Fixing/Correcting OS X home folder file permissions
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Long story short, I managed to muck up the file permissions within my home directory in OS X (Lion). While I'm familiar enough with linux file permissions and more than comfortable changing them, I am unable to get the right combination of permissions and/or commands to change them appropriately. B…
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Fix for: Fixing/Correcting OS X home folder file permissions
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To Reset file permissions and Access Control Lists (ACLs) of your user's home directory to their default settings do this: Boot into the Recovery mode by holding down the Command and R keys during boot. Open the terminal (under the Utilities menu) T…
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