Disk Utility is a great maintenance and troubleshooting tool for those times when your Mac starts acting up. Repairing permi io can sometimes be handy (even though its true validity is in question as of late), but using the Verify and Repair Disk operatio is often a more useful tactic. However, until Mac OS X 10.4.3, you had use Disk Utility to verify or repair your Mac's drive from some sort of an external source. You either had to plug into another Mac in Target Disk mode, or reboot and use the i tall disks that came with your Mac - not the most friendly proce to your workflow. But now, With 10.4.3 and later, you can start up Disk Utility right from within Mac OS X and chose the verify option to make sure system level elements like your file catalog are all in order. One warning though: it is completely normal for your Mac to temporarily freeze or 'seize up' at the begi ing of ru ing this operation (you should get the infamous beachball), as this A le su ort document explai . After a little while, depending on your Mac's eed and all that jazz, it will come out of its daze and you can continue working/chatting/surfing while it finishes the disk verification proce .This is a really handy tool, perha even more valuable than checking permi io , and should be a welcome addition to any Mac maintenance arsenal.
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