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<blockquote data-quote="phantelope" data-source="post: 1267535" data-attributes="member: 160248"><p>Macbook Pro with 10.6.7 - working great until just now. </p><p></p><p>I ejected two hard drives (photos only) and took off the external monitor, shut down, traveled. Once I turn my mac on, everything is reset like for a new user. The application launch bar at the bottom is huge, none of my programs are showing in it. Thunderbird has no inbox or log in info for my e-mail, Firefox lost all history and bookmarks, desktop reverted to that purple starfield. </p><p></p><p>What might have happened? My library folder is still there, though I can't tell if it's just a newly generated, most things have todays date on them though, but maybe just because I started firefox and thunderbird, which makes me suspicious. I did not change user names, directory names or anything at all, just shut down w/o any errors. I have a backup, but it's not with me, also don't have the install disk for OSX with me. I might be able to get some files from the backup sent to me (if the external disk can be read from a PC) and I can get it physically in two weeks, but much rather fix this now. </p><p></p><p>I spent quite some time googling, but so far no luck, I'll keep on it and post if I find a solution.</p><p></p><p>Thanks so much for any and all help!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="phantelope, post: 1267535, member: 160248"] Macbook Pro with 10.6.7 - working great until just now. I ejected two hard drives (photos only) and took off the external monitor, shut down, traveled. Once I turn my mac on, everything is reset like for a new user. The application launch bar at the bottom is huge, none of my programs are showing in it. Thunderbird has no inbox or log in info for my e-mail, Firefox lost all history and bookmarks, desktop reverted to that purple starfield. What might have happened? My library folder is still there, though I can't tell if it's just a newly generated, most things have todays date on them though, but maybe just because I started firefox and thunderbird, which makes me suspicious. I did not change user names, directory names or anything at all, just shut down w/o any errors. I have a backup, but it's not with me, also don't have the install disk for OSX with me. I might be able to get some files from the backup sent to me (if the external disk can be read from a PC) and I can get it physically in two weeks, but much rather fix this now. I spent quite some time googling, but so far no luck, I'll keep on it and post if I find a solution. Thanks so much for any and all help! [/QUOTE]
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