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Onyx says disk needs to be repaired?

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ikermalli

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Hello,

I just ran Onyx a few hours ago, then went out, but it said my disk needs to be repaired. Which is weird because I got the MacBook yesterday and there have been no problems, I have not had to force quit anything or forcibly shut down the mac.
 
ikermalli said:
Hello,

I just ran Onyx a few hours ago, then went out, but it said my disk needs to be repaired. Which is weird because I got the MacBook yesterday and there have been no problems, I have not had to force quit anything or forcibly shut down the mac.
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sometimes it happens right out of the box

you have to boot off the Mac OS CD that came with ur MAC and run disk utility
and fix it from there
 
Okay, if I run disk utility is there a way to back up all of my stuff? How long does i take?
 
Okay, my MacBook will be fine if I do it tomorrow because I need to sleep now.
 
HAHAA! I'll be able to sleep knowing I'm tired. My mac is running fine, yet I have a problem, how could that be, I will check back in the morning.
 
I'll run it in a few hrs adter school. How long does the backup take from time machine? I have a few songs and 7 new programs. Also 3/4 of zoolander
 
ikermalli said:
I'll run it in a few hrs adter school. How long does the backup take from time machine? I have a few songs and 7 new programs. Also 3/4 of zoolander
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If its your first back up it could be lengthy. The more often you do it, the quicker it goes..
 
Alright, I am supposed to use time machine right? Would you recommend using an external drive? How big are backup files? Also how do I set yp time machine? It says set up time capsule then it just takes me to airport express utility over and over again. Oh, and now Onyx says my disk is fine..?
 
Just go into Disk Utility and highlight your hard drive, and click Repair Disk, if anythings wrong, that will fix it.
 
Do it just to be safe. And while you are there, repair permissions too. Don't worry about the data, it should be fine. If you are really worried, just copy the important stuff to another computer
 
Alright, I verified the disk permissions now I am repairing the permissions. Also how can I maximize battery on my MacBook, I like the battery life right now, I have been using it for 1:30 and I hace 77% battery left with disk utility, adium, transmission, limewire, firefox with at least 5 tabs, iTunes and downloaded limwire (all programs running simultaneously except disk utility, just started it). i saw the better battery life option, but does it change the look? Also is my mac supposed to lag sometimes if I have all my programs running at the same time, downloading a video and running disk utulity.
 
The lag your getting is probobly being caused by disk utility, it's best to not use anything when your verifying and repairing your hard drive and permissions, that way it will get done faster, and i don't know how to help you with your battery life question, 77% left after about an hour and a half with all those apps open sounds like good battery life to me, the only thing i can think of to make it better is to calibrate the battery if you haven't done so already.
 
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