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sudo chmod -R 777 /

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Mar 15, 202639401 views
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Problem

I did this. It was a mistake. Is there any way to undo it? Basically it's messed up more things than I can list. I don't have time-machine enabled on my mac.

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sudo chmod -R 777 /

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Fix for: sudo chmod -R 777 /

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Take a look at Apple's Disk Utility's Repair Disk Permissions feature: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1452?viewlocale=en_US

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