Disk Utility update?

[KoolAid-Drink]

The list of new features shown at the keynote today said "Redesigned Disk Utility" or something like that. Can anyone show what it looks like in 10.11's new dev preview?

 

[SG-]

no more repair permissions since it's automatic now

 

[BillyBobBongo]

Aye. From the release notes:

Disk Utility

Note

• System file permissions are automatically protected, and updated during Software Updates. The Repair Permissions function is no longer necessary.

Known Issue

• Disk Image conversion and a RAID setup assistant are not available in Developer Beta 1.

 

[Taz Mangus]

no more repair permissions since it's automatic now

Finally. Never understood why system file permissions were not corrected at the time a system update was done.

 

[mattysouthall]

How do file permissions get changed in the first place? What changes them? I don't fully understand why it becomes an issue.

 

[chrfr]

How do file permissions get changed in the first place? What changes them? I don't fully understand why it becomes an issue.

Sloppy installers are the main source. In nearly all cases repairing permissions is just a placebo that doesn't actually solve whatever problem a user is having.

 

[gmanist1000]

Sloppy installers are the main source. In nearly all cases repairing permissions is just a placebo that doesn't actually solve whatever problem a user is having.

Yet, it seems to be one of the main things people to do fix any issues they have. Glad it's becoming automatic in 10.11