I think I have repaired permissions once, and just out of pure curiosity to see if it would do anything noticeable. I have been using X since September of 2001 when I purchased my computer. Nothing worked better or worse, and didn't notice any difference.
I also reformatted and reinstalled once to see if I would regain any disk space and get a speed boost (like on that other platform). Well, that didn't work too well either. After all of my programs and documents were back on and configured, the gain in disk space I was hoping for, wasn't there. No performance gain either. The moral of this story is to leave things alone. With the exception of preventive maintenance (what I thought I was doing) or if a problem arises Brian O'Neal On Dec 18, 2003, at 8:54 AM, Lee Larson wrote: > On Dec 18, 2003, at 6:54 AM, John Robinson pondered: > >> I don't understand why the need for the repair permissions, but that >> is just one of many things I don't understand. > > > I don't believe there is any reason outside of folklore. I don't > repair permissions, unless I see a problem that might be permission > related. > > There's no more reason to think that Apple's Disk Utility will get > permissions right than to think that Apple's Installer will get them > wrong. My feeling is that you shouldn't let any disk utility have free > rein on your whole disk unless the problems you're having are annoying > enough to risk losing the whole thing. > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be January 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be January 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>.
