How do I get my copy paste back?

I was digging through my files on my iMac 4,1 looking for anything abnormal because my computer has been pretty slow and I came across a folder (I don't know where) that said TMP. I didn't like the names of the contents as they looked like trojans and viruses so i deleted it and emptied the trash .

I have now found out that that folder contained my ability to Copy/Paste.

I was wondering how do i get those files back?

My specs

iMac 4,1
OSX 10.5.8

and i still have the install disc

Would like feedback asap because i'm doing school and that function is mandatory to me


Thanks,
KTfreak4jesus

do you have a time machine backup?

That would help if you are going to do a re-install, which it looks like you'll have to do

louishen said:

do you have a time machine backup?

That would help if you are going to do a re-install, which it looks like you'll have to do

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No i don't. Is there anyway I can re-install without losing everything? and having a seperate folder with all the files?

Simple solution - re-create the tmp folder. OS X's clipboard daemon (pboard) depends on the existence of the /tmp folder.

/tmp is harmless - it's a temp folder (temporary location fo file operations). Files in here generally have odd names since temp files are commonly generated with random names since, because they are only temporary, they don't need to have memorable names.

Perhaps, for the future, you shouldn't go around deleting things willy nilly.

vansmith said:

Simple solution - re-create the tmp folder. OS X's clipboard daemon (pboard) depends on the existence of the /tmp folder.

/tmp is harmless - it's a temp folder (temporary location fo file operations). Files in here generally have odd names since temp files are commonly generated with random names since, because they are only temporary, they don't need to have memorable names.

Perhaps, for the future, you shouldn't go around deleting things willy nilly.

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Haha good idea..... i've now seen that it has also deleted Spotlight to. If I re-create the folder will i get my copy-paste back?

KTfreak4jesus said:

If I re-create the folder will i get my copy-paste back?

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vansmith said:

Simple solution - re-create the tmp folder. OS X's clipboard daemon (pboard) depends on the existence of the /tmp folder.

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Already answered that one.

vansmith said:

Already answered that one.

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As I clearly am stupid and have no idea what I'm doing. Any idea where the TMP should be created and how to do it?

I greatly appreciate the help

Open up Finder, push Shift-Command-G, enter /, create a new folder called tmp.

vansmith said:

Open up Finder, push Shift-Command-G, enter /, create a new folder called tmp.

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Sir, I can't thank you enough. This solved my problem and i can copy paste again