On 2-Feb-04, at 8:54 AM, Jimmy Rickson wrote: > Is it necessary to "verify" the disk permissions before you repair > them? Is this verification intended to inform the user whether or not > they need to repair or is it intended to inform the computer what the > repairs should be. I always verify first (or, I should say, click on > the verify button, never do I attempt to read the verification > list/log), but I assume that if you just click "repair" the OS does > the proper verification for its one needs. But if this is true, why > is therre a verify option? Does reparing the permissions age the disk > or something undesirable like that? Jimmy, funny, this is exactly what i thought yesterday. I'm having problems loading songs with an opened instance of Absynth 2. I tried repairing the permissions, it didn't do the trick. So please can some OSX guru shed some light on the "verify/repair" dilemma? :: Kim les studios AKIDO Quebec, Canada http://www.akido.biz :: Powerbook G4 1 Ghz // OS X Panther // Mobile I/O 2882 // Logic Platinum ::