Does Mac OS X Disk Utilities correct permission on all the files and folders on the machine? or is it only on systems folders? If I need to correct permission on every file and folder on the machine, how do I do so?
View 7 RepliesSo I'm having a little issue with CandyBar not giving me a dialogbox to enter my password when changing the internal harddrive icon. I'm therefore asking what the correct permissions are for the internal harddrive?
Mine are(for Macintosh HD):
system: Read & Write
admin: Read only
everyone: Read only
I have a very old E Mac running version OS X version 10.1.5. My Mac is showing a flashing question mark so I have tried to repair it using the Install Disk provided with my E Mac. Unfortunately, when I insert my Mac OS X Install disk (which is for version 10.1.4) and press the C key at startup and click on Disk Utility the "Repair Disk" button is greyed out (although I am able to Verify the Disk.) How do I get round this problem? (I should add that I have had the flashing question mark once before, and I was able to repair my E Mac on that occasion as I was able at that time to click on the "Repair Disk" button. However, I can no longer do this.)Â
I have also tried using my OS 9 Install Disk, as I was using OS 9 the last time before the flashing question mark appeared. When I go into Disk Utility using that disk, I am able to click on the "Repair Disk" button but it lists errors that it says it is unable to repair.Â
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eMac, Mac OS X (10.1.x)
Running Diks Util on my iMac 10.6.2. i am given this warning.
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Warning: SUID file "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAgent" has been modified and will not be repaired.
Is it something I should heed and what to do in that case?
The problem is with a mbp running Snow Leopard. I created a dual boot with win 7. I was playing around with the partitions, and at one point installed SL on both partitions, sure i did some other bone head moves that i can't remember. Now cannot remove the second partition. I think i may need a boot disk with a application to partition the HD from the disk?
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Instead, it says I can't install on that mac, and all options are disabled.
I didn't expect to be able to install from that disk, but why can't I even use disk utility?
Obvious answer to obvious question - I can't find the Leopard disk I used with the macbook.
For some reason when I'm trying to erase a CD in Disk Utilities, after clicking the "Erase" tab, every button under it is disabled. Including the "Erase" button. I tried various CD-R's, what's the deal?
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Info:MacBookPro, Mac OS X (10.7.3), Safari 5.1.5
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
I had to force a shutdown as Safari, mouse and Word would not respond. Command+Option+Escape would not work.Â
Turning on now will only boot into OS X Utilities with options of:
1. Restore
2. Reinstall OSX
3. Get Support Online
4. Disk UtilityÂ
1. Trying to restore I found my backup but the next screen lists no hard drive at all??? Can't go on.
2. Can't reinstall OSX Mavericks as when I click on the "Recovery HD" it says, "This disk is locked"Â
4. Disk Utility says everything is fineÂ
About a week ago I purchased a 2007 Macbook off of Ebay. It arrived in the mail and i opened it only to find out he had not deleted a majority of his content. I looked up how to reset it and I did. It turned back on and displayed a Mac OS X Utilities page. I tried repairing my disk and that didn't work. I tried erasing it & after a couple of times that worked. Except I cannot get past that point. I have no Time Machine back up since I just purchased it. So I decided to try my last option and tried downloading Lion. It had asked for my Apple I.D. and I typed it in and once i clicked continue it said that "iTunes is temporarily unavailable" so I tried it again. Nothing. I even tried my mother's I.D. It still comes up saying that it is temporarily unavailable. I cannot access it. I'm stuck on that Utilities page and cannot access anything.
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MacBook Pro, OS X Server
my clamshell iBook [URL]I am looking desperatley for a CD ISO that i can burn that will let me run disk utilities on my hardrive. if you have any software like this?
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MacBook Pro (13-inch Early 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
Somehow my permissions on my home folder are not right. Ever since SL i've had problems with these somehow. I try to change my entire home folder to: my user: read/write everyone: no access. and i apply to all enclosed items, with me as an owner, but still many folders have the permissions: system: read/write system: read/write everyone: no access how do i fix this? i can't go through all the folders manually and switch them all... how did this get screwed up? Why are there two 'system"? repair disk permissions comes up with nothing. Should i reinstall everything from scratch?
View 4 Replies View RelatedI have at 2010mbp + 2tb wd world edition.
