HTTP:: Snow Leopard Data Wiping Bug Acknowledged by Apple
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Apple’s Support forums have become filled with complaints of a Snow Leopard bug eating away their data when a user logs into the 'guest' account, then logs back out of the account and back into their normal one to find that their account has been fully reset with all data wiped.Many users are reporting that not only are their settings reset, but in most cases, all data is gone. Still, the home directory still exists under "/Users/username" but is completely empty. Users claim their data becomes unrecoverable, in some cases, and cannot be found / accessed anywhere on the hard drive. Only a few lucky cases are reported where the user has backed up the data. It appears that the issue had been plaguing users since day one, with reports of the bug being posted mere days after Mac OS X Snow Leopard had been released.Moreover, it is not clear exactly how many users are affected, since not every Mac user has an Apple Discussions account, or the certainty that Apple is to blame fo!
r a system wipeout. It does seem, however, that any user who performed the upgrade from OS X 10.5 Leopard, and had the guest account enabled, is affected.Apple has been quiet so far, but a CNet report now reveals that the Mac maker has acknowledged the bug, claiming to be working on a fix. Apple also claims that the ...
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