Repairing permissions takes forever

Takes a minimum of 40 minutes...usually about an hour. I would really like to fix this, main reason being that my SuperDuper backups are taking a lot more time than they should. Problem is on both of my machines.
I am familiar with the kb article referencing permissions that you can safely ignore and this large discussion thread:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2106528&start=0&tstart=0
Does installing the 10.5.8 combo update twice fix this? Can it be done at this late date? I see that Safari 4.0.2 was part of the install, I am now running Safari 5.0.2.
Any other work around to correct this nuisance?

Hi...
Make sure there's enough free space on the disk.
Right or control click the MacintoshHD icon. Click Get Info. In the Get Info window you will see Capacity and Available. Make sure you always have a minimum of 10% to 15% free disk space at all times.
Not enough free space can slow a drive down and may slow down repairing permissions as well. Try not to use any other apps at the same time. That may make a difference.
Carolyn

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    I repaired disk permissions and then
    I installed Leopard without any problem.
    Then did software updates.
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    but this time it's taking forever to complete.
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    The progress bar next to this message is less that 1/4 in blue.
    Is something wrong?!
    please, say it isn't so!!
    Message was edited by: teresita

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    Yes, RP has been problematic since 10.5.0. We're all a bit frustrated...
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    Message was edited by: macjack

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    Hi-
    Is this normal?
    In Leopard, Yes.
    When I repair permissions, I usually start the process, and then go to lunch or something.....

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    There are more permissions for Leopard to check than there were in Tiger. I'm not sure that is the complete explanation but repair permissions does take a long, long time in Leopard and the progress indicator being stuck on 1 minute for so long adds insult to injury. You can post a complaint about it to Aople Feedback.
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  • Repair permissions takes for ever again

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  • Repairing permissions takes  ages! and other apps grind to a halt.

    Hi,
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    I have tried quitting all apps, logging out, trying again, trying in a test account and nothing changes the fact that it takes 5 minutes approx to complete the job.
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    I recently installed Photoshop Elements but it wasn't running at the time and once permissions were sucessfully repaired it still displayed all the symptoms described above.
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    Here goes,
    Ran permissions repair from DVD and it did the same thing so I clicked stop repair, the button went blue and nothing else happened for 10 minutes. I forced a shutdown and started again.
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    |  |   all other users not in first two types
    |  | 
    |  group
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    owner
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    Before the user had read & write. A member of the group had read.
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  • Repair permissions now takes 15-30 minutes

    In leopard, permissions repair was slooooow. but upon moving to SL, it got a lot faster - that is, until just recently, probably coinciding with the 10.6.2 update, where it now gets stuck at the "2 minutes remaining" mark for approximately 15-30 minutes. it is at this point, we get the message:
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    anyone else experience this?
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    K T wrote:
    Normal - pretty much everyone gets those. OK to ignore.
    http://support.apple.com/kb/TA21041?viewlocale=en_US
    -=-=-=-
    i've seen this issue before - but my problem is that repairing permissions takes up to half an hour now. on my MBP, which runs the same version of OSX and has a much bigger drive, repairing permissions takes under 5 minutes.
    i'm wondering if it's an unrelated issue. is it possible to see what's hanging up the permissions repair?
    Message was edited by: bscepter

  • Trouble Repairing Permissions

    I am concerned about my MacBook Pro that I am running Lion on... recently I had to force quit the finder. Everything seemed to check out using TechTool Pro 6. Repairing permissions takes a very long time. Any suggestions?

    Is the Finder constantly misbehaving, or did it just happen once?
    If the latter, I would not worry too much about it. It happens.
    charlie

  • Repairing permissions is taking FOREVER

    I tried to repair permissions on my Macbook Air and at first it said it would take 12 hours...I had the time so let it keep going = then it said 4 hours....I finally stopped it, closed all applications and then restarted and then tried again = now it's at 18 hours....I don' t know why this is happening...any thoughts????

    Victoria Herring wrote:
    I tried to repair permissions on my Macbook Air and at first it said it would take 12 hours...I had the time so let it keep going = then it said 4 hours....I finally stopped it, closed all applications and then restarted and then tried again = now it's at 18 hours....I don' t know why this is happening...any thoughts????
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  • Repair permissions now takes literally hours

    on my MBP, i can repair permissions in five minutes or so. on my wife's macbook, it takes up to four hours. does anyone know why this may be and how to fix it? both are running the latest version of 10.6.3.

    Carolyn Samit wrote:
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    on my wife's macbook, it takes up to four hours.
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    Carolyn
    thanks for the response. so.... i repaired the disk as you suggested. nada. "the disk appears to be fine." i thought i'd repair permissions from the boot disk. big mistake. it's said, "15 minutes remaining" for the past 30 minutes and isn't budging. plus, now it won't let me quit (or even force quit). i know my wife's HD is quite full - i think there's 12GB free of 80GB total - but that shouldn't be it, should it?

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