I did something that caused me to lose my folders on my iPad

I don't know what i did but now my folders and iPad home page are gone.

Your home screen isn't gone. It cant be gone. You just don't recognize it as your home screen because your folders exploded and all over your apps are all over the place again. The suggestion about restoring from a backuo should help as long as you do have a backup that contains your latest folder structure and it is very current. Whe you restore from a backup you restore everything in that backup to the iPad.
Did you recently set and/or remove restrictions in the settings on the iPad? I ask because I once setup and then turned off restrictions on my iPad merely because I was trying to help someone with a restriction issue - and it blew my folders up and spread my apps all over 8 screens on my iPad. I was quite surprised.

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You should check that the settings match those in this page:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4864

I did something to cause all the picture tiles in my iphoto to be the same pic. How do I go back so each pic comes up as itself?

I did something in iphoto that turned all my picture tiles to the same picture. How do I get them to go back to each picture being itself?

Option 1
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Rebuild iPhoto Library Database from automatic backup.
If that fails:
Option 2
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. This will create a new library based on data in the albumdata.xml file. Not everything will be brought over - no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your albums and keywords back.
Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one. .
Regards
TD

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Reset the page zoom on pages that cause problems: View > Zoom > Reset (Ctrl+0 (zero); Cmd+0 on Mac)
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Zoom_text_of_web_pages
Start Firefox in [[Safe Mode]] to check if one of the extensions is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox (Tools) > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).
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*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes

Keychain-I did something that really screwed things up-HELP!!!

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We can't possibly know what you did. Every support file for your userfolder is in the ~/Library/ folder. Here is the normal folder structure of a user. Note the location of ~/Library/Keychains
~/Desktop
~/Documents
~/Library/Application Support
~/Library/Assistants
~/Library/Audio
~/Library/ColorPickers
~/Library/Favorites/Documents
~/Library/Favorites
~/Library/FontCollections
~/Library/Fonts
~/Library/iMovie/Plug-ins
~/Library/iMovie/Sound Effects
~/Library/iMovie
~/Library/Internet Plug-Ins
~/Library/Keyboard Layouts
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i accidentally clicked something and now i cannot see the web address at the top of the page or the back/forward buttons. how do i get that back?

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See watered down list of keyboard shortcuts, which adapts to your system can be found at
: https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Keyboard+shortcuts

I did something to cause Firefox to no longer remember my password for a URL. How to convice Firebox to remember it again?

I had firefox remember my password for a website I subscribe to. I changed the password recently and firefox won't remember the changed password.

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* http://kb.mozillazine.org/User_name_and_password_not_remembered (bookmarklet)
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While attempting to download the 64bit version of iTunes it is going to delete the 32 bit version currently installed. Will that cause me to lose my current content that was imported from my CD collection?

When upgrading to 64bit iTUNES will content from CDs imported in the 32bit version be lost?

Jazzman NJ wrote:
When upgrading to 64bit iTUNES will content from CDs imported in the 32bit version be lost?
It shouldn't. I'd use the Control Panel to uninstall the x86 version first, then download and install the x64.
Your music will be untouched but I don't know if the x64 version will seamlessly pick up your iTunes Library.itl and iTunes Library.xml files. The XML isn't bit rate specific, but the ITL may be. Either way, your music should remain intact. At worst, you may have to "reload" everything.

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The clipboard is a place in memory where text that has been copied from is temporarily stored ready to be pasted elsewhere.
The clipboard cannot be viewed, and is essentially invisible to the user. Copied text will stay on the clipboard until it is replaced by the next piece of copied text.
Probably what happened is you copied your credit card number from somewhere, either intentionally or accidentally (perhaps you made a purchase on your iPad using this card recently), and the clipboard stored the number. Then, whilst you were using Facebook you (accidentally) pasted this credit card number from the clipboard into your Facebook message.
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I have a mac air. I stupidly did something to it. Don't even know myself but I lost everything and cannot get the Mountain Lion back. Am up a creek and have to buy what was given to me when I purchased the machine?

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I can no longer use the keyboard shortcuts, 'command C' and 'command V'. Did I inadvertently do something to my keyboard or computer that caused this? Is there a way to fix it?

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Photoshop is split-screening & freezing causing me to lose work? "Support" did not help with this.

I have Photoshop CS5 and the problem started about a week ago.
I opened an image, got 3/4s of the way through it, and the computer screen "split into two" and froze. Causing me to shut down my computer, entirely, and lose an hour and half's worth of work. I shut my computer down, completely and did a full system reboot, and tried again. This time I didn't even get a full step into editing before the same thing occured.
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You say it only happens when you work on raw. Is this only when you’re using the Camera Raw plug-in? If you work on a small JPG in the ACR plug-in, does it happen?
Have you tried turning off the OpenGL acceleration in PS / Preferences / Performance as Mylenium suggested?
I would agree it sounds like a video hardware failure, due to it locking up your computer. Do you have a way to photograph and share what the screen looks like when it is locked up?

I want Firefox to open to my homepage every time after it crashes. I do not want it to return to the tabs and applications that caused the crash. I am willing to lose information. How do I do this?

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* http://kb.mozillazine.org/browser.sessionstore.max_resumed_crashes
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* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.sessionstore.max_resumed_crashes
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* https://wiki.mozilla.org/Session_Restore#Preferences
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I just did two System Restores (and clicked something that asked me about "[something -exe]," and now Firefox won't open at all.

I hope someone can help. My husband did something to update Firefox (or Firefox just automatically updated today, I don't know which), but I didn't like the new toolbar much, so I did a System Restore to get back the old one. That didn't work, so I then did another System Restore for an earlier day, but when I restarted the computer, Firefox wouldn't open at all.
A pop-up asked me something about "allowing 'something-.exe' at start-up," with options like "Remember this action, don't allow, and allow," I think, and I don't remember what I clicked, and that's likely part of the problem, but in any case, I can't get Firefox to start now. I click on the logo/icon and nothing happens.
I tried to undo both System Restores, but the computer would only restore the most recent one, not both.
And I tried, as suggested on the forum elsewhere, to go into "Firefox Safe Mode," but that didn't help either.
Thank you for any help.

That's what happened to me too after I upgraded to firefox 4 and it wouldn't connect to my internet. Now I'm stuck with Internet Explorer with none of my important personal information like my favorites.

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I did something that caused me to lose my folders on my iPad

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