Cannot Repair Permissions 2

[Chris Poisson]

I’m not a moderator here, but I know they don’t like duplicate threads. But, having the same problem, to answer your question, not being able to repair permissions is causing all kinds of bugs on my system, and in the other thread I believe I said Apple told me to change it with a clean install. So I am right now.

Have a wonderful day.

[Bob Zelin]

Patrick is thinking “but I don’t WANT to rebuild my system, I have TOO MUCH STUFF on my computer, and I don’t want to reload all these programs – I dont’ have time”.

Let me tell you something Patrick, get used to it, because if you have an AVID or Premier on a PC, or FCP on a MAC, things get F#$%ed up, and rebuilding a system is a fact of life every couple of years. If you decide to upgrade to MAC OS-X 10.7 (I am making this up), there will be no clean bug free “upgrade” – you will have to do a CLEAN INSTALL to be problem free. It’s been this way with every system upgrade, and it is VERY COMMON for people to have to rebuild their systems every couple of years. The person that writes “This is bull – I’ve been running my computer for the last 10 years without any problems” is simply lying.

Start your rebuild.

Bob Zelin

[Chris Poisson]

Patrick,

When Bob Z. tells you to do something, it’s serious, and I learned the hard way, believe you me! Rebuild, I can’t tell you any more!

Have a wonderful day.

[Robert Mckoen]

can’t agree more on that…..

…..and in the last 10 years have probably had to rebuild or do a clean install 5 or 6 times now…..

it’s a slight pain in the butt but i just see it as spring cleaning now….and it’s best to do it before anything major happens so you dont lose any information….you clean on your terms and not your computers terms….

just my two cents….

rob

[David Mcgiffert]

Not to pile on here,
but the advice you are reading is probably the best you will be
able to find. These guys have experienced what all long-time
Mac owners come to find out – the easy way or the hard way; rebuild your system
if you want to restore it’s full functionality.

Let us know how it goes,

David

[Don Greening]

This problem with Disc Utility stopping during the repair permissions task first came up almost a year ago. Turns out that an iTunes update was causing it. The fix was to turn off the Mini Store within iTunes and that allowed the repair permissions task to be completed. It may be worth a shot before resorting to a startup drive wipe.

Jerry Hofmann has mentioned that some companies using FCP suites do a startup drive wipe at least once a year and sometimes as frequently as every 6 months as preventive maintenance. Granted, these facilities are probably running 24/7, which would be like 2 years for a small post house like mine.

– Don