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Reset all Permissions
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I visited the Apple store with a problem on my G4 Powerbook. The guy at the bar did some reset all permissions via some key strokes. Can somebody tell me how to do that? This action he did basicly deleted all permissions and reset my Powerbook back to new except for all my data was still on it.
Does this make sense?
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Originally Posted by coreymcl
Does this make sense?
Not really.
If you want to restore your system to a brand-new state but keep your data, you boot from the OS X DVD and do an Archive and Install. If you just want to repair permissions, you use Disk Utility. Neither needs to be done if you're not currently experiencing problems.
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And neither of those two ways are done just by "some key strokes" huh
I agree that it doesn't make a lot of sense.
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He could have been using the Terminal could he not?
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Originally Posted by coreymcl
I visited the Apple store with a problem on my G4 Powerbook. The guy at the bar did some reset all permissions via some key strokes. Can somebody tell me how to do that? This action he did basicly deleted all permissions and reset my Powerbook back to new except for all my data was still on it.
I find confusing to understand what he really did if the above in bold is correct, as resetting permissions does not put a Mac "back to new".
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Could he maybe have reset the nvram by booting into open firmware (hold opt-apple-O-F during boot up) and entering:
reset-nvram<enter>
reset-all<enter
?
Was the screen all grey with small writing on it?
Alternatively if it was running OS X as usual and he did the 'reset' thing in a terminal window, he may have done the same thing using the nvram command line utility.
Either of these will return a load of the non-volatile settings on the mac to 'as new' while not affecting your data.
Sound plausible?
Added:
Or did he run chmod -R 777 * as root perhaps?
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Join Date: Oct 2001
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Could you clarify what you mean? Resetting permissions wouldn't be something I'd describe as "reset a Powerbook back to new." What exactly is different now?
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