Macbook lost files!

Hey all,

I finally got my macbook last week ... only for them to update it 2 days later!

No matter - a quick trip to the apple store sorted that out and i now have a new machine.

First night i tried to copy across all my music (70GB) from an external drive. All seemed to be going well and everything seemed to be copied across - and my HD is now only 22gb free (120 gb model).

My issue is that i cant find thefiles anywhere on the mac!! I've tried everything going through it folder to folder - and its def not in the itunes folder where i copied all the music across - so basically i have 70Gb hidden somewhere on this system!

anyone know how i can find the files on my system?

Thanks.

 

first to a spotlight search for .mp3 files and see if they turn up there.

If not, get HoudahSpot and you should be able to find them.

 

tried both .... only finds a 4 mp3's and the software isnt leopard compatible!!

Thinking a factory restore might be needed when i get back home!

 

Use Disk Inventory X to find your files:
http://www.derlien.com/

Let it scan your HD and then all you have to do is select MP3 and click on it to see where it's located.

 

Did you rename your Home Folder? That will cause problems.

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.4/en/mh1951.html

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106824

http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/renamehomerecovery.html

 

i can speak from personal experience that you nvr wana do that.

 

ay, second that! Simple enough mistake...

 

thanks for the directory tip ... giving it a go now!

 

I agree I did that once and it screwed everything up

 

Yeah, this is a really common mistake...and really freaks people out .