How to Run Disk Utility on Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) to Repair Permissions

How To Run OS X Disk Utility - Repair Permissions

1. Click on the Spotlight magnifying glass in top right of your screen (See figure 1)

2. Type “ disk utility “ in the Spotlight bar (See figure 1)

3. Select Disk Utility, located next to the text: Applications (See figure 1)

Figure 1

4. In the left hand-side column/box of Disk Utility select “ Macintosh HD “ (See Figure 2)

5. Select the “ First Aid “ button on the middle-right of the Disk Utility window (See Figure 2)

6. Click on the “ Repair Permissions “ button.  This procedure could take a long time to complete (See Figure 2)

FIGURE 2

Note: This tutorial assumes the user is using Mac OS X 10.6. It is possible to have a different named partition in Disk Utility, ie Macintosh HD could be called something else.


This tutorial can be downloaded here.