Which permissions do I repair

Probably a dumb question, but I often wonder this.
When I repair permissions I have the option of repairing the 149.1 GB ST3160023AS or the Macintosh HD in the sub category. Which do I do, both? Or are they the same thing...

Hello! The upper name is the name of the physical drive and the lower name is the name you have given to the partition or volume on that physical drive. In your case where you have only one partition it's the same thing. If you have multiple partitions they would all be listed in the inset list and if OSX was on them the permissions could be repaired on them as well. Tom

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Initially, I tried to remedy the problem by using "The Disk Utility" to do a disk repair. There was no need as the disk was fine, but the disk permissions, which were all fine prior to the iTunes update, were said to be repaired.
However, when I tried to us iTune again the same problems occurred.
I did another few permissions repair and found the same list of permissions were not repaired, all iTunes. (I have a copy of the list).
I have an iMac (Mid 2011 version) which is running OS X 10.8.5 (12F37). I don't think that this is too old to be out of date, and has been running without a problem until the latest iTunes update.
I reported this to iTunes support last week, They e-mail me back to say that I should contact Apple Support UK and would be charged for the pleasure of having support correcting the problem! HUH!
To say that I was annoyed and upset was a little understated.
I then uninstalled iTunes with "CleanMyMac" and reloaded a fresh iTunes 11.1 (126) from the Apple UK website.
The inconvenience of reloading my entire iTunes Library, was a small price to pay for a fully functional iTunes. BUT, after doing so, I was extremely annoyed to find that my newly installed iTunes 11.1 (126) just refuses to repair and the disk permissions refuse to repair.
iTunes contacted me again to say that they to were confused as to why this continues to be problematic? They suggested I do a disk partitioning and a reload of my entire Mac.
I have spoken to the independent company that services all our Mac products and they suggested that a full clean install is more than likely to be the only solution.
Before I do this,… are there any other suggestions as to how I can resolve this??
Any suggestion will be most welcome.
Still, a very loyal Mac user!
(Well, the loyalty is being tested to the limit at the moment).

I would either try the iTunes forum or the Mavericks forum

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I installed applejack which did not fix the problem.
Any suggestions? Thanks
here are 2 screenshots , 1 from the top and one of the bottom.

As long as the report ends up with 'Permissions repair complete' then, as far as permissions go, you are fine. You can ignore the various statements in the report:
Permissions you can ignore on 10.5 and 10.6:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1448?viewlocale=en_US
Using 'should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r--' as an example, you will see the that the permissions are not changed, but the | indicates a different location. This is because an update to Leopard changed the location of a number of system components.
Poster rccharles has provided this description of what it all means:
drwxrwxrwx
d = directory
r = read
w = write
x = executeable program
drwxrwxrwx
| | |
| | all other users not in first two types
| |
| group
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owner
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If you are running Panther or Tiger:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TA21090

Yesterday I ran Disk Utility and came up with hundreds of permissions that needed repair. I hit the "repair permissions" button and waited until it said they were repaired, but just for fun I hit the v

Yesterday I ran Disk Utility and came up with hundreds of permissions that needed repair. I hit the "repair permissions" button and waited until it said they were repaired, but just for fun I hit the "verify permissions" button again, and they all came back! I did this several more times and every time I would hit "verify permissions" I would get the same list. What's up? I've always suspected diagnostic programs, but this is Apple's own!

Ignore them. They aren't errors. You will keep seeing the same ones. As long as you get the message "Permissions repair complete," you're OK.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1448?viewlocale=en_US

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These days it's quite normal to get a long list of 'errors' on doing a permissions repair because Disk Utility has not been upgraded to allow for some changes made to the system.
As long as at the bottom of the list it says 'Permissions repair complete' you can safely ignore them all.
More details, if you want them, here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1448

