Repair permissions

2010-11-05 Thread Walter Sheluk
I did a repair permissions and got a million zillion entries of correcting this and correcting that. Then I ran repair permissions AGAIN with nearly the same number of corrections. Why is that? Sorry if this question has been brought up previously. -- You received this message because you

Re: How many USB ports is normal to have?

2010-11-05 Thread Mystic Prowler
I am worried about power consumption. 2 of my 4 USB ports are unpowered, while my other 2 have an external power source. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at

Re: How many USB ports is normal to have?

2010-11-05 Thread Mystic Prowler
Yes all hubs are powered except for hub 2. each have only 4 ports. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at

Re: Repair permissions

2010-11-05 Thread Dennis B. Swaney
On 04/11/10 11:02PDT, Walter Sheluk wrote: I did a repair permissions and got a million zillion entries of correcting this and correcting that. Then I ran repair permissions AGAIN with nearly the same number of corrections. Why is that? If most of them say something like ACL found but not

Re: How many USB ports is normal to have?

2010-11-05 Thread Dennis B. Swaney
On 04/11/10 06:52PDT, Mystic Prowler wrote: I am worried about power consumption. 2 of my 4 USB ports are unpowered, while my other 2 have an external power source. I would replace any unpowered hubs with powered hubs. That should leave you with only the 2 USB ports on the keyboard as

Re: Repair permissions

2010-11-05 Thread Tina K.
On 2010/11/05 08:44, Dennis B. Swaney so eloquently wrote: On 04/11/10 11:02PDT, Walter Sheluk wrote: I did a repair permissions and got a million zillion entries of correcting this and correcting that. Then I ran repair permissions AGAIN with nearly the same number of corrections. Why is

Re: Repair permissions

2010-11-05 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Nov 5, 2010, at 10:03 AM, Tina K. wrote: If the time it takes is too excessive for your needs, they can be removed in Terminal by an app named ACLr8: http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/32415/aclr8 DO NOT DO THAT to the files that Permissions Repair touches. You run a very good

Re: Repair permissions

2010-11-05 Thread Tina K.
On 2010/11/05 11:44, Bruce Johnson so eloquently wrote: On Nov 5, 2010, at 10:03 AM, Tina K. wrote: If the time it takes is too excessive for your needs, they can be removed in Terminal by an app named ACLr8: http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/32415/aclr8 DO NOT DO THAT to the files that

Re: Repair permissions

2010-11-05 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Nov 5, 2010, at 3:12 PM, Tina K. wrote: While that is *generally* good advice, sometimes repairing permissions is needed. I had a situation fairly recently where I could not write to my home directory, repairing permissions took hours to run and returned hundreds or thousands of ACLs

Re: Repair permissions

2010-11-05 Thread Dennis B. Swaney
If Repair Permissions is not needed in Jaguar/Panther/Tiger/Leopard/Snow Leopard/Lion, then Apple would have removed the capability. That said however, they should not be run routinely, but only after an OS update, Security Update, or as a last resort before wiping a drive to fix a problem.

Re: Repair permissions

2010-11-05 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Nov 5, 2010, at 3:57 PM, Dennis B. Swaney wrote: If Repair Permissions is not needed in Jaguar/Panther/Tiger/Leopard/Snow Leopard/Lion, then Apple would have removed the capability. Sigh. Repair Permissions is a tool to fix a specific issue. It is a rare issue, now. Before the Installer

iMac G5 startup problem

2010-11-05 Thread Jean-Claude Touzin
Ref. OS 10.5.8 Name iMac G5 Model PowerMac8,1 Processor PowerPC G5 (3.0) Speed 1.8 GHz CPU 1 Cache 512 Ko RAM 1 Go Bus speed 600 MHz ROM version 5.2.2f4 UUID --1000-8000-000D93B9ABC2 Hi, One of my friend with the iMac above is having lots of trouble

Re: iMac G5 startup problem

2010-11-05 Thread Jim Scott
On Nov 5, 2010, at 4:56 PM, Jean-Claude Touzin wrote: Ref. OS 10.5.8 Name iMac G5 Model PowerMac8,1 Processor PowerPC G5 (3.0) Speed1.8 GHz CPU 1 Cache 512 Ko RAM 1 Go Bus speed 600 MHzROM version 5.2.2f4 UUID --1000-8000-000D93B9ABC2

Re: Repair permissions

2010-11-05 Thread Walter Sheluk
On 10-11-05 8:22 AM, Jonathan Smith wrote: I believe if you run it 4 or 5 times, it should disappear. That's just what i don't understand, why, why can't Apple's DU not do the full job. When I use DiskWarrior or TechtoolPro I do not have to redo a job. -- You received this message because