Verifying disk permissions every day would only help if your disk drive is
failing. The notion of fixing permissions on OS X file systems is like the
idea of putting a banana in your ear to keep the elephants away. People who
insist it works haven't seen an elephant nearby in years.

Al

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AL FASOLDT

Author of TECHNOFILE, a weekly consumer technology column for The
Post-Standard, Syracuse, New York, and Newhouse News Service, Washington,
D.C.; now in its 23rd year.

Blog: http://www.syracuse.com/technology/weblog

Technofile Web site: http://www.technofileonline.com
The Post-Standard online: http://www.syracuse.com

> 
> If you haven't done it already, a quick and easy step would be to launch
> the Disk Utility application inside the Utilities folder that's inside your
> Applications folder. Select your startup drive and then be sure you have
> selected the FirstAid tab in the window. You will see two buttons, "Verify
> Disk Permissions" and "Repair Disk Permissions"; click on the "Repair Disk
> Permissions" button and let it run until it reports it is finished. See if
> that fixes the problem.
> 
> Incidentally, I recommend to my clients that they do this procedure EVERY
> DAY at the beginning of their "computing day" (that is, whenever they use
> the computer for the first time that day).


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