Intel Mac :: What Could Be Cause For Mac Not Able To Locate Files
Jun 1, 2012
I'm in a program (Safari, Word, iDesign, etc., I click open file > desktop (or any other folder), and nothing appears.just the spinning wheel (that won't stop).I had my hard drive replaced in March after my system started running slow one day, then froze. I did a hard reboot, and it wouldn't come back on.A week after I got it back, I started getting the "gray screen of deaf" with the spinning wheel. So I took it back in and they replaced the operating system (10.7.3).It worked fine for a few days, but for the last couple of weeks, I've had to do a hard reboot just about everyday due to my system freezing up.I've updated to OS X 10.7.4, which wasn't easy. Cllicking "update OS" didn't work...it always ended up telling me unable to update this operating sytem. I had to download the OS from this Apple site. It took about 20 hours to update (?!?) I can't afford to be without my system for too many days while in the shop at this time. Do I need to start looking into a new system.
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iMac (27-inch Late 2009), Mac OS X (10.7.4)
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Jun 4, 2012
We've migrated files from our old Dell PC to our new iMac. How/where do I find them on the iMac?
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iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2011)
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May 25, 2012
My hard drive failed on my iMac (Intel), Apple Store replaced the hard drive, brought it home, hooked up the Time Machine, selected a backup date, restore. It showed the content loading for 4 hours. Once complete, the iMac still looks nothing like the old. Open the Macintosh HD and Info shows that the 230 GB transferred, but I can't find the folders anywhere. When actually opening the Macintosh HD, its only new folders and the new setup. Where do I find the restored content?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.2), Time Machine restore
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Feb 25, 2012
the reason i am here in this one to one conversation its because my ipod got stolen on a Wedsnday; to be exact February 15th. I was in my third period class, which was gym and when i went to go look for my ipod since we had free choice of exercise, i didnt find my ipod but my headphones were in my bag, and my phone was there to. By a suprise where i left my ipod, they took out everything that was covering the ipod and just left my pink headphones. I'm here because i would like to replace my ipod.I know my apple id account, and password. I have the app locate my ipod.Sadly i couldnt locate it because it wasnt turned on.
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iPod touch, iOS 5.0.1, black ipod, 4th generation
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Mar 30, 2009
so first off, sorry for the potential repost. I couldn't find the answer on the forum so I am starting a new thread.
Let's say I have a 50gb music library. I want to put all 50gb on the external, and keep about 30gb on my iBook.
That part was easy enough, however I am running into problems keeping everything in my library located.
Everytime I disconnect and then reconnect the external, anything that's not on my iBook can't be located.
I want to make it so that when the external is not connected, my entire library (EXT and INT) is shown[obviously, I won't be able to play anything that resides on the EXT], and when I connect the EXT, I want it to locate the files that are external only.
I also want iTunes to keep my folders organized, there, that's the kicker.
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Apr 16, 2009
On linux I use "locate" to find anything via command line. I see that locate is installed on my Mac but invoking it does not always find what I am looking for I thought that maybe I need to update the database but $ sudo slocate -u gives me a command not found error. Is there a cool apple trick to finding files that I know are right in front of my face?
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Jul 10, 2010
i recently installed boot camp on my mac and somehow the partition doesnt show up in the finder. im pretty sure i deleted it from the finder so it doesnt show up but is still there. how do i get to where i can access my boot camp files from my mac partition??
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Apr 27, 2012
No matter the song it says it can't locate the music
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Mac mini, iOS 5.1
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Mar 11, 2012
I am trying to clean up my macbook and want to find and delete duplicate documents and files.
Info:MacBook, Mac OS X (10.5.6)
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Apr 29, 2012
I have only a few small videos taken with my iPhone that I know are on my air. How can I locate all files considered "movie" files? I also have 25GB of "other" files that i was curious about too.
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MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Apr 30, 2012
My flash drive on my MacBook Air is almost full but I only see 69GB used of 250 GB worth of space- how can this be? I need to locate these files that are taking up space.
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Jun 21, 2012
I have just purchased a new Macbook Pro (latest model) and have used the Migration program to transfer all of my files from my old PC onto my new Mac but we are unable to locate or open any of the files. We have installed Microsoft office for Mac but we cannot find any of the word/excel files, any photos or emails. How do i locate these files and open them?
