OS X Yosemite :: Disk Utilities False Positives
Dec 7, 2014
I've been using OSX since OSX.1 and I have yet to run into a time where Disk Utility did not come up with False Positives. In latest version Yosemite, all Print Driver components from all supported manufacturers that are part of Yosemite, show up as false positives. I haven't counted but seems close to 100 +files.
What I would like to know is. Why is it so tough for the systems developers which mst likely some of the best in the world, Ca not come up with a script that would monitor Disk Utilities for false positives and mark them as invisible after say the third run. This would be reset each time a new Disk Utilities version comes out.
How long has OSX.1 been out 15-20 years? You would think in that period of time this issue would be fixed. I realize as OSX used FreeBSD UNIX that it is a Constantly moving system being updated al most daily. But still you should be able to come up with something to prevent wasting tim repairing items that don't need to be repaired.
I used Mavericks previously a smaller portion of the same Driver files came up as false positives. When I switched to Yosemite the list grew 3 fold.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.1.x), Yosemite OSX.10
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