Permissions
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The Mac operating system has various mechanisms for controlling who can do what to files and folders. For the most part, these systems don't affect your usage.
But when one or two of them do get in your way, it is a frustrating experience for someone with minimal experience to solve the problem. This is where Permissions Reset steps in.
It looks at the file and then tries to reset the permissions to how they should be.
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Click on the "Reset" button in the top right hand corner of the window.
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A number of the options in the "Permissions" section can be toggled on or off, by simply clicking on them. However if the various permissions system prevent you from doing so, the file will need to be reset before these can be used.
▲ TopPermissions Reset will first attempt to reset all the permissions in place. However if this is denied by the permission system that we're trying to reset, Permissions Reset will request "Privilege Escalation", which allows it to use administrator powers to reset the permissions. Please note, that even some permissions can prevent this options.
▲ TopIf Permissions Reset is unable to reset the permissions in place, it attempts a third try, this time it asks you to choose a different location or file name.
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Select "Settings..." from the Permissions Reset menu on the menubar. From here, the frequency of update checks can be modified, also if you don't want to update to a specific version, clicking on "Ignore" will prevent that.
To disable Update checks, select "Never" from the "Check Frequency" menu.
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/Applications/Permissions Reset 3.app/Contents/MacOS/prHelperX reset -username <userName> <path>▲ Top