RiparaCapo
2.0
Overview
RiparaCapo restores the repair-permissions process that was lost on OS X 10.11, where Disk Utility was overhauled and the ability to repair disk permissions was removed.
What's new in RiparaCapo
Version 2.0:
- Added compatibility with macOS 10.12 Sierra
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App requirements:
- Intel 64
- Intel 32
- OS X 10.9.0 or later
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This is the normal(!) behavior of RiparaCapo when it waits until the "repair_packages" process has completed.
You may not be familiar with the meaning of the spinning wait cursor. If an application takes longer than 2 seconds to process the events in its event queue (regardless of the exact cause!) the operating system displays the wait cursor whenever the cursor hovers over that application's windows (see also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinning_pinwheel#System_usage).
However, even if you had (force) quit RiparaCapo the "repair_packages" process would have successfully completed.
Furthermore the start dialog of RiparaCapo clearly indicates "Permissions repair may take up to several minutes"; this means RiparaCapo waits until the "repair_packages" process has finished and then RiparaCapo will continue with the next dialog (to quit or to check the log file).
Once noted my findings the developer did offer heads up info.
On the other hand why did it bother you so much ????????
/usr/libexec/repair_packages —repair —standard-pkgs —debug <Volume>
You can do it directly in Terminal, though the question remains "why"? If you run it in Terminal, you'll see pretty much all it does is restore the 'write' property on lots of printer related directories.
@ChrisB: when you save a script as run-only, it captures the state of the properties from the last run (in other words, your last exitStatus is written into the script, including your HD drive name and username). After testing, you should recompile a fresh version of the script and save it as 'run-only' without running it first to avoid that.
SIP prevents parties other than Apple from adding, deleting or modifying directories and files stored in the following directories only(!):
/bin
/sbin
/usr (except: /usr/local)
/System
On macOS 10.12 (Sierra) you may see entries like "Unable to set permissions on …" or "Unable to set owner & group on …" in the RiparaCapo (v2.0 or newer) log file.
@softwater:
Oops, I did it again. ;-/
Anyway if you (force) quit RiparaCapo the "repair_packages" process is still running and will finish successfully.
chrisB/MacParc [developer]
chrisB/MacParc [developer]