So I made a mistake (moved a folder)

So I made a mistake. I moved a folder from my HD to my Shared folder by drag and drop. But when I looked in the target Shared folder, only the files in the root directory was copied. The subfolders also appeared there, but they were EMTPY! Where are my files? They aren't in the original HD folder (because I moved it). They aren't in the target folder. Getting desperate for help (sorry, I just bought my first Mac and brought up with PC so possibly a simple stupid question)!

Click on the Desktop, CMD+F, enter iTunes Music, click on File name, and see what pops up. If nothing, launch the Terminal app in /Applications/Utilities/, type in this command, and hit the return key:
*locate "iTunes Music"*
If nothing pops up, rebuild the locate database, using this command:
*sudo /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb*
copy/paste it into the Terminal window, hit the return key, at the Password: prompt, carefully type in your admin password because nothing shows up on the screen, and hit the enter key. This will take 15-30 minutes. After you get the prompt back, run the above locate command again.

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So I made a mistake (moved iTunes folder)

I have two users on my iMac and discussed with the Mac Store's Genius Bar how to share the iTunes library between the users. I made the mistake of 'moving' the iTunes folder to the Shared folder with drag and drop, and since then I can't see any of my iTunes music (files). The music (iTunes) files are clearly still on my hard drive somewhere, but how do i "find" them again? (I used to be PC user so I'm a bit thick!) Happy for help!

Thanks Chris. I'm sorry it didn't work. First task is to find the files themselves, because when I moved the folder the files didn't move with it; the iTunes/iTunes Music folder in Shared is now completely empty. And when I look in the iTunes/iTunes Music folder on my original HD it is ALSO empty. Once I have found the music files (that used to be in my iTunes/iTunes Music folder, then I guess I can use your tip. But I am not there yet. I suspect this is a Mac OS issue. Any other ideas (getting desperate since I had quite a lot of music stored...)?

I made a mistake by saving a web page and moving it to ical on my mac air. now i can open ical but cant access it as it says i have a systems error . how do i fix it ?

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Changing body text is not simple. It's a desperate last resort. You need to buy the exact font. Acrobat will not let you edit in a font you don't own. Even then, it's undertain. Consider preparing an overlay in InDesign.

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Oh my! Obviously, I don't know what I'm doing. But I do know that my goal was to do both---backup AND free some space. My iMAc is old (2006) and I upgraded it a year or so ago to Snow Leopard. I didn't think I had the capability of backing up without an external drive, but maybe I do since I upgraded. Do I?
But I bought this My Book mostly for freeing space because I like to make cards in Photoshop and I'm forever running out of space when I get too many layers (don't really know what I'm doing there, either).
Is there some way that I can rectify my mistakes and start all over?
Thank you so much for beng so prompt with your reply and patient with mine. I tried for so long to see the dialog box with the library listings. When I launched iPhoto, even with holding down the Option key, it kept immediately launching into the full screen. Finally, after an hour of doing it over and over again, it worked when I held the key down for 5 minutes. Then when I was typing my reply, I kept getting a message to "Request Time Out." Didn't know how to do that, so kept hitting the OK button and kept typing for another half minute. Finally, when ready to send, Safari couldn't do it. "Try again" exasperated me until I realized I would have to begin again and use Firefox. When I got there and ready to type, I got the message that my message had been retrienved and did I want to use it?!!
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Try trash the com.apple.iPhoto.plist file from the HD/Users/ Your Name / library / preferences folder. (Remember you'll need to reset your User options afterwards. These include minor settings like the window colour and so on. Note: If you've moved your library you'll need to point iPhoto at it again.)
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For new users: Every application on your Mac has an accompanying plist file. It records certain User choices. For instance, in your favourite Word Processor it remembers your choice of Default Font, on your Web Browser is remembers things like your choice of Home Page. It even recalls what windows you had open last if your app allows you to pick up from where you left off last. The iPhoto plist file remembers things like the location of the Library, your choice of background colour, whether you are running a Referenced or Managed Library, what preferences you have for autosplitting events and so on. Trashing the plist file forces the app to generate a new one on the next launch, and this restores things to the Factory Defaults. Hence, if you've changed any of these things you'll need to reset them. If you haven't, then no bother. Trashing the plist file is Mac troubleshooting 101.

