Help! Ready to trash my mac!!!

tnorman · tnorman #1 (**permalink**)

08-19-2010, 05:56 PM

Hi everyone.
A little while ago I downloaded the Cloak app for mac located here

Download Cloak 1.0 Free - Customize the looks of your Mac - Softpedia

I realize now that anything from softpedia is essentially junk, but I didnt know this at the time.
I tried to change my mac layout to look like lined paper, however nothing happened, except all the icons on my buttons (in webpages, in finder, ichat) have all disappeared, and I also cannot see file names
I have tried trashing the app and rebooting, repairing permissions via disk utility. Nothing works.
Ready to throw it out the window. I hate not knowing what im clicking.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!

pigoo3 · pigoo3 #2 (**permalink**)

08-19-2010, 05:59 PM

Worst case scenario is just do a fresh install of the OS...or I'll send you my shipping address, and you can send it to me!

- Nick

tnorman · tnorman #3 (**permalink**)

08-19-2010, 06:00 PM

how do i do that? I'm kind of technically challenged

harryb2448 · harryb2448 #4 (**permalink**)

08-19-2010, 06:17 PM

Pop in your install DVD which I am sure you will have, reboot, hold down 'C", go into Utilities and run Erase, format Mac OS Extended) Journalled) and do a clean install. Of course this will wipe your dive and hopefully you have a backup of prior to downloading Cloak,.

Suggest if you are challenged, don't go downloading utilities willy nilly.

chscag · chscag #5 (**permalink**)

08-19-2010, 09:05 PM

And, to add to what harry advised, start making backups. A backup can save you lots of work and hair pulling.

Regards.

Yffum · Yffum #6 (**permalink**)

08-20-2010, 04:00 AM

Well, it sounds like the problem is just that everything looks funny, but I'm assuming finder still works, so you could probably still backup your photos, music, and documents to an external drive before the clean install.

tnorman #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Aug 05, 2010 Posts: 6	08-19-2010, 05:56 PM Hi everyone. A little while ago I downloaded the Cloak app for mac located here Download Cloak 1.0 Free - Customize the looks of your Mac - Softpedia I realize now that anything from softpedia is essentially junk, but I didnt know this at the time. I tried to change my mac layout to look like lined paper, however nothing happened, except all the icons on my buttons (in webpages, in finder, ichat) have all disappeared, and I also cannot see file names I have tried trashing the app and rebooting, repairing permissions via disk utility. Nothing works. Ready to throw it out the window. I hate not knowing what im clicking. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!! Last edited by dtravis7; 08-19-2010 at 06:21 PM. Reason: No Cussing or masked words allowed. sorry.
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Member Since: May 20, 2008 Location: U.S. Posts: 20,308 Mac Specs: 13" MB 2.4ghz, 2gig ram, OS 10.7.4	08-19-2010, 05:59 PM Worst case scenario is just do a fresh install of the OS...or I'll send you my shipping address, and you can send it to me! - Nick - Computer slow, too many "beachballs", read this: Beachballs - Computer seems slower than it used to? Read this for some speedup tips: Speedup - Almost full hard drive? Some solutions. Out of Space - Apple Battery Info. Battery
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Member Since: Jan 23, 2008 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 31,982 Mac Specs: 21.5" iMac 2.5 GHz i5, iPad 3rd Gen., 3 iPods	08-19-2010, 09:05 PM And, to add to what harry advised, start making backups. A backup can save you lots of work and hair pulling. Regards. Community Guidelines
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harryb2448 #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 28, 2007 Location: Nambucca Heads Australia Posts: 14,074 Mac Specs: iMac i5 2.7GHz OS X.8.3	08-19-2010, 06:17 PM Pop in your install DVD which I am sure you will have, reboot, hold down 'C", go into Utilities and run Erase, format Mac OS Extended) Journalled) and do a clean install. Of course this will wipe your dive and hopefully you have a backup of prior to downloading Cloak,. Suggest if you are challenged, don't go downloading utilities willy nilly.
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Yffum #6 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 22, 2010 Posts: 77 Mac Specs: MacBook Pro Running Snow Leopard out of the box	08-20-2010, 04:00 AM Well, it sounds like the problem is just that everything looks funny, but I'm assuming finder still works, so you could probably still backup your photos, music, and documents to an external drive before the clean install.
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