How-to: Repair Disk Permissions

Desmond Leung updated May 17, 2016 at 2:27 PM

Questions Addressed

• How do I repair file permissions? How do I repair file permissions?

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• Repairing Disk Permissions does not include user-level files in /Users.
• You should Verify/Repair Disk before doing a Verify/Repair Permissions.

\[Howto Repair a Disk\]

For OS X 10.11 El Capitan:

1. Launch Terminal Terminal (located in Applications > Utilities Applications > Utilities)

2. To verify permissions, enter the following command:

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   sudo /usr/libexec/repair_packages --verify --standard-pkgs / sudo /usr/libexec/repair_packages --verify --standard-pkgs /

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2. To repair permissions, enter the following command:

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   sudo /usr/libexec/repair_packages --repair --standard-pkgs /

   
   

For OS X 10.10 Yosemite and earlier:

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1. Launch Disk Utility (located in Applications > Utilities)

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2. Choose your hard drive from the left side column. Then click Repair Disk Permissions. This will attempt to repair any errors found.

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