[Ham-Mac] Who is *NOT* upgrading to Panther?

Chris Smolinski [email protected]
Wed, 29 Oct 2003 07:10:07 -0500


John E Bastin wrote:
> 
> On Oct 28, 2003, at 8:16 PM, harris ruben wrote:
> 
> > <Have you repaired file permissions?>
> >
> > What is this and how do you do it?
> 
> In the Utilities folder, open Disk Utility. Select your hard drive
> volume on the left, and the "First Aid" tab on the right. Then select
> the "Repair Disk Permissions" button. Then go for a cup of coffee.

Is First Aid finally useful? My experience with it in the past
(especially on OS9 and below) is that it's pretty worthless. The typical
result is a dialog saying "I found lots of errors but I don't know how
to fix them, sorry".