Repairing Disk Permissions
3 - Double-click on “Disk Utility”, to open it.
If your computer is running slower than usual, or you are having trouble opening documents or applications, the user permissions for some of your files may have become corrupted. These problems with “permissions” can happen sometimes after running Software Update or installing new software. When they do, you can repair them with “Disk Utility”.
First, quit all open applications, then follow these steps.
1 - In the Finder select “Go” from the menu bar.
2 - Click once on ”Utilities” to open it.
4 - Click on the Hard Drive icon or name.
5 - Make sure “First Aid” is selected. (The area around the words should be blue.)
8 - As it works, Disk Utility may print messages about its progress and about the special permissions some files use. These do not mean your files’ permissions were wrong. In fact, the techs say, just ignore what it says and let it do its work. There is no need to keep track of the information either.
9 - When the repair is completed the message “Permissions repair complete” will show in the window.
6 - Click on “Repair Disk Permissions”.
7 - Repairing starts up. This could take a while depending on how much needs to be done. Don’t go by the time it shows, it may not be accurate. It could be more, or less.
10 - Click on the red dot in the left hand corner to close the application. There is no need to “Verify Disk Permissions”.
Tip: Having an issue? Something not working right? Repair Disk Permissions first to see if this will resolve it.
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