MacBook Pro :: Security Function In PREFS Crashes / Reset Permissions Without Formatting?
Dec 8, 2006
If I were to run the disk utility that asks for the CDs that come with the MBP, what will that do? It is a software utility of sorts. Can I just re-install the basic system files for the OS, or perhaps even just download or copy over from another computer the "Preferences" file? This seems too simplistic, but I am an ex-Windows user. Don't want to format and re-install or anything of that nature if possible.
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Oct 31, 2010
i accidentally set permissions in the Mac HD Info window for Everyone to "No Access". of course it locked up. i have an external drive plugged in running Time Machine. i understand i can use that to restore...?
I ran disk utility - it failed because it could not locate the clip art folder in word (?wha?) repair disk permissions ran for 24 hours and couldn't complete. anyway - I know there is an easy solution here - i just want to be sure i'm doing it correctly so i dont make it worse than it already is...would some kind soul please provide me step-by-step instructions to either use Time Machine to repair - or something.
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Apr 19, 2012
Is there any way of formatting the PDF save function from the print panel?A document of a page or 2 turns into 10+ pages in the saved PDF document.I'd like to change the font and size especially.
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PowerBook G4 1.67 mHz 15", Mac OS X (10.4.11)
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Apr 26, 2012
how do I reset my security questions? I can't remember the answers I gave
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MacBook Air, iOS 5.1
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Jun 10, 2012
How do I either find the answers or reset them?
Info:iPhone 3G, iOS 4.2
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May 5, 2012
I need to reset the permissions on my 10.7.3 lion software. Apple support has escalated this to software engineering levels and have not been able to give me a resolution. For some unknown reason all of a sudden my permissions would not allow me to properly move files to the hard drive. Also it would not allow me to take and move files around with the hard drive, it would just perform copies and not moving files to these locations - these were unexpected actions that were happening within the system.
I have worked with Apple support and have reset the ACL's using a root user this has still not resolved the problem. apple keeps escalating this issue up to higher levels of software engineering department however it takes 2 to 3 days every time to reply to me and this is unnerving.
Info:MacBookPro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Jun 5, 2012
It seems my system has reset something so admin-level users have read-only permissions for a pantload of files and folders. In every "get info" box the generic "admin" user has read-only priveleges. I can't stop and change permissions every time I want to work with a file.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8), Mail v. 4.5
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Jun 12, 2012
My MacBook updated Safari tonight only to render the program inoperable. It hangs and freezes and shuts down. Takes forever to load.
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Jun 17, 2012
I have forgotten my answers to both my security questions how can I reset them.
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Jun 1, 2014
I set yo iCloud Keychain without problems but did not set up a security code. Later,I disabled iCloud Keychain but now want to enable it again. My contact phone is a landline without SMS capability. How can I recover and start over from scratch?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.7)
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Jun 29, 2012
When exactly do you need to reset the SMC, PRAM or repair permissions?Â
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3), iMac Late 2009
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May 6, 2012
I am trying to reset security question and answer for my Apple Account. I can authenticate with my own appId/password but I am stuck with resetting my security question/answer. I forgot my original security question/answer. How do I reset them?Â
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Sep 2, 2014
When I tried to log into iCloud I got a message that for security reasons I needed to reset may pass word. I have tried to do that 3 different times. Each time I get this email:The password for your Apple ID has been successfully reset.If you didn’t make this change or if you believe an unauthorized person has accessed your account, go to iforgot.apple.com to reset your password immediately. Then sign in to My Apple ID to review and update your security settings.
However, when I try to login to iCloud I keep getting the same message that the password has been disabled. I can not figure what is going on as I was able to login to this forum with the new password.
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iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8), Safari
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Sep 10, 2009
After upgrading from OS X 10.5.8 to 10.6(and 10.6.1) my control panel Security does not open but crashes. With the upgrade to 10.6.1 the control panel now says "loading Security (32 bit" but will not open the Security control panel. All other control panels icons work on my duel 2.93 Mac Pro.
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Jul 1, 2012
Running 10.7.4, MacBookPro Mid 2010. Â
After hardware failure (read heads on HD gave out. AppleCare replacement of HD. Third party data recovery and reinstall on my new HD.) I connected new Ext HD for Time Machine, and Time Machine has corrupted my startup volume.Â
Took to the repair shop and they said the Time Machine preferences file was corrupted, which left all my system drive data in a read-only state after backup. They trashed the pref file, and reset the permissions/read-only flags on my startup volume.Â
1) How do I reset the file permissions myself? (so I can nuke my Time Machine backup, manually back everything up, and manually recreate my entire system drive?)
