Hi Michael, My comments in situ below
> On 4 Jan 2015, at 1:17 pm, Michael Hawkins <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I use MacUpdater to keep my MacBook Pro up to date. I presume you mean MacUpdate Desktop 6? And did you use AppTrap to uninstall the associated files? It deletes all associated files as well as the application. You used AppTrap before in 2009 and it deleted all the associated files including Firefox profile? Firefox is best updated using the "check for Updates" & download & install within Firefox. > > I’ve used it for years but in in a moment of brain fade in November or was > that December I ticked the box for moving to trash items associated with the > applications that were being updated. This means for example that Skype > password and history etc has been lost, bookmarks have gone from Firefox, > SuperDuper! associated files have gone. > > Fortunately I did not empty Trash. > > Can restoration be as simple as dragging things out of Trash and dropping > them onto the MacIntosh HD icon? NO. All associated files will need to be placed back in their correct locations on your hard drive. With Skype: If you use the latest version of Skype there is no need to back up your contacts as they are stored centrally on their server and can be accessed anywhere as long as you sign in with the same Skype Name and password. Skype also stores chat histories and contacts locally. Skype for Mac OS X stores contact list files and call records in ~/Library/Application Support/Skype. (the ~ tilde represents your User Library (which is hidden) If you require details how to Show the User Library post back. You can back up all files and directories beneath it. To restore your contacts and data, simply copy the files back to the directory mentioned above. With Firefox Profile & Bookmarks: Profile folder location in Yosemite is: ~/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/<profile folder> (The tilde character (~) refers to the current user's Home folder, so ~/Library is the /Macintosh HD/Users/<username>/Library folder. With SuperDuper!: ~/Library/Application Support/SuperDuper! folder Cheers, Ronni 13-inch MacBook Air (April 2014) 1.7GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost to 3.3GHz 8GB 1600MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM 512GB PCIe-based Flash Storage > I have postponed attempts to restore from Time Machine and SuperDuper! > backups, because although I have read and reread “MacBook Pro Personal > Genius” 5th edition I am not confident that I will not make the situation > worse. > > Since the Day of the Brain Fade I have, however, backed up the hard-drive to > another external drive, one that does not have anything else on it. > > Kind regards, > > Michael Hawkins > MacBook Pro (17 inch, late 2011) > 2.4GHz Intel Core i7 > 8 GB 1333 MHz DDR3 > OS 10.10.1
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