The receipts file is a holdover from the NeXT days. DO NOT DELETE them. I did so on a NeXT box as part of my learning curve. It was one of the expensive errors. I finally ended up nuking the system and doing a complete rebuild of os and all apps. James Randy B.Singer wrote: >NO, DON'T DELETE THEM! > >You need these receipts for Software Update to run properly, and for Disk >Utility's Repair Disk Permissions to do its job accurately. > >LEAVE THEM ENTIRELY ALONE. > > > > -- www.blackcube.org The Texas State Home for Wayward and Orphaned Computers