Is there a better way to reset or repair permissions on your Home folder? Try a more targeted and controlled solution here.
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Apple has changed its instructions for resetting/repairing permissions on your Home folder, and important cure for many problems.
What to do, when you can, before taking or sending your Mac in for service or repair. What about FileVault? And Activation Lock?
Third party tools for checking and repairing APFS are still very limited. Is it better to use fsck to check and repair APFS?
Have you lost any precious files lately? Old movies of your kids when they were young, perhaps. Wouldn’t it be good to be able to recover them?
Don’t just throw it in a box and send it off: what happens if its internal storage is replaced or wiped? What about protecting sensitive files? Does a T2 chip make this difficult?
Apple’s latest Macs have T2 chips and SSDs which are not user-replaceable. Isn’t buying one courting with disaster?
Why might we want to repair permissions, and how does it differ now from what is used to be? As shown in a clear diagram.
Helps you scan for faulty permissions in your Home folder, with help from Mojave’s new privacy protection system.
Troubled at times, we have used Disk Utility through thick and thin. Now it has changed to support APFS, with some weird behaviour.
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