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Repaired "System/Library/Java/Support/Deploy.bundle/Contents/Resources/JavaPluginCocoa.b undle/Contents/Resources/Java/deploy.jar".
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Repaired "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Home/lib".
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Repaired "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Libraries".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Resources/JavaPlugin Cocoa.bundle/Contents/Resources/Java/deploy.jar", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrwxr-xr-x .
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Verify permissions for “HardDrive”
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User differs on "System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Libraries", should be 0, user is 95.
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Permissions differ on "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Classes/jconsole.jar ", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r-- .
Permissions differ on "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/A/Resources/Deploy.bundle/ Contents/Resources/JavaPluginCocoa.bundle/Contents/Resources/Java/deploy.jar", should be lrwxr-xr-x , they are lrw-r--r-- .
Permissions differ on "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Resources/JavaPlugin Cocoa.bundle/Contents/Resources/Java/deploy.jar", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r-- .
Permissions differ on "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Resources/JavaPlugin Cocoa.bundle/Contents/Resources/Java/libdeploy.jnilib", should be -rwxr-xr-x , they are lrwxr-xr-x .
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Permissions differ on "System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Classes/jconsole.ja r", should be lrwxr-xr-x , they are lrw-r--r-- .
Repaired "System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Classes/jconsole.ja r".
User differs on "System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home/lib", should be 0, user is 95.
Repaired "System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home/lib".
User differs on "System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Libraries", should be 0, user is 95.
Repaired "System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Libraries".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/Java/Support/Deploy.bundle/Contents/Resources/JavaPluginCocoa.b undle/Contents/Resources/Java/deploy.jar", should be lrwxr-xr-x , they are lrw-r--r-- .
Repaired "System/Library/Java/Support/Deploy.bundle/Contents/Resources/JavaPluginCocoa.b undle/Contents/Resources/Java/deploy.jar".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Classes/jconsole.jar ", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrwxr-xr-x .
Repaired "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Classes/jconsole.jar ".
User differs on "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Home/lib", should be 95, user is 0.
Repaired "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Home/lib".
User differs on "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Libraries", should be 95, user is 0.
Repaired "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Libraries".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Resources/JavaPlugin Cocoa.bundle/Contents/Resources/Java/deploy.jar", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrwxr-xr-x .
Repaired "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Resources/JavaPlugin Cocoa.bundle/Contents/Resources/Java/deploy.jar".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Resources/JavaPlugin Cocoa.bundle/Contents/Resources/Java/libdeploy.jnilib", should be -rwxr-xr-x , they are lrwxr-xr-x .
Repaired "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Resources/JavaPlugin Cocoa.bundle/Contents/Resources/Java/libdeploy.jnilib".
Permissions repair complete
Does anyone have any ideas? I am now quite concerned.
Thank you.
Mara W.
IMAC 24" Mac OS X (10.6.4) Intel Core 2 Duo-2.4GHz-2GB memory

I'm having the exact same issue. It's not just Java for me though - there are hundreds of similar issues with iLife and Utilities.
I believe this is part of the reason my hard drive became corrupt and had to be changed. My Mac's been running much slower than it should and I don't feel I'm getting full use out of it... Since rebooting from Time Machine I've not ridded any of these errors. They fact they've been carried over makes me think that I'll never have a machine that works up to speed again.
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Permissions NEVER get Repaired...

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So I did "repair" and rebooted the iMac.
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This is a recent issue. I'm thinking that one of the kids may have downloaded something buggie, a website, etc...
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Fret not - the apparently unrepaired stuff is due to DU not being 'informed' that the items have been moved, usually during updates. As long as the message at the end of the list says "permissions repair completed" there's nothing to worry about.
Check this list; http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1448

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iMac 10.5.8 is slow. Verified Disk Permissions and then repaired. No big improvement in speed.
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Applejack might help.
Download:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/applejack/
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Which email has my repair ID?
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Weird Permissions which will never get repaired

Hi
The following ios the log of my recent permission repair. Can someone help me get those "unrepaired" fixed?
thanks
Permissions differ on "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/A/Resources/Deploy.bundle/ Contents/Resources/JavaPluginCocoa.bundle/Contents/Resources/Java/deploy.jar", should be lrwxr-xr-x , they are lrw-r--r-- .
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Warning: SUID file "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Admin.framework/Versions/A/Resources/readconf ig" has been modified and will not be repaired.
Warning: SUID file "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Admin.framework/Versions/A/Resources/writecon fig" has been modified and will not be repaired.
Permissions differ on "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Resources/JavaPlugin Cocoa.bundle/Contents/Resources/Java/deploy.jar", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrwxr-xr-x .
Repaired "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Resources/JavaPlugin Cocoa.bundle/Contents/Resources/Java/deploy.jar".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Resources/JavaPlugin Cocoa.bundle/Contents/Resources/Java/libdeploy.jnilib", should be -rwxr-xr-x , they are lrwxr-xr-x .
Repaired "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Resources/JavaPlugin Cocoa.bundle/Contents/Resources/Java/libdeploy.jnilib".
Warning: SUID file "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAg ent" has been modified and will not be repaired.
Permissions differ on "private/etc/resolv.conf", should be lrwxr-xr-x , they are -rwxr-xr-x .
Repaired "private/etc/resolv.conf".
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They will never be fixed since they are not errors. The Permissions database has changed but has not been updated by Apple.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1448
When you see one of these with an l in front of the Permissions (a symlink) even if it's not on the list, just ignore it. You can also generally ignore any Permissions errors that return even after "Repairing."

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No, and it is working. Any remaining messages are due to having the current software installed; repeated runs of repair permissions won't fix anything which the first run didn't and are a waste of time.
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