Kyle Hansen wrote: > On 6/6/09 11:02 AM, "Bruce Johnson" <john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu> Broadcast > into the ether: > >> On Jun 6, 2009, at 10:42 AM, Bill Connelly wrote: >> >>> They recommend use of Repair Permissions to cleanup a system prior to >>> installing their drivers, and then one after installing them. Really >>> seems like they're admitting to faulty systems programming on their >>> part ... not keeping up with interactive demands of OS X 10.5+ >> They are completely fulla crap or they're messing with stuff they >> shouldn't be. Repair Permissions WILL NEVER TOUCH any third party items. >> >> THE ONLY files RP EVER looks at are files listed BY APPLE in their / >> Library/Receipts bom files.
Is it JUST Apples files or anything using THE Installer and leaving Receipts files, I would think it's the latter. > > He's right. Bruce hates the overuse of Permissions Repair as the "magical > solution" (remember the "cuda button days?") as much as I do. PRAM Reset and Desktop Rebuild were the two older "Magic Bullets" that weren't. I think what people missed with these two that they also included a restart which likely fixed 99% of the problems but people attributed the fix to PRAM Reset or Desktop Rebuild. That's why in the rare cases I DO recommend PRAM Reset or the even rarer Desktop Rebuild I mention that it is one of the rare cases when it might work. I've been amazed at the things some people have recommend these fixes for. It just shows they don't know what is happening inside. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
