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????
Have you ever repaired permissions before?
It can take a long time the first time and stopping it is not such a good idea.
If you are running it in the verbose mode, what kinds of information do you see?

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