Yeah! I feel vindicated! Time for another beer with Ian, Bill. Cheers, Michael.
> On 14 Sep 2015, at 4:59 pm, Bill Parker <ren...@westnet.com.au> wrote: > > Thanks Ronni, > > Ran DU and told me the Disk needed repair: one block had the wrong number. > Did that and after restart the speed of start up and other things improved. > DU doesn’t identifiy any problems. > > Many thanks for the help. > > Bill > > > > I >> On 14 Sep 2015, at 13:55, Ronni Brown <ro...@mac.com <mailto:ro...@mac.com>> >> wrote: >> >> >>> On 14 Sep 2015, at 11:22 am, Bill Parker <ren...@westnet.com.au >>> <mailto:ren...@westnet.com.au>> wrote: >>> >>> Just installed Yosemite 10.10.5 on my Macbook Pro after reading Michael >>> Hawkins’ glowing report... >>> >>> Did this as prescribed by Ronni. >>> >>> Ran Disk utility - took about an hour + and still is see a report as >>> follows: >>> >>> "Repairing permissions for “Macintosh HD” >>> Warning: >>> SUID file >>> “System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAgent” >>> has been modified and will not be repaired. >>> Group differs on “Library/Printers/InstalledPrinters.plist”; should be 80; >>> group is 0. >>> Permissions differ on “Library/Printers/InstalledPrinters.plist”; should be >>> -rw-rw-rw- ; they are -rw-r--r— . >>> Repaired “Library/Printers/InstalledPrinters.plist”ACL found but not >>> expected on >>> “private/var/root/Library/Preferences/com.apple.stackshot.plist”Repaired“private/var/root/Library/Preferences/com.apple.stackshot.plist”User >>> differs on “private/var/db/displaypolicyd”; should be 0; user is 244. >>> Group differs on “private/var/db/displaypolicyd”; should be 0; group is 244. >>> Repaired “private/var/db/displaypolicyd”ACL found but not expected on >>> “private/var/root/Library/.localized” >>> Repaired “private/var/root/Library/.localized” >>> Permissions repair complete >>> >>> There has been no speed change and spinning beach ball is still in >>> abundance and everything is slower than it should be. >>> >>> Any help to get this right would be appreciated, especially how to fix the >>> SUID ( not knowing what is is, but it sounds serious!) >> >> Hi Bill, >> >> The Repair Permissions listed above are NOT causing the slowness & beachball >> issues. >> You can ignore the Repair Permissions report - As long as you see >> "Permissions repair complete” you are OK. >> Please read: >> Mac OS X: Disk Utility's Repair Disk Permissions messages that you can >> safely ignore - Apple Support <http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203172> >> >> What could be happening is Spotlight might be indexing your Hard Drive >> therefore slowing everything down. >> >> If it doesn’t settle down after awhile - try a couple of restarts of your >> Mac. then Test if any change. >> I would also suggest you run ‘Verify Disk’ in Disk Utility just to check if >> the Hard Drive is OK >> Open Disk Utility and click “Verify Disk” (that’s Verify Disk NOT Verify >> Disk Permissions) >> NOTE: >> Your computer may be slow or unresponsive while the startup disk is being >> verified. The progress indicator and status messages may not be updated >> until the verification process is complete. >> >> Post back if any errors are found or if DU says The volume xxxx appears to >> be OK. >> If you post back, give us details of your Mac - amount of RAM (memory) >> processor speed etc. >> Also how much “Available" space on the Hard Drive? >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> >> 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Intel Quad-Core i7 >> 2.3GHz / 16GB / 1TB 840 EVO SSD >> >> OS X Yosemite 10.10.5 >> >>> >>> Bill >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml >> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml >> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>> > > Dr Bill Parker > ren...@westnet.com.au <mailto:ren...@westnet.com.au> > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
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