Hello Donna, To repair permissions: • Go to Utilities (Command-Shift-u); • Select and open Disk Utility, typing "dis" will get you straight to it; • Select your HD in the table; • Select First Aid which is the first tab; • Select Repair Disk Permissions.
It takes around ten minutes but you can keep track of what it thinks is the time remaining. There's no need to turn VO off since VO isn't really an application. You should always repair permissions after an update or after installing new software. Cheers, Anne On Feb 5, 2010, at 2:06 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: > Hmm. I haven't repaired permissions since some time last summer. I've been > experiencing some pretty flaky behavior, so this post is making me think that > perhaps I should do it again. Can someone refresh me briefly on how to do > this? > TIA, > Donna > On Feb 5, 2010, at 6:42 AM, James & Nash wrote: > >> Hi Lynn, >> >> I am not an expert, but I tend to close all applications when repairing >> permissions except for VO, as I have no other way of knowing if the process >> has finished. But perhaps I will and then give it around 10 minutes. Of >> course, it will take longer if you don't do it often. >> >> I also repair Permissions before and after a Software Update and sometimes >> after installing new software. >> >> Hope this helps >> >> TC >> James Lyn Nash & Twinny >> On 5 Feb 2010, at 11:11, Lynn Schneider wrote: >> >>> Hi everyone. If you are having problems with your system and you want to >>> repair permissions to try and fix them, is it necessary to close all apps >>> first? I noticed that last time I repaired permissions, it did fix a bad >>> Safari problem, but when I looked at the log, it showed that certain files >>> were not able to be opened or something like that. I'm going to try >>> repairing permissions again just as a routine maintenance thing, but this >>> time maybe I would turn Voiceover off first? I just wanted to know what >>> you all thought. I don't exactly understand what repairing permissions >>> does, but I noticed that when I had to force quit Safari because it was >>> acting up on several occasions, I repaired permissions and it made Safari >>> like new again, so it does indeed work sometimes. >>> >>> I crashed the new iTunes already this morning, so thought I'd repair >>> permissions just to make sure things were on the right track for this new >>> version. >>> >>> Thanks in advance for any insights. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
