Resolved Can only access gmail/facebook

[gslee84]

Help!

I was trying to delete some unnecessary user preferences and must've been a little overeager - now I can't connect to any website that's not gmail/facebook.

- Not my browser - Chrome, Safari, Firefox yield the same issue
- Not a wireless issue - plugged into ethernet, same issue
- Not my network connectivity - can still access internet through other programs like iChat/Skype, (and still get updated gmail/FB)
- Not my user profile - tried a different user profile, same issue

Downloaded data rescue/disk drill to see if I could see what files I deleted (but would have to pay to recover the actual files), and some files that look relevant/important -

- com.apple.NetworkUtility.plist
- com.apple.airport.preferences.plist

Don't want to have to:

1. pay for data recovery programs and hopefully recovery the files that allow me to access other websites,

or

2. reset my macbook pro to factory settings.

Also,

- can't access app store to re-download lion (10.7.4) or even mountain lion.
- never used timemachine.

Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

 

[heisenberg123]

Help!

I was trying to delete some unnecessary user preferences and must've been a little overeager - now I can't connect to any website that's not gmail/facebook.

- Not my browser - Chrome, Safari, Firefox yield the same issue
- Not a wireless issue - plugged into ethernet, same issue
- Not my network connectivity - can still access internet through other programs like iChat/Skype, (and still get updated gmail/FB)
- Not my user profile - tried a different user profile, same issue

Downloaded data rescue/disk drill to see if I could see what files I deleted (but would have to pay to recover the actual files), and some files that look relevant/important -

- com.apple.NetworkUtility.plist
- com.apple.airport.preferences.plist

Don't want to have to:

1. pay for data recovery programs and hopefully recovery the files that allow me to access other websites,

or

2. reset my macbook pro to factory settings.

Also,

- can't access app store to re-download lion (10.7.4) or even mountain lion.
- never used timemachine.

Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

how did you delete those files?

 

[gslee84]

how did you delete those files?

Just using finder, /Library/Preferences.

Then, when something wouldn't delete, would force quit that process in the activity monitor, and then delete.

 

[heisenberg123]

Just using finder, /Library/Preferences.

Then, when something wouldn't delete, would force quit that process in the activity monitor, and then delete.

ohh ya those were probably the culprut, you may need to do a clean restore, just backup your files

 

[gslee84]

ohh ya those were probably the culprut, you may need to do a clean restore, just backup your files

thank you!

 

[Interstella5555]

Just using finder, /Library/Preferences.

Then, when something wouldn't delete, would force quit that process in the activity monitor, and then delete.

Were you drinking while doing this?
How did you decide which pref files to delete?

 

[xAgustinx]

Another example of that is true what they say, if it works, do not fix it.