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10-01-2011, 06:24 AM | #1 |
Action Jackson ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Maryland
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| I am an idiot! I noticed last night that there wasn't a WHOLE lot of space left on my Macbook. So I started organizing all my folders, pictures, documents, videos, etc, and deleting the ones that I don't need. Found this cache folder and on some website, it said most of the stuff in there was junk... I went ahead and deleted everything in there. Everything was running okay and stuff, so I figured it was safe to now delete it officially out of the trash bin. Shut my computer down for the night.... I guess I must have deleted the Firefox 'cache' and I specifically remember for that one, it asked if I wanted to overwrite the current file being used and I said 'yes' and I should have selected no. So basically I lost all my data on my browser... I lost ALL my bookmarks, my saved pages, passwords, all that stuff. UGH! I have tried googling to find out how I can reverse it but I just can't figure out a way. I tried using 'Time Machine' on my computer but I don't think I ever had it turned on... so unfortunately, it doesn't look like it will work. Ah, crap. I really hope I did not screw anything else up.
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10-01-2011, 06:45 AM | #2 |
♥ Maximo and Teddy Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Northern Virginia
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| That stinks! I am so sorry. Time Machine only works if you have an external/additional hard drive. If it makes you feel any better, I accidentally deleted the file manager on my first computer when I went on a cleaning spree. Nothing was accessible after that. I had to have it rebuilt.
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10-01-2011, 06:52 AM | #3 |
Yorkie mom of 4 Donating YT Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: LaPlata, Md
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| I'm sorry Brit. My laptop is in the shop because it got a virus although I'm not sure where I picked that up from sense I dont go to bad sites, the computer lady thinks fb. She is having to take everything off my computer and then reinstall the stuff that came with it but all my games and stuff I will have to redownload. I told her my pictures and music were very important so she is going to make sure they get back on there but thats it rest is my job. Now I am hunched over a small netbook lol
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10-01-2011, 07:54 AM | #4 |
I ♥ my girls! Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: With My Yorkies
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| I don't know about Macs but do you do a backup recovery? On a PC there is a way to actual set your computer back to a previous date. I haven't done it before but I have heard it can be done. You might check into it.
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10-01-2011, 08:55 AM | #5 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: SoCA
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| Sorry about deleting. Have you thought about one of the tech guys that can retreive everything on your hard drive? It's expensive but if you have stuff you really need and want, it is possible. Cherie
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10-01-2011, 10:43 AM | #6 |
Spoiled Rotten Rescue Donating Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Living In The Moment
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| i will look when i get home on my laptop. there is a local computer company here that goes on the radio each morning and gives tips. i have a web site that you are suppose to be able to go on and it tells you how to do this, he said even when its deleted, its not totally deleted, kinda just floating in there somewhere. i will look in a few hours and send you a pm, its worth a shot.
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10-01-2011, 10:50 AM | #7 |
Spoiled Rotten Rescue Donating Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Living In The Moment
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| found it on a piece of paper at work pm sent, hope it will do what you need?
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10-02-2011, 11:48 AM | #8 |
Crazy about Kacee! Donating Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Kansas
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| Uh-oh! I hope you can fix that one.
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10-02-2011, 01:51 PM | #9 |
and Khloe Mae's too! Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Eastern Washington
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| This is why backing up is SO important! Time machine won't help you any if you aren't using it
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10-02-2011, 03:13 PM | #10 | |
Action Jackson ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Maryland
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| Quote:
Oh well. So far the only thing I lost was all the bookmarks and password memories, etc, in my browser. Ah well Sucks, I'll just have to re-build.... and re-visit all websites and just enter in passwords and select 'remember' again.
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10-02-2011, 03:28 PM | #11 |
♥ Love My Tibbe! ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: D/FW, Texas
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| Can't you go back to a previous date and restore to that point as you can on a PC?
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10-02-2011, 07:56 PM | #12 |
Between♥Suspensions Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Vaissades
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| System restore will bring back only hard drive programs stuff not internet cache stored information. I'm sorry my daughter's friend shut down firefox the other day when I had just updated it and was downloading a program that literally take 14 hours to download! I've so been there and it sucks. I keep a little sticky note with all my passwords and I have a running message thread on FB between my daughter's account and mine where I copy paste all kinds of random information-let's just hope she or I never erase our messages there-like when I pay a bill and get a confirmation # I just type it in a message and send it to her account.
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10-02-2011, 09:15 PM | #13 |
Mom to 6 Beautiful Furkids Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Ohio
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| That sucks!! I've done that before. Now I keep all that stuff saved in a notepad saved on my computer. I just cleaned up mine and came across a different problem. I even bought an external hard drive to transfer my pictures and videos as I was running out of room. So now I have more space on my laptop but I must have done something wrong because now it is running very slow and it seems like it is busy all the time.
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10-03-2011, 05:03 PM | #14 |
Katie Scarlett's Mommy Donating Member | Oh no! I hope you can fix it! I know that has to be frustrating! I have to say though that your post title made me giggle though. I am so bad to do something and say 'I am such an idiot' or tell my husband 'do you realize you're married to an idiot.' And then he'll say 'but the important thing is you're my idiot.' LOL Good luck to you!
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10-04-2011, 06:42 PM | #15 |
My Three Hearts Donating Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Wrapped around their paws :-)
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| I export all my bookmarks to an .html file every few weeks, so if you lose the browser or have to re-instal or put them on another computerl, you can import them back in. (learned this the hard way too ) Not sure about macs, but it is under the edit>file>export settings.
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