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What causes Mac OS X Permission errors?

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Mar 15, 20261674 views
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This is out of interest rather then looking for a fix to a problem. What actually causes permissions on Mac OS X Systems to become messed up? Its an easily fixed problem (i.e. there's a quick and easy fix via Disk Utility) but its something I'd encountered a few times doing support in a Mac-reselle…

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Here's some common causes: Improper shutdown of the Mac ( files not closed properly ) Sudden power loss Badly behaved Third party installers Dragging files to/from external disks

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