusing the maintenance scripts with repairing permissions. They're not the same at all. But nonetheless, when repairing permissions, you **always** ought to do repair permissions by running Disk Utility... from your hard drive, not system CD. Repair Permissions should actually be run when *booted* from the volume you're repairing, since it actually uses certain files on that volume to determine *what* the permissions should be. In more detail: Apple recommends this method, as it supposedly provides a more accurate repair. Supposedly, the reason it's more accurate when run from the hard drive is that the Repair Permissions function uses the contents of /Library/Receipts on the boot volume to figure out what is installed and what permissions should be set for which files. When booted from the CD, it looks at /Library/Receipts on the CD, which may or may not be optimal for the hard drive it is repairing. When booted from the hard drive, Disk Utility looks at the /Library/Receipts contents for the hard drive, giving a more accurate result. Also see: <http://www.macattorney.com/tutorial.html> Item #1 On the other hand, when you run *Disk Repair*, you need to run it from another volume (CD. partition, H.D., whatever), because you can't repair a volume that you're using. HTH, Bob -- If replying privately, please include my name in the To: address, so that my filters won't send your reply to the trash. -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
