An alternative method to repair permissions on macOS Sierra A mac dev Fire Wolf, developed binary to repair permissions on On macOS Sierra which uses all of your processor threads and works faster Download RepairPermission binary package and Install it, the installer will auto repair permissions while installing.
Verify and Repair Permissions from the Command Line in OS The helpfulness of verifying and repairing file permissions in OS X is debatable, and in OS X El Capitan, Apple’s removed the option from Disk Utility altogether, favoring repairing permissions OS X: El Capitan’s Deletion of “Repair Disk Permissions The bottom line here is that Repair Disk Permissions is going away because Apple is hardening OS X against alterations to critical system files via System Integrity Protection. The fallout for the
Jul 10, 2019 · “Have you tried repairing permissions?” is a standard Mac troubleshooting tip that’s been floating around the web forever. For many users, this seemed to solve many rare type of problems. But when OS X El Capitan (10.11) released, the Repair Disk Permission option suddenly vanished from the Disk
It's possible that the Reset Home Directory Permissions and ACLs option in the resetpassword tool will correct those permissions for you, though I'm unsure how 'deep' into your home directory it will reset.. This blog post gives the steps for Lion, which appear to be the same in Yosemite (Note: that last link details instructions for resetting a password, which is obviously not what you are
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How to Repair Permissions on OS X EL Capitan