Repair privileges from Disk Utility

Sep 02, '02 11:06:00AM

Contributed by: brappapo

Apple's Repair Privileges program has now been folded into the Disk Utility application. When in Disk Utility (in /Applications -> Utilities), you have the option to verify or repair priviledges. Click on your start-up drive in the left pane, select First Aid, and then choose to either Verify or Repair the permissions. Nice!

[Editor's note: Here's a little time-saving tip for you, based on personal experience. If you intend to repair the permissions anyway, don't bother running verify permissions first. I ran Verify, which took about 15 minutes on my 40gb drive. It found two errors, and I thought "great, that should be a quick fix!" So I hit Repair, and ... the entire process started over. Repair doesn't seem to keep track of what was found in Verify; it just basically does the same thing except it actually executes the fixes.]

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