Almost Lost All My Folders/Data On Desktop After OS 10.5.3 UpdateToday
Folks, I need to report what happened today on my MacBook after I did the 10.5.3 update today. After the long updating process, the laptop restarted 2-3 times automatically until it finally got to my desktop. But to my surprise, every single folder and icons for files that I stored on my desktop had disappeared!! HELP. My HD is partitioned and my archive section had some of the data that was on the desktop, but I hadn't done my work backup yet. I then opened iTunes and got an error message that the app couldn't open and couldn't the index file.
I prepared for the worst. I immediately repaired permissions which I do anyway after software updates. The repair took awhile to finish up and the fan came on pretty fast. Then I got my LaCie BU FireWire HD and DataRescue ready for action. The external HD wouldn't mount. I figured because of the update, it's possible I would need a firmware fix now. Anyway, I restarted, the color ball was spinning, and miraculously one by one, all my icons were restored as well as my folders. I then did a complete immediate backup and my iTunes opened perfectly, nothing lost.
Anyway, all I can say is to all who do the update, better be sure your BU is done before doing the OS update. This the first time this has ever happened of any and all updates I have done previously.
Good luck and let us know if you experienced this same glitch after updating
Steve
Yes, we are warned and we get lazy and "trust" our Macs to never fail, especially when we do sw updates. I definitely got lucky this time and learned my lesson, believe me. What I don't understand is why did everything disappear after the first restart, but then was restored after repairing permissions and the next reboot. Everything appeared like magic. Saved me a lot of recovery time
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