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Transport 998 · Nov 10, 2005, 02:55 PM

used my computer to check my mail this morn...came back at lunch launched safari and boom it defaulted to the apple home page and i lost all my bookmarks in every folder?? it later came up with a message unable to store keychain or something ??? tried to find bookmarks in spotlight?? nothing ???? any answers

tooki · Nov 10, 2005, 04:14 PM

Did you lose preferences in any other application? If so, you might have accidentally renamed your home folder.

tooki

Transport 998 · Nov 10, 2005, 04:24 PM

thats exactly what i did was rename that folder... can i get that stuff back?

Transport 998 · Nov 10, 2005, 05:25 PM

i lost everything ???all my settings,folders,preferences?????ahhhhhh help

TETENAL · Nov 10, 2005, 05:37 PM

You must not rename your home folder. Never. Also don't move it.

You probably now have a new home folder with your old name. Rename that to something else then rename your original home folder to its original name, log out and back in again.

OAW · Nov 10, 2005, 05:52 PM

If renaming your Home folder can wreak so much havoc one would think the OS would disallow it in the Finder. I suppose that would be too much like right though.

OAW

Transport 998 · Nov 10, 2005, 06:03 PM

won't do that again .... is there any harm in erasing the folder i switched from now ???

Thinine · Nov 10, 2005, 06:24 PM

Not if you got all of your settings/files/personal belongings out of it.

Transport 998 · Nov 10, 2005, 06:29 PM

sweet thanks..........D.