2) Do you think since the data recovery place (Apple Authorized BTW) rewrote all my original data to the new HD, some "random" corruptions were copied over? Or is this a problem with Time Machine? (Which is why I want to do a manual reinstall/restore.)
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Jul 31, 2008
When I ask Safari to reset ...it quits! Same with Empty Cache...It does this every single time!...Why?
Safari1.3.2 OSX 10.3.9
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Feb 29, 2012
Just bought a MacBook Pro. The headphone jack doesn't show up in Sound Systems Prefs. I see others have had that issue. Is there a fix?
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MacBook Pro (17-inch Late 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Mar 22, 2012
Ever since updating to OS X 10.7.3 I can't get my Internet Sharing to function for wifi. I enable this to use my iPod at home. The computer 'says' Internet Sharing is on but my iPod searches and doesn't find a signal. Plus, the four bars at the top right of the screan do not change to a solid color with the arrow pointing up like it used to when enabled and working.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Feb 25, 2012
I recently changed my Apple ID. When I try to make changes to my iCloud account on my Mac., I cannot access the account via System Preferences. I've changed the password once already. My iPhone's iCloud account is fine. At this point my iCloud account no longer is working with my Mac.
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MacBook (13-inch Mid 2010), Mac OS X (10.7.2)
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Mar 6, 2009
How do i disable the dashboard function from the middle mouse function. It's hard to use blender with the dashboard constantly comming up.
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Sep 7, 2009
I am running a macbook only a couple of months old so i go the cheap as chips dvd for SL Installed it and things seem fine except the fun that office 2008 wont load at all (gotta love MS) Now though i can not authenticate myself to change accounts in preferences even though i am the only user and i am the admin user. i click on the lock and it simply saying "authenticating" then goes back to "click lock to change settings" this is annoying as i cant do much in terms of users etc and i think this is lnked to the fact that i can't install not programs. In fact i couldn't even install the additional programs from the install DVD!!! i got to the final button to actually instal after selecting the location etc and it does nothing after clicking install. No password prompt or nothing.
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Mar 13, 2010
I gave my grandfather a macbook and he is bothering the @*&^ out of me with it. He keeps having wireless problems because he likes to play with it and whenever one of his dam sites wont load he thinks its the computers fault and messes it up. Is there anyway to remove the wifi icon from the menu bar and lock access to system prefs and anything else that he casn use to destroy the computer? I looked at parental controls and they dident do what i wanted.
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Jun 18, 2012
switched to 10.7 recently. seem to be having a problem with preview.app.i have various setting saved as follows:
system pref -> general:
restore windows... = unselected
highlight color = Gold
show scroll bars = always
[code].....
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Nov 13, 2009
I was doing several things at once on my iMac (ripping a DVD, on iChat video, etc) and my mac crashed. Now it won't open iTunes. I have a 500 gig music library and hundreds of playlists etc, so I'd hate to have to reinstall iTunes and lose all that. Is that what would happen if I reinstalled iTunes? I have Time Machine hooked up. Could I go into that and grab an iTunes prefs file from before the crash, and put that in the current system folder? Would that be something to try?
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Dec 27, 2008
Some screens of a recent DP showing SL: [URL]
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Mar 4, 2009
I tend to just leave my new Mac Pro on all the time so I don't have to re-open apps and get all my windows back into their proper Spaces, but I wonder if there's an easy way to disable the internet while I'm not using it, short of disconnecting the ethernet cable. I've looked through System Prefs and can't seem to find that option.
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Jul 4, 2012
It has been a while i havnt used my MacBook Air. I forgot my passwords to enter.How do I completely reset my computer so that passwords are disabled or just reset?
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MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7.4), TalkTalk; Huawei Echolife HG532
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Dec 23, 2009
I'm seeing this show up when I do a permissions repair in Snow Leopard 10.6.2
Permissions differ on "usr/share/derby", should be drwxr-xr-x, they are lrwxr-xr-x
Repaired "usr/share/derby"
It shows up each time I do this. Anyone else seeing this?
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Apr 9, 2012
My IMAPÂ (5.2) Lion mail account set to download "Manually."Â Yet, I'm interrupted all day long by random mail arrivals. This is a concentration-killer.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Feb 28, 2009
I repaired permissions earlier and I keep getting these that won't be repaired. Is it anything to worry about? Any idea what the issue is?
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