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MacBook Pro
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Sep 18, 2010
i cant figure out where the downloads are going. In Safari Preferences, it's set to have the downloads go inside Finder in a folder called "Downloads," but the only thing in there is a GIF I downloaded. I searched in the Documents folder, but the downloads are not there either.
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Mar 22, 2010
so I have a relatively new Macbook Pro 15" and an equally-new Time Capsule. I put all of my 4,500 songs onto the Time Capsule because I only listen to music and home and also because I wanted to save space on my hard drive. While this set up has worked up until now, I am beginning to experience some problems. Right now iTunes says that it cannot locate the file for any of my songs unless I manually show it where those files are on my Time Capsule. I am not worries about losing the files because they appear to be unaltered, however I wanted to know if there was a way to have iTunes automatically search through my music folder and fix the problem. I know there is a way to download all the music from my hard drive to my computer and then back to the hard drive to fix the problem, but I would really like to avoid having to dump all those files onto my pristine hard drive.
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Mar 7, 2012
I am unable to locate folders with files saved onto my iDisk. Any tips?
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May 16, 2012
My Mac has my home folder on an internal HD (with the startup disk on internal SSD). How do I get the "locate" command to index (and hence be able to find) all files that are in my user folder (~/) and its subfolders? I want to be able to do this without changing permissions on my user files, of course.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3), 3.4GHz Corei7, 16GB, SSD + 2T HD
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Sep 16, 2008
Can anyone tell me where iTunes is storing all my MP3 music and playlists information? Usually, I find it under users/music/itunes/itunes media
Well, just went there and nothing is listed inside the iTunes folder.
Is there some sort of protection in place preventing me from accessing all my stored MP3s and playlists?
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Jun 20, 2012
I'm trying to manually back up pertinent mail/contact info to use to restore a crashed machine. I can't locate the library. It used to be simple user/library/mail . . . etc.
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May 20, 2012
I tried to create a bootable recovery drive using my usb for OS Lion and was successful with it. Unfortunately the files which I had stored in the usb stick prior to this seem to have disappeared. How can I locate these files? The usb now doesnt mount on the desk top and is only accessible through disk utility.
Info:MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2009), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Mar 4, 2012
I'm running 10.7.3 and locate my iPhone cannot locate my iMac when everything is checked?, i'm running 10.7.3 and locate my iPhone cannot locate my iMac when everything is checked?
Info:iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Mar 29, 2012
I just ran the setup assistant on a new iMac, but wasn't able to access my wireless networkto send the registtration information. It said that it could be send at a later date, but now I cant locate the file to send.
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May 7, 2012
I reinstalled my applications from a disk, and have lost iphoto completely. Where I can find it and my library - they still seem to be taking up hard disk space, so I am assuming its a matter of locating them. But they're not in the Applications folder. (I do have back up but not the last two months...which I'd like to get back).
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Apr 1, 2012
I have iPhoto from that iLive '11 series. It fails to open. I can't find the folders for originals and modified files on my hard drive. I am so scared that I've lost them! TimeMachine isn't helping restore the application. I have the Lion OS.
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iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Apr 13, 2012
I am trying to recover an e-mail received last year February in Time machine.I tried but have no experience recovering files through Time Machine.
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iMac 27" i7, Mac OS X (10.6.6)
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May 7, 2012
I have not been able to locate a keyboard shortcuts list and in particular, a shortcut to switch between documents without having to use the mouse.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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Mar 23, 2012
I have 3 different Apple computers, I can only locate a Mac Mini package because the disks came ina gray package . Where might I find an Apple Hardware Test?Lost my Bluetooth
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2.66G 24" iMac; 1.8G MacMini; Apple TV; iPod 3.1 Touch G1 & G2; Airport Express, Mac OS X (10.5.5), Vista & eeePC laptops
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Apr 27, 2012
start up disc is full on my imac but cant seem to locate the file to delete, it show that i have 236gb usage and 14gb free space. and i have deleted all my movies, pics and music so i dont understand where the 236 gb usage is from.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3), i have delete my movies,pics, music
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May 29, 2012
I am interested in what happens to a calendar event in iCal after I delete it. I have been unable to locate a trash area for the deleted events.
Info:iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
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Aug 9, 2009
How do you set up Finder so that the file list shows the location. Right now all it shows is Name, Kind and Last Opened. And, I have to rightclick on the file to find its location.
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Mar 26, 2012
how I can convert video files with an extension of IDI_DVD to a file itunes and imovie can read?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8), imovie
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