steph
I have a Mac OS X, and while a friend of mine was dropping and dragging files from my internal hard drive (opened from the desktop icon), we're guessing that she dropped the entire hard drive into the Trash bin. Now, the computer won't boot, it stays on the loading screen. Is there any way to recover the entire hard drive out of the Trash?
I was left with the option of reinstalling the entire software, which worked, for I'm on it right now, but all of my files are missing. Is there any way to get them back, or have they been deleted completely?
Answer
I am sure your Mac has at least one problem that is unrelated to dragging the icon of the internal drive to the trash. You cannot damage any files by doing that. Dragging the icon of any drive to the trash on a Mac is a standard method of unmounting the drive and cannot result in any loss of data or file corruption.
Speaking of corruption, this could be just an amazing coincidence of drive corruption that is unrelated to dragging files around. Follow the second link below for that type of problem.
You say your friend was dragging files from the internal hard drive. Could it be that your friend dragged a file to the trash or accidentally renamed one? It is likely some important file was deleted, renamed or moved. The exact image seen on the screen and the stage of booting up that the Mac can achieve is your best clue as to what solution is needed. I am sure neither you nor your friend can remember what critical file was renamed, moved or deleted. At the very worst, you are up against an archive install, saving users and network.
If you had the system set for manual login in rather than automatic login, does it stop before or after the login? Is there another user account that will login fine? If it stalls after you click to login and there is no other user account, you can probably solve the problem by deleting the netinfo database. For that, follow the steps in the third link below, starting at "III. Restoring from defaults". On the other hand, if it is set for manual login and it hangs before the login screen appears, you may need to do an archive and install, saving users and network.
Some food for thought: depending on the versions of the two operating systems involved, you may be able to see certain files on your Mac's drive from a networked computer that would normally be hidden files on your Mac. It was common in the early releases of OS X for users to connect to their OS X Mac from an OS 9 Mac, see some weird files that they didn't recognize, such as "etc", "mach", or "var" and delete them since the older versions of Mac OS were not UNIX and didn't have any such files, leading the "experienced" user to think they are unneeded. Then all heck would break loose since those files are an essential part of the OS X system.
You may find some simpler solution but it will probably take more time than an archive and install or deleting the netinfo database. Depending on the version of OS X, one of the first two links below might help.
I am sure your Mac has at least one problem that is unrelated to dragging the icon of the internal drive to the trash. You cannot damage any files by doing that. Dragging the icon of any drive to the trash on a Mac is a standard method of unmounting the drive and cannot result in any loss of data or file corruption.
Speaking of corruption, this could be just an amazing coincidence of drive corruption that is unrelated to dragging files around. Follow the second link below for that type of problem.
You say your friend was dragging files from the internal hard drive. Could it be that your friend dragged a file to the trash or accidentally renamed one? It is likely some important file was deleted, renamed or moved. The exact image seen on the screen and the stage of booting up that the Mac can achieve is your best clue as to what solution is needed. I am sure neither you nor your friend can remember what critical file was renamed, moved or deleted. At the very worst, you are up against an archive install, saving users and network.
If you had the system set for manual login in rather than automatic login, does it stop before or after the login? Is there another user account that will login fine? If it stalls after you click to login and there is no other user account, you can probably solve the problem by deleting the netinfo database. For that, follow the steps in the third link below, starting at "III. Restoring from defaults". On the other hand, if it is set for manual login and it hangs before the login screen appears, you may need to do an archive and install, saving users and network.
Some food for thought: depending on the versions of the two operating systems involved, you may be able to see certain files on your Mac's drive from a networked computer that would normally be hidden files on your Mac. It was common in the early releases of OS X for users to connect to their OS X Mac from an OS 9 Mac, see some weird files that they didn't recognize, such as "etc", "mach", or "var" and delete them since the older versions of Mac OS were not UNIX and didn't have any such files, leading the "experienced" user to think they are unneeded. Then all heck would break loose since those files are an essential part of the OS X system.
You may find some simpler solution but it will probably take more time than an archive and install or deleting the netinfo database. Depending on the version of OS X, one of the first two links below might help.
trouble with mavericks os x install?
brs
so i just downloaded mavericks, computer restarted, said it installed and restarted again. But i dont see any change, i dont see the mavericks icon in my launch pad, i cant find anything about it on my hard drive. so did it actually install? Im kinda new to this.
when i click on "about this mac" is say os x version 10.9.1, should it say something about mavericks there?
Answer
"Mavericks" is a code name used by Apple. It's just for advertising. It's the name of a beach popular among surfers. The OS version is 10.9.x, so YOU HAVE IT.
It still has your preference choices, so it doesn't change the desktop picture ("background" or "wallpaper" or whatever).
Code names have been used for decades by technical engineers. It grew from military needs. Businesses use codes also to try to avoid information leaks. During Steve Jobs days, the Mac OS retail client project code names were all for big cats....
OS 10.0 = Cheetah (released 2001-3-24)
OS 10.1 = Puma (released 2001-9-25)
OS 10.2 = Jaguar (released 2002-8-23 ââ first system software advertised with its code name)
OS 10.3 = Panther (released 2003-10-24)
OS 10.4 = Tiger (released 2005-4-29)
OS 10.5 = Leopard (released 2007-10-26)
OS 10.6 = Snow Leopard (released 2009-8-28)
OS 10.7 = Lion (released 2011-7-20)
OS 10.8 = Mountain Lion (released 2012-7-24)
Now we don't know for sure, but maybe it will become a series of beach names, such as Wakiki or Daytona or Cape St. Francis.
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"Mavericks" is a code name used by Apple. It's just for advertising. It's the name of a beach popular among surfers. The OS version is 10.9.x, so YOU HAVE IT.
It still has your preference choices, so it doesn't change the desktop picture ("background" or "wallpaper" or whatever).
Code names have been used for decades by technical engineers. It grew from military needs. Businesses use codes also to try to avoid information leaks. During Steve Jobs days, the Mac OS retail client project code names were all for big cats....
OS 10.0 = Cheetah (released 2001-3-24)
OS 10.1 = Puma (released 2001-9-25)
OS 10.2 = Jaguar (released 2002-8-23 ââ first system software advertised with its code name)
OS 10.3 = Panther (released 2003-10-24)
OS 10.4 = Tiger (released 2005-4-29)
OS 10.5 = Leopard (released 2007-10-26)
OS 10.6 = Snow Leopard (released 2009-8-28)
OS 10.7 = Lion (released 2011-7-20)
OS 10.8 = Mountain Lion (released 2012-7-24)
Now we don't know for sure, but maybe it will become a series of beach names, such as Wakiki or Daytona or Cape St. Francis.
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