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technology and computing operating systemsWhere is repair permissions on Mac?
To repair your permissions using the DiskUtility:
- Choose Go > Utilities.
- Double-click Disk Utility.
- Select the volume in the left pane for which you wanttorepair permissions.
- Click the First Aid tab.
- Select the volume to which you want to install theAdobeapplication, and then click RepairDiskPermissions.
Also question is, how do I repair permissions on my Mac Sierra?
If that's the case, here's how to fixpermissions:
- Open Disk Utility, which is in the Utilities folder ofyourApplications folder.
- Select the startup disk from the list of volumes.
- Click the First Aid tab.
- To check permissions, click Verify Disk Permissions. Torepairpermissions, click Repair Disk Permissions.
- Select your MacintoshHD on the left side of the window,selectFirst Aid tab on the right side.
- Click Repair disk permissions.
- After this is complete, close Disk Utility and restart yourMacnormally (select Apple logo > Restart from the menubar).
how do I get permission to show contents on my Mac?
You change permission settings at the bottom of theInfowindow for a file, folder, or disk in the Finder.
Assign permissions to users and groups
- On your Mac, select a disk, folder, or file, then chooseFile> Get Info.
- If the information in Sharing & Permissions isn'tvisible,click the disclosure triangle.
On the Mac, they're found in theUtilitiesfolder inside of the Applications folder.There's aneasy way to get to the Utilities folder: from theFinder,select Go > Utilities to display all oftheUtilities currently shipped with macOS (seescreenshotbelow).