Geek Posted November 15, 2011 Posted November 15, 2011 <div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/disk-permissions-lion.jpg" alt="Repair User Permissions in OS X Lion" title="disk-permissions-lion" width="169" height="73" class="alignright size-full wp-image-23775" /> In <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/mac-os-x-10-7/">Mac OS X Lion</a>, repairing permissions from the Disk Utility app doesn’t repair the users file permissions, oddly this has to be done separately on a per-user basis. If you’re running into problems with Spotlight not finding documents or folders, or if you’re having other issues that can usually be fixed with a permissions repair, this can resolve those problems. </p> <p>This is a great tip from a Mac Genius that one of our readers sent in, it’s well written so we’ll just publish the entire thing verbatim:</p> <h2 style="font-size:1.2em;">Repairing User Permissions in OS X Lion</h2> <p>You’ll need to reboot to perform this, and then use the same <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/24/reset-mac-os-x-10-7-lion-password/">resetpassword</a> utility that is used to change passwords in Lion, but instead choosing a hidden option.</p> <blockquote><p>When you use the Disk Utility app and Repair Permissions — it doesn’t actually repair the permission settings on folders and files in your Home folder where your documents and personal applications reside.</p> <p>In Lion, there is an additional Repair Permissions application utility hidden away. This tool is located inside boot Repair Utilities. Here’s how to access it.</p> <ol> <li> Restart Lion and hold down the Command and R keys.</li> <li>You will boot into the Repair Utilities screen. On top, in the Menu Bar click the Utilities item then select Terminal.</li> <li> In the Terminal window, type resetpassword and hit Return.</li> <li>The Password reset utility launches, but <em>you’re not going to reset the password</em>. Instead, click on the icon for your Mac’s hard drive at the top. From the drop-down below it, select the user account where you are having issues.</li> <li>At the bottom of the window, you’ll see an area labeled ‘Reset Home Directory Permissions and ACLs’. Click the Reset button there.</li> </ol> <p>The reset process takes a couple of minutes. When it’s done, quit the programs you’ve opened and restart your Mac. Notice that ‘Spotlight’ starts re-indexing immediately.</p></blockquote> <p><em>Great tip, thanks for sending this in Tony R!</em></p> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QEheZjVE_nSTUhw9aQZ56cUjGWo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QEheZjVE_nSTUhw9aQZ56cUjGWo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QEheZjVE_nSTUhw9aQZ56cUjGWo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QEheZjVE_nSTUhw9aQZ56cUjGWo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=bdu43RclH_U:fHZDYYtmwBo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=bdu43RclH_U:fHZDYYtmwBo:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=bdu43RclH_U:fHZDYYtmwBo:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=bdu43RclH_U:fHZDYYtmwBo:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=bdu43RclH_U:fHZDYYtmwBo:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=bdu43RclH_U:fHZDYYtmwBo:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=bdu43RclH_U:fHZDYYtmwBo:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/osxdaily/~4/bdu43RclH_U" height="1" width="1"/> View the full article
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