Mac OS X 10.4.6 Special Report: Special permissions messages no longer appear in Disk Utility

Previous iterations of Mac OS X, including Mac OS X 10.4.5, added new special permissions settings that could be found when using Apple's Disk Utility (located in Applications/Utilities) to repair permissions. As previously noted, any string that begins with "We are using special permissions..." in the Disk Utility log can be safely ignored.

Apple has now modified this behavior, eliminating the special permissions messages from Disk Utility.

Index:

• Release Notes/Download links
• General purpose workarounds
• List of updated Apple applications
• Update process recommendation

• AirPort network not automatically re-joined after sleep
• Bluetooth: Connectivity issues
• Dock Auto Hide/Show function broken -- fix
• Double restart is expected behavior
• Energy Saver issues -- system will not automatically shut down, etc.
• FireWire problems
• Font issues -- fixes
• Improvements
• iSync Issues -- Issues with hacks for unsupported devices; Sony Ericsson K700i won't synch
• Menu bar items missing
• Networking issues: Problems with proxies
• Photo booth distortion
• Printer issues
• Problems logging in from Windows systems
• Reminder: Have enough free drive space before installing
• Reverting (downgrading) to Mac OS X 10.4.5
• Safari: Image loading problems
• SCSI drives not recognized
• Server volumes cannot be written to -- fixes
• Special permissions messages no longer appear in Disk Utility
• Spotlight issues -- make sure drive is not in Privacy tab
• Startup problems -- will not proceed after update, etc.
• Streaming Audio -- fixes
• Third-party applications: Fix for Photoshop save on crash; Word crashes; more
• Update Installer cannot find destination drive

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