Agreed. The system folder still stores files and extensions necessary for the
proper running of those applications... I've seen it repair many an extension
not part of the system itself.
Besides, there are probably some system extensions that the app is using that
have the wrong permissions; this could cause loading of certain files to hang.
-Elliott Price
Quoit - Macintosh Computer Services
hobbittech.com/quoit
On Jan 14, 2010, at 3:00 PM, Christian Wacker wrote:
>
> Then why, may I ask, Does the permissions repair tool also fix
> permissions on items that don't belong to Apple's software? I have
> many examples of such, Netgear, Adobe, Microsoft, Roxio, Toast... all
> of them appear in the permissions repair log when it is indeed
> repairing permissions on any file that requires a permission for the
> system to use it.
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