Thank you, so I go to disc utility, then select the mac hard drive and then select the first aid tab and choose repair permissions?
All new and learning. So appreciate all you guys help. I have loved learning and been a mac user since November of last year and love the list and many of the pod cast I am learning from. Laura Ann On Jul 27, 2012, at 10:00 PM, Esther wrote: > Hi Laura, > > That time estimate should go down a lot once you get started. It's an > extrapolation based on how the process starts when you repair permissions. > I'd be surprised if it takes anywhere near that long -- or even more than > about 20 minutes. > > I'm not sure how to give explicit instructions to troubleshoot this, but > maybe Tim, Chris, or others can make suggestions. You should not be having > these kinds of busy messages with your machine. A few things that I can > think of, if Lion is your first operating system. By default, there are a > lot of settings that will make Lion run with an apparently higher load factor > than earlier Mac OS systems like Snow Leopard. By default it will re-open > all the windows in applications like Mail and your Safari web browser when > you launch each app. If you want to stop Lion from re-opening old windows in > applications when you quit them, try using Command-Option-Q instead of > Command-Q to quit. If you genuinely don't want the system to store all the > states of your previously open windows, this will help minimize the load. Not > having a lot of windows open at one time, especially in Safari, will help. > > Apart from that, it's possible you just have some runaway process that would > show up in Activity Monitor, and that can easily be identified and killed by > someone at the Apple Store Genius bar. > > You can make an appointment for this quite accessibly from the web site. I'd > probably start at this page if you're in the U.S.: > http://concierge.apple.com/reservation/us/en/techsupport/ > Then I'd select my state and store and go the next step and choose "Mac" as > the subject for your visit. You'll be able to choose you time slot, and make > your reservation, optionally giving a short description of the issue. > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > > On Jul 27, 2012, at 4:45 PM, Laura ann Grymes, LMT wrote: > >> I have a 500 gb HD and when I went to go start the process it said 1 hr 55 >> mn. >> wow. >> Laura Ann >> >> On Jul 27, 2012, at 9:43 PM, Les Kriegler wrote: >> >>> Hi Laura, >>> >>> I have a similar system to yours, and it takes less than 10 minutes. I >>> have a 1 Terrabyte drive if that matters, not that much on it. >>> >>> Les >>> On Jul 27, 2012, at 10:03 PM, "Laura ann Grymes, LMT" >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> How long should repairing permissions take and do I need to do anything >>>> before doing that? >>>> It has done this from day one out of the box new. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Laura Ann >>>> >>>> On Jul 27, 2012, at 6:24 PM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote: >>>> >>>>> Oh. nuts. well, there goes that theory. :) Hmmm. repairing disk >>>>> permissions would be my next step, as I don't know of any malware that >>>>> could do it, even though that's what the behavior sounds like. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> • Mark BurningHawk Baxter > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
