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The difference is that fsck can be run when you don't have a Mac OS X installer CD available to run Disk Utility. A note about FSCK The fsck command which you have probably heard about on various discussions board is the same command Apple calls from the Disk Utility when you click Repair Disk on a Mac OS X installer CD's Disk Utility. Note: Mac OS X 10.11, introduced Septemhas gotten rid of Repair permissions and incorporated it in all official Apple updates that need it. If that doesn't work, then look at the other section of repairing the directory with fsck.įor Mac OS X 10.1 users, upgrading to 10.1.5 will give you the ability to run Apple's repair privileges utility which functions the same as Mac OS X 10.2 and above's Disk Utility -> First Aid -> repair permissions. If you ran repair permissions and were interrupted by a reboot or power outage, you'll need to boot the Mac with an Apple USB keyboard holding command and S keys together. As a result it is recommended you repair permissions from Applications -> Utilities -> Disk Utility -> First Aid -> select hard disk on Mac OS X 10.2 or higher whenever finished using Mac OS 9 applications and before and after installing new software.

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In addition, anytime you install new software which requires your password, it is possible that the permissions of the system may not be properly kept. Mac OS 9 programs are not familiar with the permissions system of Mac OS X, and if the directory is doing well, system functions may not work properly or slow down only because the permissions have gone astray.

However, under certain circumstances it becomes necessary to repair permissions. Special note about repairing permissions * Repairing permissions is not a directory repair function. Disk Warrior 3.0.3 is the an upgrade that is a must for people using Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) with Disk Warrior, and version 4.0 makes it possible to repair the directory on Intel Macs.

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A well known disk directory repair program for Mac OS X is Alsoft Disk Warrior. This is one of the primary reasons it is important to have backup. If after an attempted repair it can't give you a result that 'The disk appears to be OK', then you should look at either third party disk repair utilities, or erasing your hard disk and recovering from backup. * The Repair Disk button is the only one that impacts the disk directory itself. Utilities folder and not the CD whenever possible. That means Disk Warrior, Techtool Pro are all awaiting Leopard compatible updates, and as of the last writing of this FAQ on October 26, 2007, they are not. The release of Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) has rendered all but Apple's Disk Utility and the hardware test volumes that shipped with the Mac (not that shipped with AppleCare) as safe to repair the hard. Norton Utilities Speed Disk and Disk Doctor starting with Mac OS 8.1 and later has had a Russian Roulette possibility of damaging the directory, and even more so with Mac OS X.ĥ. Disk Warrior and Disk Utility (Repair Disk and its cousin fsck) can repair a directory of a healthy hard drive. Prosoft Data Rescue with an external Firewire hard drive of greater size can recover information from a dying hard drive as long as the directory is in good shape.

As such, not having a backup would leave you in a catch-22 situation if both the directory and the hard drive are in bad shape, leaving you only with a data recovery firm (see my aforementioned backup your data link for more info on data recovery). A dying hard drive and a damaged directory can have identical symptoms. Given those exceptions visit these sections to find the type of repair you need to perform:Ĥ. You can't repair permissions while booted from CD, except in Mac OS X 10.4 or later. You must boot off a CD, or connect the drive via target disk mode that you wish to repair the directory of.ģ. You can't repair the directory (Repair Disk function of Disk Utility) of the current boot drive. Issues which require software based repair frequently appear to have the same symptoms as a dying hard drive.Ģ. You MUST backup your data prior to repairing anything. Important exception notes many people forget:ġ. * Special note for Disk Warrior users at bottom of FAQ *

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