2nd place to "Repair Disk Permissions"?

L

lip5016

macrumors regular
hey guys, so i was reading somewhere that there's actually 2 places to "Repair Disk Permissions" for a MacBook Pro .. one of them being in the "Disk Utility" that is easily accessible and then one of them being a more "hidden", "terminal-style" version .. I forget exactly what I read but something along the lines that the standard "Repair Disk Permissions" (which you can access thru Disk Utility), doesn't actually repair the permissions (strange, i know).. but that there's some secret, hidden "terminal" repair disk permissions that you can access, which is supposed to be the 'real deal' for repairing disk permissions..

can anyone confirm this / give step-by-step instructions on how to perform this task? and whether or not it makes a difference between using this method vs. the Disk Utility method? Thanks!
 
You are probably talking about doing it from recovery.

Hold command-r to boot to recovery. Then go to the Utilities menu and launch Terminal. Type in "resetpassword" (one word without the quotes) and you will get this screen.

AibMxg0.png


Select Macintosh HD at the top then select your account in the drop down. DO NOT enter anything in the reset password fields as we don't want to mess with that. Now click the Reset button at the lower right. When it completes go ahead and reboot.
 
Weaselboy said:
You are probably talking about doing it from recovery.

Hold command-r to boot to recovery. Then go to the Utilities menu and launch Terminal. Type in "resetpassword" (one word without the quotes) and you will get this screen.

Image

Select Macintosh HD at the top then select your account in the drop down. DO NOT enter anything in the reset password fields as we don't want to mess with that. Now click the Reset button at the lower right. When it completes go ahead and reboot.
Click to expand...

Okay, so that's what I've been trying to do. The problem is that I get to this screen (picture attached), and then I can't click on any of the menu items on the top left of the screen (specifically Utilities). I've even tried using the dedicated trackpad on my MacBook Pro, and it doesn't seem to want to "click" or bring any sort of menu down from the top. Any ideas? Thanks!

18399985-1.jpg
 
lip5016 said:
Okay, so that's what I've been trying to do. The problem is that I get to this screen (picture attached), and then I can't click on any of the menu items on the top left of the screen (specifically Utilities). I've even tried using the dedicated trackpad on my MacBook Pro, and it doesn't seem to want to "click" or bring any sort of menu down from the top. Any ideas? Thanks!

Image
Click to expand...

Hmm... that's odd? Do you have maybe a external mouse or something connected that may be interfering. Try disconnecting everything then reboot to recovery.

There is not trick to it or anything. You should be able to select those menus just like normally.
 
Weaselboy said:
Hmm... that's odd? Do you have maybe a external mouse or something connected that may be interfering. Try disconnecting everything then reboot to recovery.

There is not trick to it or anything. You should be able to select those menus just like normally.
Click to expand...

I'm not sure exactly though. The reason is because I do have an Apple Magic Mouse connected, and showing up with the pointer on the screen, yet even though both my Apple Magic Mouse moves around, and my dedicated trackpad's mouse is able to move around, neither are able to click.. If the Apple Magic Mouse was the problem, wouldn't it not be able to move around the cursor?
 
You should be able to click anywhere, but warning : you must press the trackpad to click, "touch to click" won't work here.

Edit : "Tap to click", sorry.
 
Bruno09 said:
You should be able to click anywhere, but warning : you must press the trackpad to click, "touch to click" won't work here.

Edit : "Tap to click", sorry.
Click to expand...

I've tried clicking with the mousepad, as well as the Apple Magic Mouse though :/
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Back
Top