Apple has admitted that its latest operating system harbours a bug that can accidentally delete data belonging to the computer's owner.The glitch occurs when some users who upgraded to the Snow Leopard - which was released at the end of August - log into a "guest" account on their machines. When they log back in under their own name, all of the files in their home directory - such as documents, music and videos - have been deleted. Reports of the problem first surfaced more than a month ago, but it was only on Monday that Apple finally responded by recognising that there was a problem for some customers.
Apple has admitted that its latest operating system harbours a bug that can accidentally delete data belonging to the computer's owner.
The glitch occurs when some users who upgraded to the Snow Leopard - which was released at the end of August - log into a "guest" account on their machines. When they log back in under their own name, all of the files in their home directory - such as documents, music and videos - have been deleted.
Reports of the problem first surfaced more than a month ago, but it was only on Monday that Apple finally responded by recognising that there was a problem for some customers.
:) In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
I'm not planning to check this myself, oddly enough.
You can enable "disposable" guest account:
The bug seems to be, quite simply, that some coder fucked up the retrieval of the "right" user Id to delete on logoff...Instead of deleting the guest account, it deletes the newly logged user ! Pierre
It will be now. Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
