Guys- I have been on Macs for a while now, so I consider myself a pretty experienced user, however there are still some things that I do not know..
To the point- my room mate needed to use my computer to type a paper. He is not mac-experienced, so I was afraid of him either messing up some settings and or looking through my files.
I had to disable my password for him to access my computer, so feeling vulnerable, I tried to put a lock somehow on my hard drive.
FIRST: I changed ownership to myself, as opposed to 'system'
THEN: I changed access to 'no access' (thinking you would need my password to access the HD)
After that, all desktop icons dissapear, and the computer freezes. Now when I log into my username, a blank blue screen appears!!@
I may be a huge idiot, but I did not know this was going to happen!
Is there ANY way to be able to change the file access permission back? Or is there a way to log in from an administrator? (no admin name appears at login, only line)
Or can I boot from the disk and somehow change something?
Please help! I have +2 years worth of work that I NEED
Thanks in advance,
-Kevin
To the point- my room mate needed to use my computer to type a paper. He is not mac-experienced, so I was afraid of him either messing up some settings and or looking through my files.
I had to disable my password for him to access my computer, so feeling vulnerable, I tried to put a lock somehow on my hard drive.
FIRST: I changed ownership to myself, as opposed to 'system'
THEN: I changed access to 'no access' (thinking you would need my password to access the HD)
After that, all desktop icons dissapear, and the computer freezes. Now when I log into my username, a blank blue screen appears!!@
I may be a huge idiot, but I did not know this was going to happen!
Is there ANY way to be able to change the file access permission back? Or is there a way to log in from an administrator? (no admin name appears at login, only line)
Or can I boot from the disk and somehow change something?
Please help! I have +2 years worth of work that I NEED
Thanks in advance,
-Kevin