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Accidently moved my home folder into the core services
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<blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 987478"><p>You have committed THE cardinal sin of Mac OS X (or any Unix-based OS): moving the home folder.</p><p></p><p>Here's what you should do (read the whole set of instructions before doing anything, this is a radical solution):</p><p></p><p>1. Backup the misplaced home folder to an external drive.</p><p>2. Erase the boot drive.</p><p>3. Install OS X from your restore DVD that came with your machine, or your retail disc if you have one.</p><p>4. Migration assistant will ask if you have accounts you want to restore from other hard drives. You do.</p><p>5. It will put back and generally re-connect your "lost" Home folder to the proper place. You will lose anything you've saved to the "newer" Home folder, but that's presumably not a problem.</p><p></p><p>You're now back to where you were (minus third-party apps you can reinstall/redownload from your original discs) before the mess.</p><p></p><p>Two tiny mini-lectures:</p><p>1. Hello, backup strategy! You need one!</p><p>2. Don't let your boot drive get so full. Mac OS X needs a fair amount of "working space" and thus you'll often hear a faintly-ridiculous rule to keep at least 20% of your hard drive free. That's overkill, but the principle is correct: I keep at least 5x the amount of RAM I have open on the hard drive (because it will use that space for virtual RAM along with all the other temp stuff it does). Basically, if you are below 10GB of free space on a modern Macintosh, you are asking for trouble.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chas_m, post: 987478"] You have committed THE cardinal sin of Mac OS X (or any Unix-based OS): moving the home folder. Here's what you should do (read the whole set of instructions before doing anything, this is a radical solution): 1. Backup the misplaced home folder to an external drive. 2. Erase the boot drive. 3. Install OS X from your restore DVD that came with your machine, or your retail disc if you have one. 4. Migration assistant will ask if you have accounts you want to restore from other hard drives. You do. 5. It will put back and generally re-connect your "lost" Home folder to the proper place. You will lose anything you've saved to the "newer" Home folder, but that's presumably not a problem. You're now back to where you were (minus third-party apps you can reinstall/redownload from your original discs) before the mess. Two tiny mini-lectures: 1. Hello, backup strategy! You need one! 2. Don't let your boot drive get so full. Mac OS X needs a fair amount of "working space" and thus you'll often hear a faintly-ridiculous rule to keep at least 20% of your hard drive free. That's overkill, but the principle is correct: I keep at least 5x the amount of RAM I have open on the hard drive (because it will use that space for virtual RAM along with all the other temp stuff it does). Basically, if you are below 10GB of free space on a modern Macintosh, you are asking for trouble. [/QUOTE]
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