--
-- Repair Disk Permissions 0.1.3
-- By Mikkel Paulson ([email address in app])
--
-- THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED AS-IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.
--
-- You should always have an up-to-date backup of all of your important files before scratching your
-- nose, let alone mucking around with disk permissions and such.
--
-- This script implements most of the suggestions from the ongoing thread "How do I unlock my
-- external hard drive?" https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/417647/ Specifically, it:
--
-- Tests all volumes for writability by saving a 0-byte invisible file ".permissions_test_file" to each
-- volume's root directory, then deleting it again.
-- Reports which volumes are writable and which are not.
-- Asks the user for permission to attempt to fix writing issues.
-- Prompts to correct permissions (to drwxrwxr-x root:admin) for HFS+ and JHFS+ volumes.
-- Gives the option to install MacFUSE and NTFS-3G for NTFS volumes.
-- Gives the option to format NTFS volumes to JHFS+, FAT32, or a manually-entered format.
-- Produces a log, including before & after ls -l listings of /Volumes.
--
-- This script has been tested on Mac OS X 10.4 PowerPC and 10.5 Intel computers.
--
-- Please post any questions or bug reports to:
-- https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/871557/
-- If the script is unable to solve your problem, the best place to go is back in the original thread:
-- https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/417647/
--
-- This script is hereby released into the public domain. Feel free to use it or its code for any purpose,
-- with or without attribution.
--
-- Changelog:
-- 0.1.0 - original release
-- 0.1.1 - fixed bug preventing the format process from working
-- 0.1.2 - now works with volumes with spaces in their names
-- 0.1.3 - now a universal binary
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