setting correct permissions on the Home folder in Finder’s Get Info dialog, and applying those to enclosed items.Until this recent change, repairing or resetting permissions on your Home folder consisted of three steps: This article explains how they’ve changed, and what you should do now. Just over a month ago, Apple changed those recommendations significantly. Nearly three years ago, Apple started recommending that users with a wide range of otherwise intractable problems tried resetting permissions on their Home folder – something I documented here at the time.
