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Emergency!
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Washington, DC
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I've owned my powerbook for about 2 months now. At first I would turn it off frequently (once a day or so) but since I've come back to school I've left it on for about a week straight. Finally tonight I shut down, then remembered I forgot to check my schedual. When I turned it back on everthing was gone! Well not quite everything, my documents are still there and so are some apps that I've downloaded, but everything else, all my photos in iphoto, all my mp3's in itunes, all my contacts in my address book, and all my email is gone. When I open itunes the software licence pops up. The system thinks I haven't ever used it before. The stock config dock is back and so is the desktop. Everything is gone, is there anything I can do to get it back?
This is horrible! What's going on? Please help!
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: San Diego, CA, USA
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That is disturbing. A couple of thoughts:
1. Are the files actually gone, or could it be the applications' preferences are just blinked so that they don't remember where the files they're supposed to be reading are? Because corrupted pref files seem to be pretty much the #1 cause of trouble in OS X.
2. I had something a lot like this once. It was caused by a nearly fatal error in the file system. If you have Norton or something like that, you might want to pop it in and see if it finds any major errors.
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Chuck
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Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: The Sar Chasm
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When a true genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him. -- Jonathan Swift.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Boston
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iTunes and my system prefrences reset on me the next time i start my computer after i've turned off my computer and didnt realized that i ran out of space. Try clearing up some space and re-doing all your preferences.
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Senior User
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Buenos Aires
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This is horrible! What's going on? Please help!
I am with Chuckit. I suggest you to check if the files are actually gone or your apps are reluctant to show them.
If the files are gone, Disk Warrior is your best bet IMHO.
HTH
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Y no entienden nada... ¡y cómo se divierten!...
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Forum Regular
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: London
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Running out of Diskspace has hosed my mail, and iTunes in the past.
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Seattle, WA, USA
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Either he logged in as a different user, or his ~/Library folder has been hosed somehow. That's where all user prefs, iTunes music info and e-mail is stored.
-matt
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