[X Newbies] Problems Installing Apps

[Kirk McElhearn]

On 4/1/04 8:58 AM, "Chris Walker" <chris at mymac.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>> I'd suggest you repair permissions. Open Disk Utility (in your Utilities
>> folder), click your drive in the left column, click the First Aid tab, then
>> click the Repair Permissions button. Don't be surprised if it corrects lots
>> of files.
> Thanks I'll give it a go but I do use Cocktail on a regular basis to do
> cron jobs.

Pardon me, but so many people think that running Cocktail is such a miracle
- it does not repair permissions; merely cleans up and rotates logs. While
this is useful, it has nothing to do with your Mac's stability or speed. The
maintenance operations it runs are far from essential.
 
 
Kirk
 
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