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Try running the 10.6.8 combo update.
10.6.8 Combo Updater
System Preferences or Safari Preferences?
Do a backup.
Quit the application.
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I have a MacBook Pro with the latest operating system, trying to configure a Gateway flat monitor with vga.
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Apple menu -> System Preferences -> Displays.
System Preferences can also be found in the Hard drive -> Applications folder.
Resetting the PRAM can help bring displays back to factory settings if you can't find what you need:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379

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Hi
I have a Iphone4 in using. I couldn't find Safary, E-mail and notes from my phone one day. I made this mistake when I want to delete some programe from my phone. Who can help I recovery my phone please.
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Hello, HenryWang2103.
Thank you for visiting Apple Support Communities.
The Safari, Email and Notes applications are native to the iOS and is unable to be deleted. Since this is the case, they are either in a folder on the iPhone, on another page or Restrictions are enabled. You can also search for these Apps on the iPhone by touching the screen and sliding your finger down. Here is some information regarding these features. The information about folders is located in the user guide below.
iPhone User Guide
iOS: Understanding Restrictions (Parental Controls)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4213
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So, which one did you really do?

So lately I decided I was tired of Tiger, and decided I would upgrade to Leopard. Well I made the mistake of erasing the hard drive before I made sure it would work. Well now like the installer was before it failed. And now when I boot it just won't work

So lately I decided I was tired of Tiger, and decided I would upgrade to Leopard. Well I made the mistake of erasing the hard drive before I made sure it would work. Well now like the installer was before it failed. And now when I boot I get the normal finder/question mark flashing folder. I also found a power Mac g4 that needs a new operating system. It's running 9.2. It's going to my grandma as a gift. I really need help.

I think you'll need to find a Retail 10.5 Disc.
Leopard requirements/10.5.x...
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minimum system requirements
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Classic/OS9 Apps no longer supported.
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http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=mac+os+x+leopard+retail+10.5
There are workarounds if the 867MHz CPU is the only hangup...
http://sourceforge.net/projects/leopardassist/
http://lowendmac.com/osx/leopard/unsupported.html
List of Applications Not Compatible with Leopard...
http://guides.macrumors.com/List:Applications_Not_Compatible_with_Leopard

I only have one iTunes account. The other day I made the mistake of downloading purchased songs and movies logged on another user account (Administrator) on the same computer. How do I consolidate all my purchases in my preferred user account?

I only have one iTunes account. The other day I made the mistake of downloading purchased songs and movies logged on another user account (Administrator) on the same computer. How do I consolidate all my purchases in my preferred user account?

copy the songs that you downloaded as admin and put it somewhere you can access it from you're preferred account (usb stick / cd / shared folder / external hard drive) log into with you preferred user account and drag and drop the files on top of the itunes icon and they will be imported.
if you have a second computer you could use home sharing to move the music from admin itunes to the second computer and from the second computer to the preferred itununes
ps you can only connect 5 computers to you're itunes account so don't forget to de-autorise when you no-longer wand it.

Looking for some assurances that I haven't made a mistake switching to Mac.

Bought an intel-powered IMac 9 days ago and love everything about it's look, functionality, etc.. Only problem: I've had a bout of "Application has closed unexpectedly" occcurrances while using Safari (while at AOL.com deleting emails from aol account) and while editing pics in iPhoto. As this happened time and again, I got a sad, sinking feeling that I'm headed for the same frustrations that I've had w/ every Windows machine I've ever owned. Ugh!..I switched to Apple for the specific purpose of avoiding crashes!!! Apple support walked me through steps to fix (removed/updated Quicktime, and check a few other things..). They were very helpful, but... I absolutely detest having to do this. Other than Office:Mac, i've added nothing to this machine! I'm really stressed about this. I paid far more for this than I would have for a Windows machine simply because I had heard that Apple machines don't do this sort of thing!!
Please tell me that this is normal and expected with a new machine and not a harbinger of more complicated problems to come!! I'm hoping that once resolved, I won't much more of this.. On the other hand, if many of you feel that this issue is a bad omen, I'll take the machine back while I still can. ..What a pity though, it's truly been a joy to use so far.
IMAC (early 2006) Mac OS X (10.4.4)

Hi syd123! And Welcome to Discussions!
No you haven't made a mistake! You will love your Mac!
Deleting AOL Mail, crashes Safari (Consolidation)
It seems the most recent Safari, and or 10.4.4, update has created this problem.
Apple & AOL are both aware of this, but, as far as I know, no correction has been implemented.
Here are some of the work arounds, that I have been able to discern from the various posts regarding this issue.
Use the FIREFOX BROWSER.
Use your AOL Mail program.
Use this utility AOL SERVICES ASSISTANT, to set up Apple Mail, to access AOL Mail.
Access the AOL Mail thru Classic AOL Webmail.
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<a href="http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=314479&start=0&tstart=0 "Safari and AOL</a>
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This doesn't really seem like an iTunes Match question, but ... at this time Apple IDs can not be merged.
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