User folder and library disappeared?
Very strange... I have an Intel iMac 6 which did something in the "holy crap" category tonight. May have to call Cupertino tomorrow but thought I'd try here first.
I restarted my computer from the pull down menu after quitting a RAM hogging program (Transmission) because I was getting ready to do some work in iWeb and that can be pretty RAM intensive too. The computer wasn't acting up in any way.
When it started up, my desktop pic was gone, which I thought odd. Then I noticed all the files I had on my desktop were gone, too. I tried to go to system prefs, and it wouldn't open. Tried to open iPhoto and it acted like this was the first time I was using it, with set up menus popping up. Further exploration showed all software I installed wasn't showing up and all applications factory installed were giving my set up menus when I launched them.
However, "get info" on the hard drive shows less than 200G of the 500G available, so the files must be there SOMEWHERE. Disc utility shows "vol 1 needs repair," but it won't let me select "repair disk." I repaired permissions with no effect.
Under "users," my icon is just gone, as if no user was ever set up on the computer.
Why would it go back to factory settings on a restart?
OK,
Since my last post I have run Disk Utility by booting from the OSX disk first, which said vol needs repair. I clicked repair and the list of things it did was extensive, but supposedly, repair was successful. Well, the symptoms didn't change.
So, I ran Tech Tool again booting from the disk. Volume Structure continues to fail, so I clicked repair. Symptoms persist, except now my home folder is back, but all the subfolders are empty. There is a folder marked lost + found with subfolders labeled by number, but if I click on those, I get a "no application specified... etc" message.
Spent an hour on the phone with tech. Booted in safe mode. She had me try a few things and Clicking get info on highlighted hard drive still shows just under 200G of the 500G available, but highlighing my home folder and clicking get info shows only 24G in that folder. Weird. She thinks we are at the point of needing to do an erase and reinstall. I'd like to avoid that- have had to do it twice since purchasing the machine in March. She suggested I take it in. I swear, I have owned 7 macs and all the issues I ever had with any of them added together wouldn't equal the headaches I've had with this machine. I thought the last reinstall fixed the problem because I've been trouble free for a month, now this.
So, I followed Pe Bakk's instructions. Here were the results.
Welcome to Darwin!
wendy-donahues-computer:~ RedWrath$ cd/users
-bash:cd/users:No such file or directory
wendy-donahues-computer:~RedWrath$ is -IA
bash: is: command not found
BTW I am working on my iBook and only troubleshooting on the iMac as I don't want to inadvertently make the problem worse by setting up any of the applications all over again. Any application I try to open still gives me the setup screen.
Two more weird things. If I try to use the Finder's drop down menu to log out, it gives "Log out Wendy Donahue" as an option, but if I click on it, nothing happens. Also, if I try to go to System Preferences, nothing happens. If I go to applications to try clicking on the System Preferences icon, it doesn't appear like the light switch/panel thingy it usually is. There is a generic application icon titled System Preferences.
Very strange, I will call to make an appointment to take it in but I'm willing to try some more troubleshooting before it goes.
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