Repairing disk permission advice

[Morod]

Hi everybody,
I've had my iMac about six weeks now and am really getting used to not having to perform routine maintenance on it, unlike my old PC.
It's running fine, I upgraded to 10.5.2 when it came out, no problems.
Anyway, I'm of the opinion that, "If it ain't broke don't fix it". I recently read on one of these forums that it's a good idea to repair disk permissions after an upgrade. Is this true? Is repairing disk permissions something that should be done on a monthly basis, maybe? I like not having to do the routine maintenance, but I don't want to wait for a huge problem to develop before I do anything. Any advice on this?
On this subject, let me make sure I know how to do it. I go to Applications in Finder, open Utilities, open Disk Utility, click on the Macintosh HD, ad there are two buttons of concern, Verify Disk Permissions and Repair Disk Permissions. I guess I would push each button in that order, Verify first and Repair second.
Sorry for the length of this, just want to take proper care of my wonderful machine. Thanks,
Morod

 

[mediumofmeaning]

yeah, some people recommend it. do you have to? nah. still recommended.

now i'm no 'puter jeanyus but i'd recommend just grabbing a copy of something like cocktail (http://www.maintain.se/cocktail/index.php) which can be set to handle permissions repairs on a set schedule decided by you.

i'm sure someone will give a post on the inner-working of permission repair and its virtues, so if you're interested it'll come up or just use google.

 

[Morod]

Thanks for the info, medium!
Reading your response (and the lack of responses from others), I am surmising that repairing disk permissions is not considered "routine maintenance", so I will not do it unless circumstances warrant it.
Morod

 

[mediumofmeaning]

no problem

you might want to check out this link, it tells you a bit about permissions and answers some other questions you might have.

http://www.macworld.com/article/52220-3/2006/08/repairpermissions.html