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zipper1022

macrumors regular
Original poster
Oct 13, 2006
234
1
Long Island, NY/ Boston, MA
AHHHH im freaking out,
my macbook pro is liek a week old....

why cant i update the software, im the only user onthe machine and it says i dont have permission to write folders and crap
whatt do i dooooooo????

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macrumors 6502a
Jul 1, 2005
519
4
Near the Singularity
can anyone explain why that even happend? i guess it matter less because its workign now, but thats scary...
is there a prgram that changed it? whats going on????

Really isn't a big deal...

Doing a Repair Permissions using Disk Utility is the one maintenence utility you need to perform on your Mac occasionally.

Nothing is perfect your Mac included, occasionally processes get scrambled requiring a restart or maintenence utility.
 
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