I cant drag music, or play directly from my nas with finder ( tried add library, no can do either) I get an error that I dont have permission to copy to my OSX disc.
I'm logged in as administrator.
It works great on my gf's 2010 mb.
So I tried different versions of itunes. including 9.1 and the current 10.
It works fine in boxee and vlc, so im kind of confussed.
It is full permission in windows , I am logged in as admin in mac and there is no option in permissions menu in " get info " of this disk.I can not copy anything on my external disk?
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MacBook Pro (15-inch 2.53 GHz), Mac OS X (10.6.8)
I'm using a MacBook Pro (March 2011) running 10.6.8.Â
I just deleted (technically backed up to an external raid and then deleted from the system disk) about 8gb worth of files.Â
However, in Finder and in Disk Utility, it shows 1.96GB available. That number is up a little and for awhile at least, was growing.Â
I'm also experiencing this same problem on an external USB drive. I deleted about 3 gb worth of files, but the available disk space hasn't increased. Â
I'm coming from the PC world, where, if you delete a bunch of stuff, the free disk space magically increases to show the correct amount.Â
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
After upgrading to 10.5.7, numerous permission errors highlight regularly in Disc Utility, which I run weekly (probably for too often). I never saw these with 10.5.6, or for that matter any earlier incarnation of the OS. I have also noticed progammes hanging more than before (especially Mail). I have run DiskWarrior and that didn't report anything untoward. Should I give up worrying about this and maybe join the Foreign Legion instead?
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MacBook Pro
I keep getting lots of java related lines when I run disk permission.?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
In fact I'm getting a grey screen when I just try to restart. Have run Disk Utility (which always finds Permissions errors - even though it appears to make repairs. Also, after erasing my hard disk and recovering my user data from Time Capsule). When I restart I don't get beyond a grey screen (with moving cursor). I can't install the update as obviously I need to restart in order to start the install process.
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iMac (27-inch Mid 2010), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
what does finger do in network utilities?
View 9 Replies View RelatedI'm upgrading from Leopard to Snow Leopard, and I want to format my HDs before installing, because I want to repartition them.
However, I can't find "Utilities" and "Disk Utility" in the installer (I am at the point where after you click agree to the agreement and where you choose your disk to install SL on)
I am having serious issues with my Mac Book Air. Upon start-up it brings me to Mac OSX Utilies page and not my log in page. Has anyone got an idea on how I repair it so that I can get onto my normal start up page.
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MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
I recently upgraded to 10.6.4 but stupidly did not create a back up immediately afterwards. Now, a couple of weeks on, after some music software crashed I appear to have lost all my system utilities files in the Utilities folder inside the Applications folder. This includes my disk Ulity File. I cannot locate them via finder and although I have certainly not deleted them, they have gone. I can't repair my permissions etc. I tried restoring the Utility folder contents from the previous OX version via Time Machine, however ( as expected) I got a message declaring the Utilities file was not the correct version.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI was able to get my iTunes streaming to my airport express last night after much frustration. I have a question though. In order for me to stream music to my stereo I have to direct my airport utilities to the express manually, and when linked to it I lose my internet access. Is this the normal routine, or should I be able to do both at once and never have to manually switch the airport utilities? After reading all the trouble people have had with the AE, I guess I should just be happy it's actually working. I started to question the purchase after some research.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI was wondering if it is okay to move applications in the "Applications" folder to the "Utilities" folder. Does it actually make any difference? Will everything work just as fine as if it was in the "Applications" folder?
I am asking because there are apps like Automator, which I never use, but would like to keep. And since Automator comes with OS X, it makes it look like as if I shouldn't remove it.
I have tried:
Disk Utility
Disk Warrior
Drive Genius 2
TechTool Pro 5
When I tried to rebuild the hard drive on each one, they all gave me the result, "failed," basically, except TechTool Pro 5, which said it completed it with no problems, but obviously it had no idea what it was speaking of because the external hard drive still did not mount on the desktop. I chose basically every thing that each program offered me that might help the disk, but I think it's finally dead. I've had to rebuild it about 3 or 4 times now and it's only been a year or so...
I inserted the Mac OS X install disc. Went through utilities --> reset password. Problem is when I tried to save the new password it gave me this prompt: "The password you entered has not been saved for the user System Administrator(root). You may not have permission to edit this disk or a general failure has occurred." It's a 13" MacBook with leopard.
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