Oh blast! - what have I done? How can I evert back to this morning?
Ok - you are going to believe this - it's me - StressedMum! I have been trying to connect on Messenger. I have Office for Mac but that messenger software was useless. Couldn't do what we wanted to do. So I downloaded (:(( ) aMSN. Great piece of kit. Then there were additional pluggins and skins to download, add, and configure. I clicked my way through and now I cannot connect on aMSN anymore, neither can I use my Entourage in Mac Office. I have tried restoring Office to no avail, I have removed aMSN to trash. No good. I haven't done anything on the Mac today that needs to be saved apart from a few emails, so can I use TM to take me back to this morning, which will rid me of all my mistakes. I can't seem to identify one particular file that will help me - so a reckon a 'complete back in time' would do the trick? Can't find anything on the help pages. Hope you can help. Thanks. SM
ok - thank you for your concern. I'll try and start at the beginning. I download aMSN - which I was very happy with - then I started to to add pluggins and skins for aMSN - I thinkI must have added something there that I shouldn't have. I closed aMSN and tried reopening it a half hour later only to be told - this: "There was an error executing aspell. This is probably because it was not installed properly and is required for plugin to work. etc etc and to go to aspell.sourgeforce.net to supply correct path..." I could not rid this message - I had to force quit. No amount of patience would allow me to reopen aMSN. I think that during the add ons and plugins I must have selected something to do with emails, or similar - because I notice that my whole Mac for Office applications had gone and was unable to open Entourage. The message referred to a problem with upper and lower case. (I can't find it now as I have restored) The first thing I tried to do was to bring aMSN back to the moment I installed it (before I added any extras) but I still got the same executing error. I then trashed everything to do with aMSN; being more concerned about office. I searched for a typical 'safe' restore for Office and clicked restore - but only 5 items were restored - losing 4 because of this error about upper and lower case??? So I finally tried using the same restore point for Office but this time instead of replacing the exiting folder; I added to it. I then had 2 Office folders, one with only 5 items in it and the other with the correct 9 items. I therefore have trashed the folder with just the 5 items. Everything seems ok at the moment - but I have downloaded again aMSN and it doesn;t like me - it comes up again with the same errors. I have looked at Adium briefly - but not sure that's going to be suitable - that too looks like it will need add ons - video, sound, skins etc... ?? Hope you can make sense of all this. I have not reinstalled OX - wasn't going to without advise - I was just guessing that would be the way in the event of casastrophy? Nothing deleted from TM either.
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The exclamation shows when the file path/link to the original file has been broken. Apply the two fixes below in order as needed:
Fix #1
Launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys held down and rebuild the library.
Since only one option can be run at a time start with Option #3, followed by #4 and then #1 as needed.
Fix #2
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1 - download iPhoto Library Manager and launch.
2 - click on the Add Library button, navigate to your Home/Pictures folder and select your iPhoto Library folder.
3 - Now that the library is listed in the left hand pane of iPLM, click on your library and go to the File ➙ Rebuild Library menu option.
4 - In the next window name the new library and select the location you want it to be placed.
5 - Click on the Create button.
Note: This creates a new library based on the LIbraryData.xml file in the library and will recover Events, Albums, keywords, titles and comments. However, books, calendars, cards and slideshows will be lost. The original library will be left untouched for further attempts at fixing the problem or in case the rebuilt library is not satisfactory.
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What have I done, how do I correct it , delete or even find it
Have been trying to take a 'last import' and write it to toast, not sure why I can't do it or even make a folder for them to go in to but I cannot, but in any case I imported what I thought was a bunch of folders in my last 'import' to a folder I made on my desktop which it hasn't imported to but what it has done is give me thousands of different folder in my iphoto starting from 1970 onwards with thousands upon thousands of icons and just about every picture on my machine and it is still doing it as I type some 2 hours later. I can quit the program but it comes back on just as soon as i boot it back on with a little activity showing in 'faces'
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It might not be so confusing or "controlling" if you take the time to understand it.
but in any case I imported what I thought was a bunch of folders in my last 'import' to a folder I made on my desktop
Do you mean 'Export'? What's "my last 'import'"?
Have been trying to take a 'last import' and write it to toast,
There are many, many ways to access your files in iPhoto:
*For Users of 10.5 and later*
You can use any Open / Attach / Browse dialogue. On the left there's a Media heading, your pics can be accessed there. Command-Click for selecting multiple pics.
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*For users of 10.4 and later* ...
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To upload to a site that does not have an iPhoto Export Plug-in the recommended way is to Select the Pic in the iPhoto Window and go File -> Export and export the pic to the desktop, then upload from there. After the upload you can trash the pic on the desktop. It's only a copy and your original is safe in iPhoto.
This is also true for emailing with Web-based services. However, if you're using Gmail you can use iPhoto2GMail
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*If you want to access the files with iPhoto not running*:
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For Users of 10.4 and later:
Create a Media Browser using Automator (takes about 10 seconds) or use this free utility Karelia iMedia Browser
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3. *Show File*: Right- (or Control-) Click on a pic and in the resulting dialogue choose 'Show File'. A Finder window will pop open with the file already selected.
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Report to police along with serial number. Change all your passwords.
These links may be helpful.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2526
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5668
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http://support.apple.com/kb/PH2698
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http://www.stolen-property.com/report-stolen-ipad.php
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How to Find a Stolen iPad
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4061
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