macOS: “In Recovery mode, typing repairHomePermissions into Terminal launches a GUI app … each time I have tried this it locks me out of every folder in my Home folder and wreaks havoc elsewhere”

https://eclecticlight.co/2025/09/28/last-week-on-my-mac-panacea-or-placebo/

These days, when I use macOS, I avoid anything that isn’t used constantly in the default setup. Apple has lost a sense of shame.