Using Disk Utility-It Just keeps Saying Using Special Permissions
I repair permissions every day like a good boy. The last couple od days, there are about 25 lines that say Using Special Permission, instead of reapaired. The Powerbook is running fine and I ran Diskwarrior and Techtool Pro, and it's fine. But it just says the same thing, Using Special Permissions. Running 10.4.3. Any ideas?
You don't have a problem and repairing disk permissions does not need to be performed daily or on a regular basis - only after installing software (especially after installing 3rd party software that uses an installer) and as a system troubleshooting procedure only.
Check Maintaining Mac OS X for recommended maintenance for OS X (which isn't much) focusing on the Maintenance Myths section.
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