[X4U] Disappearing folders

[Wayne Wilkin]

Ya know, I have had this happen a few time with sit files. Until you  
posted this I thought I was crazy. I would download something, you  
could see the process of uncompressing and see the progress of the  
items being uncompressed then open the folder, empty.


On Jul 31, 2005, at 10:58 PM, Bob Salsburg wrote:

> This occurrence involves data loss.
>
> I have had this happen twice. I has removing some extraneous items  
> from
> downloads (PAR files, etc.). The first oddity is that the command  
> button for
> Delete on the Window becomes unavailable when an item is selected.  
> In each
> case, I clicked away in order to reselect the item. Immediately,  
> the Window
> closes and it's contents are never seen again. They are not in the  
> trash. I
> went to Terminal to do a directory listing. The name shows, but an  
> attempt
> to CD to it gets a Directory doesn't exist error.
>
> Only common item between both occurences is that both folders were  
> on my
> Sidebar. Now they are gone.
>
> This is a TIBook 500 with 10.4.2.
>
> Bob
>
>
>
>
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