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Repair permissions to resolve slow system issues
There is no reason you could not run diskutil as a cron job
Repair permissions to resolve slow system issues
Repair Permissions via the diskutil command requires an admin password to run (i.e., it has to be run as root). You'd need to set up a shell script or AppleScript that includes a password. I've set up an AppleScript that runs Repair Permissions every Saturday morning and outputs the log to my Desktop.
Repair permissions to resolve slow system issues
"You'd need to set up a shell script or AppleScript that includes a password."
Repair permissions to resolve slow system issues
If you keep the script in your own user directory, it's not a problem (Anyone who can get into your user directory to access the script already has enough access that getting your password isn't going to matter much ;))
Root password needed?
Ummmm... cron jobs are already run as root, and diskutil is a command line version of the disk utilitiy. Applescript isn't needed.
Root password needed?
"Ummmm... cron jobs are already run as root.."
Root password needed?
First, you don't need to set up the Root password -- just sudo, and use your regular password to authenticate as an Administrator. Second, you can write a brief shell script to run the necessary commands, and sudo cron to make it all come out right.... Be seeing you, Ted ---
Root password needed?
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