Disc utility says it has repaired "X" but when immediately rerun says the same
I run "repair pemissions" - it says it has repaired seven items.
Without doing anything else, I immediately repeat the repair - with the same result.
I reboot and run "verify permissions" - same seven items are "unrepaired".
Can anyone tell me what exactly "repair permissions does"?
I'm running OS X 10.7.3 on a 2.16 GHz core 2 iMac
Although immensely popular, repairing permissions is a waste of time unless you have a specific indication of a permission error involving system files, which is rare, or a boot failure. It always spews bogus warning messages that mean absolutely nothing. The built-in help for Disk Utility says:
Repairing disk permissions
If you see an alert or a message that says your permissions are set incorrectly, you can correct the disk’s permissions by clicking Repair Disk Permissions.
It’s not completely irrational to repair permissions after running a third-party installer, since such installers have been known to set incorrect permissions.
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