Permissions Reset 2

Permissions Problems be Gone

    Permissions Reset is Mac only. Use a Mac running macOS 10.10 or newer to download.
   Version 2.1 - Monday, November 22nd 2021
Requires macOS 10.13 or newer
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Are there files, folders or apps that cannot be opened? Files that refuse to have changes saved to them?

Any one of these issues might be a permissions problem1, Simply drag your file, folder or application into Permissions Reset, select all the options and click on "Reset".

If everything works after a Permissions Reset, Congratulations, it was a permissions issue and is now fixed.

1. There are many reasons as to why these problems occur, Permissions Reset can only help with permissions issues, except when the permissions are locked because of Apple's SIP security.

 

Meet Permissions Reset

Permissions Reset can reset the owner, group, access permissions, Access Control Lists (ACLS), Extended Attributes (including Quarantine) to default settings, simply by dragging an app, folder or file into Permissions Reset, selecting what you'd like reset, then clicking on "Reset".

Permissions Reset uses the same permissions resetting engine as our premium post-build processor App Wrapper. Permissions Reset uses a prototype of our next generation file system cartographer, for more efficient scans of folders and apps, whilst setting the correct permissions for each file.

 

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