Thanks Ronni, I’ll give it all a go - after all I have nothing to lose as long as I do not do anything to alter the back-up.
Cheers, Michael. > On 4 Jan 2015, at 3:46 pm, Ronni Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Michael, > > My comments in situ below > >> On 4 Jan 2015, at 1:17 pm, Michael Hawkins <[email protected] >> <mailto:[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 > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
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