Thanks and a couple more question. Should I close all apps before repairing permissions?
Should I reboot after repairing permissions? Thanks to everyone for all your help. Sunday, July 22, 20073:07 PMLee Larsonllarson at louisville.edu >On Jul 22, at 2:36 PM, Jerry Freeman wrote: > >> >>> Is there a "proper procedure" for repairing permissions? >> >> allegedly the more productive method is to boot from the install cd > >> disk utility. otherwise, i close everything but disk utility > >I don't think this is a good way to do it. When programs are >installed by Apple's installer, a "Bill of Materials" is stored in / >Library/Receipts/ on the boot disk. If you repair permissions from an >older boot disk, such as the install CD, you'll be using an older and >incomplete BoM database. This older set of information might not >contain corrections for BoM mistakes, and will likely be incomplete. > > > > >_______________________________________________ >The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will >be July 24 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. >Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu >Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
