Snow Leopard Users Beware!

[Tony Monaghan]

Data losses in Snow Leopard bug

Users of the new Apple operating system Snow Leopard are experiencing massive data losses when logging into their machines under a guest account.

The problem appears to affect those who had a guest account enabled before upgrading to Snow Leopard.

Users have in some cases lost their entire main profile, including sites, pictures, videos and documents.

Indications are that the Snow Leopard bug simply treats the principal account like a guest account - meaning that the account profile is wiped clean when logging out.

Users who first log into a guest account and then into their normal account have found it to be completely reset to factory default settings, with none of their personal data or files visible.

More here (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8304229.stm)

Make sure your data's backed up!

[germancomponist]

Oops, I have no words for this.... .

[LFO]

That is some bad mojo. Thanks for the heads up Tony! I've not taken the Snow Leopard plunge yet, it is still too dicey for my taste in the audio world...

-Kevin

[efiebke]

I am sooooooooo glad that I held off in updating my two Apple computers to Snow Leopard!! I'm usually that impulsive computer-geek-wanna-be that upgrades the moment one becomes available. Having been burnt a bit over a couple of recent updates that I made, I've decided to take that "wait and see" approach. Sure glad I did with regards to the Snow Leopard operating system.

Thanks for the info, Tony! :)

Ted

[Haydn]

Phew!! Good thing I use Windows! :)

Jim

[DPDAN]

Phew!! Good thing I use Windows! :)

Jim

HA HA HA HA ;)

as often as Windoze is made fun of by Mac lovers,
you deserve to post that Haydn, but fortunately for
Mac lovers, it will be a long long time before Apple
catches up to the amount of serious headaches that
billions have experienced using Windows.

Dan, another lover of Mac computers. :p

[Tony Monaghan]

Phew!! Good thing I use Windows! :)

Jim

Phew!! Good thing I use Linux :)

[DPDAN]

ha ha ha h a

[dominick]

First Windows, now Mac with the problems! That's why I'm sticking with MS-DOS and my reliable dot matrix printer!

[keithjfuller]

i heard about this at work today. i'm glad someone posted it here. its starting to seem like snow leopard is turning into window's vista!!!

...but i'm with dan on this one.

[DPDAN]

...but i'm with dan on this one.

it snow vista

[skallman]

There's always another side to this Mac versus PC arguement.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqN76gYKHMs

And you thought we PC users had it tough!

Steve

[Tony Monaghan]

Guys, lets not turn this into a Mac v Win thread (or even Linux). The real message here is;

backup your work!!!

Go search for threads here on the forum where members lost files for whatever reason, one horror story after another. Ask yourself a question - what would be the consequences if whatever computer or drive were to just suddenly disappear?

If it can happen it will.

[keithjfuller]

The good thing is that Leopard introduced Time Machine - so if you were using it then this wouldn't be more than a minor headache.

[DPDAN]

my posts were all in good humor... no slamming Windows, I use Windows too. :)
I always have my stuff backed up... TWICE

Dan

[skallman]

Sorry if anyone mistook my intentions. I was only trying to inject a little humor.:p After all, if you're not having fun, you're doing it wrong!!!

In my "day job", I manage over seventy Windows servers, so I know the pitfalls and perils of Windows systems all too well. Ironically, I also manage the backups of all those systems, too.

No harm intended. Have a great day.

Steve