Mac Mini Problem

[scrapisimo]

I have a Mac Mini Core Duo. I decided it to take it with me on a 2-day journey to my home town. When I plugged the monitor, mouse, keyboard and the adaptor in to mini and started it, i was shock. Starting the OS, I saw that the icons on the dock were gone and the default MAC OS X icons were there. The Music, Photos and Movies folders in the Finder are empty, no playlists in the iTunes, some installed Applications and so on. Some folders, however, remained unchanged. I have the same free space, as as the time I took it with me. So the information is there.

 

[srichart1]

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I have a Mac Mini Core Duo. I decided it to take it with me on a 2-day journey to my home town. When I plugged the monitor, mouse, keyboard and the adaptor in to mini and started it, i was shock. Starting the OS, I saw that the icons on the dock were gone and the default MAC OS X icons were there. The Music, Photos and Movies folders in the Finder are empty, no playlists in the iTunes, some installed Applications and so on. Some folders, however, remained unchanged. I have the same free space, as as the time I took it with me. So the information is there.

It sounds like you logged in under a different account.

 

[scrapisimo]

I have only one account.

 

[mac-convert]

Try (ugh!) repairing permissions...

 

[scrapisimo]

Could this happen from renaming the Home or Computer Folder ? I think i have renamed it, but I can't clearly remember whether I did it before taking it from home or after I turned the mini on today.

 

[mac-convert]

If that's what you did, then here is your answer and fix.