Thank you! I was looking in the apps folder, but didn't make the connection to Utilities. Best, Donna On Feb 5, 2010, at 9:15 AM, Anne Robertson wrote:
> 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. > > -- 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.
