marcus_andrewes Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 Hi Has anyone experienced things going "missing" on the Macs?! I run Leopard, Aperture 2.0 and so on. The other day, I shut my Mac (a G5 Mac Pro) down for bed. The next morning I booted it up only to find that all my Safari bookmarks had vanished overnight! Just now, I opened Aperture only to find that a complete Smart Album and a new book I was preparing have both completely vanished!! I certainly have not deleted them, so where is all this stuff going and why?! Any ideas? I also note that I have had a number of crashes on the system in recent weeks since loading Leopard and Aperture 2 - more in the last month or so than in the previous 2 years, in fact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDMvW Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 Don't have the problem with these on any of my machines (various processors and models). Are you sure that you have the latest upgrades on all? There was a flurry of upgrades at the time of the release of Leopard, but once that was over all stabilized here, at any rate. Finder>Apple Menu>Software Update Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertshults Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 Not a Nikon user, but a Mac user. Got a couple of questions: Are you fully updated on OS and apps (and, do you have background updating enabled)? Have you verified disk permissions? Have the files actually disappeared from the hard disk / file system or have only the albums / projects disappeared? Are you using time machine? Apple support forums are full of knowledgeable people as well. To answer your initial question directly: no, I've never had any thing go missing on any Mac. Both of my work machines run 10.4.11 and LR, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmcleland Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 The only time I've had anything like that happen is if the preference files get corrupted. If you're using Time Machine, obviously see if you can "go back." If not, run the Disk Utility (either in /Applications/Utilities or on your OS Install Disk) and run a verify/repair. Stupid question....you haven't added/deleted any USER accounts, have you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertshults Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 Oh, and are you running an Intel Mac Pro or a G5 Power Mac? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertshults Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 Not a stupid question, at all. If Marcus were to call Apple support they may very well have him create a new user account (which will boot with default preferences) and try to replicate the problem. Worth a shot, and good idea TM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patricklavoie Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 are you logged as the same user? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellis_vener_photography Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 Nope , never seen this happen --except when I forgot where I filed something. Try Spotlight (upper right corner of the toolbar). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly_flanigan1 Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 Things vanish on IBM PC's too; sometimes due to operator error; upgrades:) or a dying HDA. Or you just forget where you placed the stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus_andrewes Posted March 12, 2008 Author Share Posted March 12, 2008 Thanks all - yes, software is updated and I have just run the disk utility - one of the externel hard drives had some issue, which has been repaired. I was using Time Machine until I ran out of disk space and had to turn it off!! I have 1 Tb of storage spread over 3 disks and TM seemed to refuse to delete older stuff to replace with new. I might buy the new Time Capsule unit just for TM use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred_hawker Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 Two things to try. First reset your permissions - use your install disk and after you boot from the CD go to the utilities and select reset permissions. Second reset your pram by restarting your mac and when the black screen comes up press the apple - option - p - r keys all at once and hold them down until you hear the second bong and then release letting the computer boot. Hope this works for you. Fred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmorgan Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 Marcus, <br><br> I saw something like your first problem ('missing' Safari book marks) once. The cause was a 'Sync' operation with unexpected results. I had multiple computers syncing things like book marks, addresses and appointments, and inadvertently over wrote the computer with more extensive book marks, with a second set of book marks from another computer which had fewer book marks. <br><br> For your second, Aperture, problem, I have never seen that combination, but I did see some projects vanish, which re-appeared when I re-built the Aperture library. Library rebuild is a potentially destructive operation, so read the warnings before trying this. <br><br>    ...Tom M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus_andrewes Posted March 12, 2008 Author Share Posted March 12, 2008 Tom - you are a star! I re-built the library and all is normal again. Excellent advice - which even the Apple discussion forums failed to suggest! Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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